Glu Favours Experience
27-year veteran Tim Wilson joins Glu Mobile as global CTO
Glu gets experienced tech leadership
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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Brent Stephenson
VP and General Manager
Sheila Ryan
Vice President of Human Resources
Mike Olsen
Senior Vice President of Studios
Chris Akhavan
President of Publishing
Jerome Collin
VP of Sports and Racing Games
Tim Wilson
Global Chief Technology Officer
Nick Earl
CEO
Niccolo de Masi
CEO
Mark Van Ryswyk
Senior Vice President of Studios
Eric Ludwig
COO and CFO
Nilesh Engineer
Senior Producer
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Accolades
Articles featuring Glu Mobile
Licence To Succeed?
Glu CEO on why James Bond: World of Espionage is inspired by Game of War's LTV, not GoldenEye 007's gameplay
A significant bet
Licence To Kill For
Glu Mobile using its Bond licence for multiplayer strategy title James Bond: World of Espionage
First ever free-to-play Bond game "coming soon"
Spending Power
Glu CEO Niccolo de Masi on comparing whale behavior in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and Deer Hunter 2014
Free and flexible
A Golden Ratio
How Glu Mobile balances UA spend and in-game advertising revenue
Spend vs Save
Case Closed
Hothead Games settles with Glu over Deer Hunter 2014 copying claim
Payments are now ongoing
Kardashian Decline
Glu slips back into loss as FY15 Q2 sales slide 19% to $56 million
Cash in hand higher thanks to Tencent
Another Woman
Glu builds more social muscle adding Nicki Minaj to its Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry and Britney Spears deck
Bring the fanbase
Supercharged
Glu beefs up Racing Rivals with month-long WWE event
Muscle men meet muscle cars
West Is Best
One year and $120 million later, is Kim Kardashian: Hollywood still top grossing?
How is Glu's celebrity hit aging?
Shooting For Your Gold
War on freeloaders: The monetisation of Frontline Commando: WW2
IAPs from the players' persepctive
Did It Again
Britney Spears and Tencent deals add $116 million to Glu's market cap
Shares now higher than Tencent buy price
Celebrity Sustain
Glu sees FY15 Q1 sales up 56% to $69.5 million
Keeping up with Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
Better & Better
Glu Mobile gains $126 million Tencent investment and signs up Britney Spears
Success breeds success
Simply The Best
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2015
The shakers, makers and movers
Oops I Did It Again
Glu's market cap rises $150 million on strong 2014 financials and the promise of Katy Perry
Overnight sensation
Post Kardashian
Glu Mobile looks to roar with Katy Perry-themed game
Here's hoping for a Russell Brand easter egg
Midwest Move
Glu exec Matt Ricchetti abandons San Francisco for PerBlue's Midwest
West coast blues
Interview
2014 in Review: Chris Akhavan, Glu Mobile - Expect more M&A consolidation in 2015
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Glu hopes to prove you can never have too many Kardashians in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
Kourtney and Khloe set to make their entrance
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Niccolo de Masi
Glu CEO talks the future of mobile
Oh deer: Glu sues Hothead Games for 'copying' Dear Hunter 2014
Alleges Kill Shot is a direct rip off
Chart Of The Week
If you don't think in-game advertising can generate serious cash, look away now
A simple lesson from Glu Mobile
Financials
Despite Kim Kardashian: Hollywood generating $43 million, Glu's shares drop 20%
Will Next Celeb sequel spark the bulls?
Financials
Thanks to Kim Kardashian, Glu Mobile sees FY14 Q3 sales up 199% to a record $65 million
Game generated majority of quarter's sales
Jobs Board
Zynga appoints Pete Hawley as GM, SkyMobi gets new SVP, and Glu, Telltale, and Kabam all search for new talent
New positions
Stuck on top: Glu is top iOS games publisher by downloads during July
Kardashian and the dinosaur
The Charticle
Can Glu build on Kim Kardashian's success with Dino Hunter: Deadly Shores?
They do move in herds
Financials
Glu Mobile sees FY14 Q2 revenue up 68% to $40.9 million
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood's impact won't be fully revealed until Q3
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood adds $340 million to Glu Mobile's value
Shares up almost 100% in a month
The Charticle
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood - a US hit or global breakout?
A glamorous experiment
Deals
The power of film IP to lower UA costs underlined as Glu releases Hercules game
Company's second deal with MGM
Financials
King and Glu's share prices rise sharply on no news whatsoever
But Zynga remains in the dumps
Sponsored Feature
Frontline Commando 2 marches into China with Chukong
Shooter sequel aiming for success
Deal
Glu working on a F2P mobile game for fifth Terminator movie
Hitting screens and app stores in summer 2015
Rumour
$28 million rights issue suggests Glu Mobile is about to buy again
PlayFirst deal hasn’t sated appetite
Interview
We're very enthusiastic about Diner Dash 10, says Glu CEO de Masi
Context of $16.5 million acquisition revealed
Glu Mobile sees Q1 2014 sales up 81% to a record $44.6 million
Boosted by Deer Hunter 2014 and Eternity Warriors 3
Acquisition
Core meets casual: Glu Mobile dashes to pick up PlayFirst in $15.6 million deal
Opposites attract
Monetizer Special
Comparing the relative performance of Boom Beach, Frontline Commando 2, Royal Revolt 2 and HonorBound
Beyond damn lies and statistics
Monetizer
Shooting for success with Frontline Commando 2
Glu brings franchise back up-to-date
More Moneypenny
Glu Mobile bags 007 licence for F2P action
Title due summer 2015
Diary Of A Promiscuous Gamer
Week of the Big Uninstall
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
The Global View
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2014
The shakers, makers and movers
Supercell's 2013 revenue was $892 million
Or $689 million under GAAP
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Flappy Bird causes a flap, Dungeon Keeper creates a stir, and Puzzle & Dragons tops $1 billion
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Glu Mobile sees FY13 sales down 2% to $106 million, but buoyed by Q4 growth
Predicts a profitable 2014
China In 2014
10 app stores now have the distribution power, reckons Glu Mobile
Riding the year of the horse
Rolling Retention
Why Flurry's retention metrics are misleading developers
Playground's Wilhelm Taht reveals all
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