Entertainment Veteran
Scopely adds Salaam Coleman Smith to board of directors
Bringing over 20 years of entertainment industry experience
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.
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Liz Liu
People Business Partner
Beth Nations
Monopoly Go VP, Product Management
Néstor Pequeño
Director of Operations
Darion Lowenstein
VP of Game Development
Georgina King
Business Manager, Ads & Monetisation
Salaam Coleman Smith
Member of the Board
Dan Scheidegger
General Manager of Casual Games
Tim O'Brien
CRO
Walter Driver
CEO
Jessica Neal
Chief People Officer
Howard Shin
VP of Art
Victor Díaz-Roig
Senior Vice-President and Studio General Manager
Michael Angrisani
Senior Director, Product Management
Michael Steranka
VP of Product
Phil Williams
Monopoly Go Director of Content Design
Javier Ferreira
Co-CEO
Steve Seoane
SVP, Publishing Platform
Rob Ricca
VP of corporate development
Eunice Lee
Chief Operating Officer
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Accolades
Articles featuring Scopely
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"
Live Long And Prosper
Scopely reaches $1bn in lifetime revenue
Six games have exceeded over $100 million
Going Boldly
The secret of Scopely’s success? How we think about IP, says CEO
Javier Ferreira on being audience-first
Make It So
Scopely acquires Star Trek Fleet Command dev Digit Game Studios
Hit 4X strategy game projected to surpass $100 million
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Scopely's Rob Ricca to host session on the future opportunities open to games developers
Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019 will take place on May 13th to 14th
Revenue
Star Trek Fleet Command is making a stellar $13.7 million in monthly revenue
Licensed stargazer has hit lifetime revenue of $40 million and four million installations.
Location
Scopely’s recent success is bringing the publisher a new Culver City headquarters
An 80 per cent annual revenue increase has pushed the publisher into opening new doors
That's All Folks
Scopely’s Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem topped 1m downloads on launch day
Release supported by Crushathon livestream
To Boldly Go
Scopely taps Star Trek IP for 4X strategy game Fleet Command
Set for global release on November 29th
Road To Investments
Scopely swoops for Glu’s Rob Ricca to lead M&A activity
Rob Ricca previously led M&A at Glu Mobile, during which time it purchased Crowdstaf and Plain Vanilla
Job News Klaxon
Former Netflix publicity director joins Scopely as head of corporate communications
Geldmacher will be responsible for strategy and oversight of the company’s global brand and worldwide corporate narrative
Best Of 2018
The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018
Revealed: the movers, shakers and moneymakers!
Yahtzee
US publisher Scopely’s Yahtzee with Buddies lands on iMessage
The dice-rolling game will also release on Facebook Instant Games in due course
Playing The End Game
It’s raised another $100 million but where next for Scopely?
Looking for the perfect combination
Funded
Walking Dead: Road to Survival publisher Scopely raise additional $100 million to fund acquisitions and investments
The Los Angeles-based publisher originally raised $60 million last year
More Funding For Scopely
Report: The Walking Dead: Road to Survival developer Scopely looking to raise another $125 million
New funding round could value the company at $795 million
Nfl Yahtzee With Buddies
Scopely partners with the NFL for timed events and branded items in New Yahtzee With Buddies
The game has now hit 1.5 million downloads