Week That Was
Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days
The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news and discuss Apple's 'win' over Epic, all that AquiBlizz action and Scopely's stumble to victory
Company Profile
Scopely
Website
www.scopely.com
About
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports an extremely diverse portfolio of experiences. With expertise in game design and development, live operations, marketing, analytics and more, our team is dedicated to empowering players to play their own way by creating deep experiences that inspire play, every day.
Related People
Javier Ferreira
Co-CEO
Liz Liu
People Business Partner
Georgina King
Business Manager, Ads & Monetisation
Néstor Pequeño
Director of Operations
Steve Seoane
SVP, Publishing Platform
Dan Scheidegger
General Manager of Casual Games
Jessica Neal
Chief People Officer
Victor Díaz-Roig
Senior Vice-President and Studio General Manager
Salaam Coleman Smith
Member of the Board
Walter Driver
CEO
Tim O'Brien
CRO
Darion Lowenstein
VP of Game Development
Rob Ricca
VP of corporate development
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Accolades
Articles featuring Scopely
Updates
Stumble Guys goes FPS in latest update
In a bold break from its popular third-person stumbling fun, Scopely's smash gets a whole new look via a deal with NERF
Launches
Scopely follows Savvy acquisition announcement with launch of Monopoly Go
Their first game since their big news acquisition last week
Savvy X Scopely
Marvel Strike Force, Stumble Guys, and GSN: What has Savvy Games Group bought?
Savvy Games Group’s acquisition of Scopely means the acquisition of several subsidiaries and properties
Savvy X Scopely
Savvy Games Group acquires Scopely for $4.9 billion
The group has made numerous acquisitions as part of its long term gaming strategy
Job News
AdInMo appoints Scopely and Animoca Brands veterans
Multiple new hires bring experience from Google, EA, and Paramount Pictures
Job News
Activision Blizzard veteran Eric Wood appointed as Senior Vice President of Publishing at Scopely
Wood brings over 20 years of experience to the role
Job News
Amazon veteran Phil Hardin appointed CFO of Scopely
Hardin brings two decades of experience to his new role on Scopely’s executive team
Stumble Guys Success
Battle royale game Stumble Guys is making almost half a million dollars every day
Scopely-owned game has a total of 265 million downloads
New Hire
Tripledot appoints Daniel Freireich as Chief Games Officer
The Scopely veteran will lead Tripledot’s portfolio of games
Hot Five
Hot Five: September 12th. The five stories you need to know before you start your working week
The biggest stories on PocketGamer.biz in the last week
Stumbling To Success
Scopely acquires Stumble Guys from Kitka Games
Scopely expands its portfolio with a new acquisition
Best Of 2022
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2022
The movers and the shakers of the last 12 months
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
New Appointment
Mattel appoints Mike DeLaet as global head of digital gaming
DeLaet will oversee the company's portfolio of digital games
Experienced Team
Scopely makes $20 million investment in Burlingame Studios
Studios will partner to develop an "all new experience"
Entertainment Veteran
Scopely adds Salaam Coleman Smith to board of directors
Bringing over 20 years of entertainment industry experience
Full House
Scopely acquires social casino outfit GSN Games for $1 billion
Combined company is now worth over $5 billion
Best Of 2021
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021
The movers, the shakers, and all those funky moneymakers
Hiring Now
10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from Epic Games, Respawn Entertainment, Alpha Dog Games and Riot Games
Winner Winner
Introducing the winners of the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021
Celebrate the big wins and catch up with all the highlights
Scoped Out
Scopely invests $50 million into Omnidrone, Pixel Toys and Tag Games
The three development studios are located in Spain, England and Scotland
Extended Play
Animoca Brands raises $50 million from investors such as Scopely and Samsung
Blockchain game funding is booming
Scoped Up
Scopely appoints former Activision Blizzard president Coddy Johnson to board of directors
Morgan Stanley executive Marcie Vu joins board too
New Job
Scopely hires Ben Webley as its new CMO
"Ben brings deep experience in gaming and mobile advertising..."
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Yahtzee With Buddies exceeds $500 million lifetime revenue
Working towards over half a million daily average users
Money Money Money
Scopely raises $340 million in Series E funding
“We’re proud to have built Scopely to be a significantly profitable business with a strong balance sheet driven by the success of each game in our diverse portfolio"
Welcome To The Family
Scopely snaps up match-three developer Genjoy
Will join Scopely's operations in Spain
Money Maker
Scopely's Marvel Strike Force leads the way in US RPG boom
Generated $144 million from January to August 2020
Best Of 2020
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020
Revealed: The movers, shakers, and moneymakers
All Business
Scopely appoints Aaron Loeb as its new chief business officer
"His deep games experience is invaluable to our employees, players and business"
Unwanted Attention
Female Scrabble Go players have been receiving messages from "creepy men"
"In Scrabble Go, players are able to access mute and block functions within the chat feature"
Welcome Aboard
Scopely hires Mike DeLaet as its new senior vice president for strategic partnerships
"It's an incredibly exciting time to join Scopely"
2.5 Million Dau
Making Of: How Scrabble GO achieved "the best launch ever for a mobile word game"
"Over 2.5 million people are playing daily for an average of 100 minutes each day"
Scrabble Go Success
Interview: Why Scopely and PierPlay spent three years perfecting Scrabble GO
Speaking with PierPlay CEO Lorenzo Nuvoletta about the game's huge initial success
Scrabble Success
Scopely acquires Scrabble GO developer PierPlay
Now working on an unannounced project
Helping Charity
Scopely is making donations to charity No Kid Hungry with Scrabble Go
Share-athon is running until April 30th
Word Up
Scrabble Go experiences the best launch ever for a mobile word game
Two million people play daily
Scopely Series D
Scopely secures an additional $200 million in Series D funding for a total of $400 million
The first $200 million was invested in October 2019
Triple Deal
Scopely scores partnership with Mattel and Hasbro for new Scrabble mobile game
Scrabble GO is a new free-to-play experience
Marvel-ous
Scopely acquires Marvel Strike Force developer FoxNext Games
Deal includes Cold Iron Studios
To Boldly Grow
Digit Game Studios founder Richard Barnwell on life after Scopely acquisition
"Our natural chemistry and shared vision made us feel like one powerful, international team from the outset and since the acquisition"
2020 Trends
Global competition will drive consolidation in 2020 says Scopely's Henry Lowenfels
Bigger is better
Job News
Scopely hires Daniel Freireich as President, Games
New London office announced alongside
Cash Up
Scopely raises another $200 million, taking total funding to over $450 million
Financing led by NewView Capital
Best Of 2019
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019
Revealed: The movers, shakers and moneymakers!
Expanding To Asia
Scopely expanding into the Asian market
“Asia is home to three out of the four top-grossing gaming markets and we are excited by the endless possibilities ahead"
Office Expansion
Scopely is expanding its offices in Barcelona and Dublin
The company is looking to expand its team
To Boldly Go
Scopely’s Star Trek Fleet Command beams up $100m in eight months
Publisher's fastest-growing game to date
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Scopely’s Liz Liu on how to get a job as a people business partner
"Gaming is the convergence of art and science, where creative people work together to build experiences for human connection"