Mena Expansion
Stillfront Group acquires Jordan-based gaming startup Jawaker for $205 million
Strengthens pre-established presence in MENA region
Company Profile
Stillfront Group
Website
www.stillfront.com/site/
About
Stillfront is an independent creator, publisher and distributor of digital games.
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Jörgen Larsson
Founder and CEO
Alexandre Salem
SVP Operations & Platforms
Jochen Gary
Vice president of marketing
Andre Cohen
Head of Data Science
Amber Okamura
Art Director
Alexis Bonte
CEO
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Best Of 2021
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021
The movers, the shakers, and all those funky moneymakers
Crushed It
Stillfront acquires idle role-playing game Crush Them All from Godzilab
Deal signed and closed on June 7th, 2021
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: Imperia Online closes in on six million mobile downloads
Android accounted for 3.9 million or 66% of total
Buying Spree
Stillfront M&A head Marina Andersson on making the perfect acquisition
Discussing a very busy 2020
Job News
Andrew N. Green joins Stillfront Group as senior vice president
Green joins Swedish mobile games group from US venture firm Andreessen Horowitz
Fat Or Thin?
2021: Mobile gaming’s year of reckoning?
Was 2020 extraordinary or the new ordinary?
Got Stock
Stillfront and Embracer Group dominate the stock market
Both companies have made various acquistions this year
Flexibility
Stillfront Group secures revolving credit facility of $447 million
"The new facility underlines the trust in our strategy..."
Looking Out
Imperia Online on the lookout for new games
Company CBDO Mariela Tzvetanova on the benefits of acquisition
New Acquisition
Stillfront acquires indie dev Everguild Limited
In a deal worth $1.37 million
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: Understanding gaming’s dark horse - Stillfront Group
The Master the Meta team dives into Stillfront's success
Stillfront Acquisition
Stillfront acquires Nanobit in deal worth up to $148 million
$100 million now, up to $48 million in 2023
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: "Love the games you want to be hired to make," says Storm8's Amber Okamura
"What works for one person isn't going to work for another and find your own flow."
Best Of 2020
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020
Revealed: The movers, shakers, and moneymakers
Financials
Stillfront Group revenue up 148% year-on-year in Q2 2020
The growth has been attributed to recent acquisitions
Candy Land
Stillfront Group acquires BitLife developer Candywriter for $74 million
Total deal worth up to $195 million including earn-out bonuses
Moving Up
Stillfront appoints Kixeye CEO Clayton Stark as new group chief technology officer
"Clayton has already contributed with his vast experience from the industry"
Kixeye Job Cuts
Kixeye cuts 20 jobs following Stillfront acquisition
"No effect on our portfolio", says Stillfront CEO
Stillfront Buys Storm8
Stillfront Group acquires casual developer Storm8 in deal worth up to $400 million
$300 million upfront, with $100 million if financial targets are met
2019 In Review
COO Alexis Bonte on why Stillfront will continue its M&A drive in 2020
Players prefer free-to-play on mobile
Constant Craving
Live ops and scaling are key to Stillfront’s growth, says CEO Jörgen Larsson
"We believe the winners are the ones that have the best content"
Job News
Stillfront names Goodgame’s Phillip Knust as group chief product officer
"Establishing this role on the Group level is an important step to further accelerate synergies and develop Stillfront"
Still Got It
Nida Harb 3 helps drive Stillfront revenue up 46% to $50m in Q2
Earnings before tax more than double to $13.3m
Fund Raise
Update: Stillfront Group to raise $53 million from directed share issue; seeks up to $106m from bond loan
Company wants to add cash to its M&A warchest
Big Deal
Stillfront snaps up Kixeye in deal worth up to $120m
Acquisition worth $90 million plus up to a potential further $30 million in earnouts
Financials
New acquisitions drive Stillfront to $43.6 million results in Q1 2019
Development group hopes to add more indies to its roster in the coming year
Still Going Strong
Stillfront Group plots further M&A as profits double in 2018
"We are staffing up for more M&A activity and remain as confident as ever in our screening process and post-acquisition strategies"
Up Year-on-year
Stillfront Group’s MAU increased by 20 per cent for Q1 2019
Daily active users also saw a rise of 26 per cent
Jobs
Stillfront Group name eRepublik Labs co-founder Alexis Bonte new Group COO
Bonte will still act as CEO of eRepublik Labs until a successor is appointed
Out
Goodgame founders relinquish leadership positions following Stillfront deal
Doctors Kai and Christian Wawrzinek to focus on new roles as Stillfront shareholders
M&a
Stillfront acquires Imperia Online in deal worth up to $32 million
Initial deal worth $11.7m but could rise based on performance
Bulls & Bears
Which mobile game stocks performed best in 2017?
On the up
Stillfront Acquires Goodgame
Stillfront acquires Hamburg-based strategy game developer Goodgame Studios for $318 million
Goodgame's owners now become majority shareholders in Stillfront
Stillfront acquires German sports management game OnlineFussballManager
Also agrees publishing deal with Digamore Entertainment for Football Empire
Business News
Stillfront swoops for Dublin developer eRepublik Labs for €7.5 million
Deal could cost a further €13 million in earn outs
Big Deal
Swedish firm Stillfront acquires MENA publisher Babil Games in deal worth up to $17 million
Stillfront aims to expand its presence in the region