Shake It Off
Glu partners with Taylor Swift for new mobile title The Swift Life
Digital community lets fans connect with singer and each other
Company Profile
Glu Mobile
Website
www.glu.com
About
Glu is a leading global publisher of mobile games. Its portfolio of top-rated games includes original titles Super K.O. Boxing!, Stranded, and Brain Genius, and titles based on major brands from partners including Atari and Activision. Founded in 2001, Glu is based in San Mateo, California and has offices in London, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Sao Paulo.
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Mike Olsen
Senior Vice President of Studios
Chris Akhavan
President of Publishing
Niccolo de Masi
CEO
Nilesh Engineer
Senior Producer
Sheila Ryan
Vice President of Human Resources
Mark Van Ryswyk
Senior Vice President of Studios
Brent Stephenson
VP and General Manager
Nick Earl
CEO
Eric Ludwig
COO and CFO
Jerome Collin
VP of Sports and Racing Games
Tim Wilson
Global Chief Technology Officer
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Accolades
Articles featuring Glu Mobile
Best Of 2017
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017
The movers, shakers and moneymakers
Seeing What Sticks
Glu Mobile licenses Deer Hunter for console game developed by GameMill
First time the developer has explored outside of mobile
Iap Inspector
How does Glu Mobile's hit game Design Home monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Welcome Stats
Glu Mobile’s Design Home welcomes one million daily active users
Revenues remain strong in new flagship game for publisher
Studio Closure
Glu Mobile closes Long Beach studio and cuts jobs in San Francisco
CTO also parts ways with publisher
Fuelling Design Home
Glu Mobile’s great user acquisition experiment
Investing for the future
Glu Financials Q2 Fy17
Glu Mobile posts revenues of $68.7 million as Design Home has its strongest quarter yet
Still operating at a loss, which grows to $23.6 million
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Glu Mobile's Mark Van Ryswyk on how to get a job as a Studio Head
Glu's Senior VP of Studios shares career insights
Royal Rumble
Glu Mobile signs multi-year partnership with WWE to develop new licensed game
Tap Sports Baseball team taking over development duties
Cooking Up A Storm
Gordon Ramsay Dash cooks up $23 million for Glu Mobile in 10 months
Renamed Restaurant Dash with Gordon Ramsay
Housewarming
Why Glu Mobile is planning to double its UA spending in 2017
Design Home is ramping up
Glu Financials Q1 Fy17
Glu starts 2017 strong with $57 million in revenues thanks to Design Home and Tap Sports Baseball
Still making a heavy loss
Fully Licensed
How Glu Mobile designed MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2017 for accessibility and depth
Behind the scenes with Jerome Collin
Acquisitive Inquisitions
10 mobile game M&A deals that probably won't happen but which maybe should
Joining the dollar dots
Out Of The Park
How Glu Mobile became an ambassador for Major League Baseball
What value can mobile developers offer to partnering IP holders?
Glu Job Cuts
Glu Mobile reportedly cuts 25 jobs and closes Portland studio
Was working on a new celebrity game
Financial Roundup
Snapshot of key mobile game company financials in 2017
Marking mobile gamings winners and losers
Forevergreens & Bold Beats
Why Zynga and Glu Mobile are focusing on the past for future success
Frank Gibeau and Nick Earl are singing from the same hymn sheet
Managed Decline
Glu Mobile's problems in one chart
The landscape for Nick Earl's new strategy
Moving On
Mike Olsen on 20 years at EA and joining Glu Mobile to help shape its new direction
Reflecting on Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Dungeon Keeper
Play Ball
Glu partners with MLB to bring fully-licensed teams and players to Tap Sports Baseball
Kris Bryant returns as the cover star
Glu Financials Q4 Fy16
Glu inches past $200 million in revenues for 2016 thanks to Crowdstar acquisition
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood still making money
Key Hire
Glu Mobile appoints ex-EA Capital Games GM Mike Olsen as its new Senior VP of Studios
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes Creative Director leaves after 20 years with publisher
Glu Cuts
Two studios face closure as Glu Mobile plans to cut up to 140 jobs
Bellevue definitely closing, Long Beach dependent on performance
Design Home Launches
Is Glu Mobile’s $45 million Crowdstar acquisition already paying off?
Design Home is following in the success of Covet Fashion
Iap Inspector
How does Nicki Minaj: The Empire monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Ux Evolution
From Stardom to The Empire: How Glu has evolved the UX in its celebrity games
A brief look through 7 games
Pick Up Quizup
Glu Mobile picks up QuizUp developer Plain Vanilla in deal worth $8.7 million
Takes advantage of deal established in January
Dark Horse
Glu seemingly shuts down ailing celebrity-focused game Katy Perry Pop
First game of its kind to be taken off the market
Sticker Happy
Glu adds iMessage stickers to already sticker-heavy celebrity game Kendall & Kylie
50 for free, 200 to unlock or buy
Keep The Ball Rolling
How Glu Hyderabad's live ops keeps games alive
Senior Producer Nilesh Engineer on updates and their effects
Ch-ch-changes
Glu Mobile appoints new CEO and acquires control of Covet: Fashion dev Crowdstar for $45 million
Revenues fall to $51.4 million as publisher sets out new changes
Learn From The Best
What other mobile shooters should learn from Glu Mobile's Rival Fire
The case for Rival Fire as a best-in-class shooter
Iap Inspector
From guns to girls and gacha: The monetization of Rival Fire
Frontline Commando goes meta
Kim K > Britney
As Britney Spears: American Dream crashes, it looks like Kim Kardashian: Hollywood's success is the outlier of celebrity sim games
Britney Spears: American Dream turns nightmare
Kesha Of Clans
Experimenting with RPG retention, Glu brings guilds to Britney Spears: American Dream
Spears at the ready
Sibling Rivalry
Two months after launch, Kendall & Kylie is being out grossed by two-year-old Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
Elders and betters
Kim Is Still King
Kendall and Kylie fails to sustain as Glu sees FY16 Q1 revenues down 11% to $55 million
B-list
Best Of The Best
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2016
The shakers, movers and moneymakers
Twitter, Mistruths & Hard Cash
Is Glu really paying Kim Kardashian 50% of the gross revenue of KK: Hollywood?
Analysing speculation
Swift Rebound?
Despite 2015 sales of $250 million, Glu slips back into loss
Kim Kardashian is maturing
You Belong With Me
Glu continues its celebrity roll-up with a Taylor Swift mobile game due in 2016
Singing the same tune
Phone A Friend
Glu Mobile invests in and might acquire troubled QuizUp dev Plain Vanilla (if TV show works)
Last roll of the dice
No Easy Answers
Katy Perry versus Kim Kardashian: a study in surprising extremes
Charting success and failure
Get Stuck In
How to get a job at market-leading developer Glu Mobile
Sheila Ryan, VP of Global Human Resources, shares insights
Iap Inspector
Claw and roar your way to fame: the monetisation of Katy Perry Pop
IAPs from the players' perspective
Friend Of The Stars
2015 in Review: Glu Mobile CEO Niccolo de Masi on building his deck with Katy Perry, Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Talking Brands
Video: The power of brands for mobile games
A panel of experts dish out advice
Number Crunching
Ranking King, Zynga, EA, Gameloft and Glu in terms of their revenue and player reach
Graphing success and failure