February 3, 2026 Investment News Ares Interactive raises $70m as it plots expansion plans and new game launch Company president Mike DeLaet discusses how the ambitious company aims to scale, potential acquisitions and the opportunities for Baseball Hits 26
March 18, 2024 Going Digital Mattel’s Mike DeLaet on their big push into games and why the focus is mobile “We are focused on mobile platforms and will be working very hard to create some of the most entertaining and engaging products on the market.”
March 5, 2024 Building On Brands Mattel becomes game publisher with self-published titles coming later this year The toy giant seeks to become the Master of its Universe, publishing the work of game partners producing games with their IP
February 28, 2024 Big Brands Mattel gets together with Zynga's Rollic for an all-new Barbie game on mobile Some of gaming's biggest names get together for a "mass market" Barbie game on mobile that aims to deliver "best-in-class immersive entertainment"
August 19, 2022 Job Openings Mattel to grow its digital gaming sector with new job openings New managerial positions include head of business development and licensing, senior manager of mobile licensing, and senior manager of PC/Console licensing
July 22, 2022 New Appointment Mattel appoints Mike DeLaet as global head of digital gaming DeLaet will oversee the company's portfolio of digital games
July 1, 2020 Welcome Aboard Scopely hires Mike DeLaet as its new senior vice president for strategic partnerships "It's an incredibly exciting time to join Scopely"
May 8, 2020 Level Up Rogue Games raises $2 million to expand to console games Also announces new title Coreupt
January 3, 2020 Rogues' Gallery Rogue Games brings in new senior business development manager Jonathan Layton has held roles at NBCUniversal, FoxNext, Disruptor Beam, and Glu
November 6, 2019 Crossing The Beams Rogue Games takes Vainglory as Super Evil raises $10.5 million for cloud game Project Spellfire Funding was led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz
March 6, 2019 Studio Expansion Mobile publisher Rogue Games brings in $1.25m from seed funding round Venture firm Grishin Robotics led funding
April 26, 2018 Rediscovering Value Why mobile game consultancy group DOD Media is moving into legacy publishing Leveraging app store muscle
October 4, 2017 One Billion Downloads Later From Kabam SVP to DOD Media CEO: Mike DeLaet on sharing his smarts One door shuts, open another