Speaker Spotlight
Amber CEO Mihai Pohontu talks up the massive opportunities for AI and UGC
The chief exec of the development agency gives his opinions on the next big opportunities for games companies
Company Profile
Amber
Website
amberstudio.com/
About
Amber is a full-service game development agency based in Bucharest, Romania.
Related People
Mihai Pohontu
CEO
Brian Waddle
Head of Business Development
Jaime Gine
CEO
Mihai Sfrijan
Head of Studios
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Articles featuring Amber
Aquisitions
Amber snaps up co-development studio Madbricks
Deal sees developer’s 40 staff join Amber’s global workforce of more than 850 employees
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News
Amber Studios acquires additional $20m of investment to expand company
The Romanian mobile game development company has received a significant additional investment from a London-based fund.
Polish Expansion
Amber to open Polish studio following 56% revenue growth
Studio to be headed by game designer Greg Ciach
Eastern European Expansion
Amber launches new studio in Kyiv
Plans to hire over 60 new staff by the end of 2022
The Money Man
Amber appoints former Disney and EA exec Roie Chizik as CFO
Brings over 20 years of financial expertise
Experienced Execs
Amber brings on former EA VP and Keywords chief Jaime Gine as CEO
"We are entering a new chapter in Amber’s evolving story"
New Ways
Building a (new) company culture
Charting our path to the City of Amber
Expansion
Development services firm Amber opens a new studio in Montréal
Outpost focused on QA, localisation and engineering initially
Merging
Games development agency Amber is merging with studio KaraOkulta
"Amber is always looking for outstanding talent and the team at KaraOkulta impressed us"
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: Amber head Mihai Sfrijan on balancing the positives and negatives of lockdown
"I was a bit wary of how all of this was going to work"
A New Future
Towards a new future: How the games industry can make a change for the better
Amber CEO Mihai Pohontu looks at how the games industry can - and should - improve
Merging
Game development agency Amber and independent studio Scorpius Games are merging
It wants to further its PC and console expertise
Amber In Mexico
Game development agency Amber opens new studio in Mexico
Jorge Suarez takes the reins as general manager
Supporting The Best
Amber, Lockwood, Recontact, and Rogue confirmed as Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards category sponsors
The third edition of swanky annual industry event returns on January 21st evening
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Speaker Spotlight: Amber CEO Mihai Pohontu on creative destruction, fearless indies and corporate rebels
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Gold
Speaker spotlight: Mihai Sfrijan, Amber
Mihai Sfrijan will be talking about the gold standard for Live Ops at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Jobs News
Romanian outsourcing studio Amber recruits former Samsung VP as CEO
Developer launches new live ops service