Monumental Deal
Miniclip to acquire Subway Surfers studio Sybo
Mobile acquisition is “the biggest deal in European mobile games this year”
Company Profile
SYBO Games
Website
sybogames.com/
About
SYBO Games is a Danish video game company located in Copenhagen, Denmark founded by Sylvester Rishøj Jensen and Bodie Jahn-Mulliner.
SYBO is mainly known for being the creators and intellectual property owners of the most-downloaded mobile-runner game, Subway Surfers, which SYBO co-developed with Kiloo.
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CMO
Mathias Gredal Nørvig
CEO
Rafael Rodrigues
Studio Director
Amy Kalson
Senior Game Developer
Eoin O'Doughty
Game Director
Jonas Georgakakis
Art Director
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Green Fingers
Sybo Games partners with Ecologi to plant 200,000 trees
Play 2 Plant event in Subway Surfers will see players contributing to tree planting goal
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 Jam City, Rovio, Gameloft and Glu Mobile
New Backers
Mobile UGC platform Hiber raises $15 million
EQT Ventures leads the investment
Creative Companies
SYBO CEO Mathias Gredal Nørvig on why the games industry is 'the best place to be'
"Practice makes perfect"
Third And Thirty
Sybo Games partners with NFLPA to bring NFL players to Subway Surfers
For three weeks only
Best Of 2020
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020
Revealed: The movers, shakers, and moneymakers
Still Running
Subway Surfers has surpassed three billion downloads
Adding 500 million downloads since May 2019
Welcome Aboard
Sybo hires ex-Gram Games VP of product Jeremy Stein to head up its Copenhagen studio
"With multiple top-grossing mobile games to his credit, Jeremy's proven success is a big win for SYBO"
Europe, Middle East And Africa
Subway Surfers tops monthly average users for EMEA across Q1 2020
App Annie data points to Supercell duo and Sybo Games megahit
All Aboard
Sybo Games soft-launches new endless runner Train Riders
Available in Belgium, Netherlands, Canada and the Philippines
"subsurf Experience"
Sybo Games partners with Walmart for exclusive Subway Surfers merchandise
Toys, apparel, accessories, wheeled goods, home tech and more
Surfin' Success
App Annie: Subway Surfers was the most downloaded mobile game of the decade
Clash of Clans tops consumer spend for the last 10 years
Quick Fix
Subway Surfers Airtime launches exclusively for Snap Games
First franchise extension
Going Green
Game companies look to spark climate change debate by launching Playing for the Planet Alliance
Part of UN Climate Action Summit
Live And Kicking
Seven years on: How SYBO Games ran up 2.5 billion downloads for Subway Surfers
"From day one we knew fans were integral to the game’s longevity"
Go Jake Go
Subway Surfers dives past 2.5 billion downloads worldwide
Game has just celebrated its seventh anniversary
Wavey
Subway Surfers dev SYBO picks up EA and Rovio vet to head up strategy and operations
Naz Amarchi-Cuevas is promoted to chief commercial officer, while a slew of licencing partners for SubSurf has been revealed
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: SYBO's Astrid Lamhauge on creating a culture of high-performance
"If we want long-term success and longevity, we need to become better bosses and better at creating and cultivating great company cultures"
Surf's Up
SYBO TV will be a "one-stop destination" of bite-sized entertainment for Subway Surfers fans
Head of brand marketing and licensing Naz Amarchi-Cuevas discusses extending the IP outside the mobile games space
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: SYBO's Amy Kalson on how to get a job as a games lead
"My advice to aspiring game makers is to study psychology. We make things for humans so understanding the human mind is vital for success"
On The Tube
Subway Surfers developer SYBO set to tap into video streaming with new platform
SYBO TV is expected to land in the fourth quarter of 2018
Surf's Up
Subway Surfers hit monthly download record of 52.5m in June 2018
2.1 billion-plus downloads in total
Surf’s Up
Subway Surfers' iOS revenue sprints past $80 million from in-app purchases
Six years after launch Kiloo’s runner is still a runaway success
Tagged Up
Subway Surfers sails past the two billion download mark
Installs are 100 per cent organic, according to Kiloo’s CEO
High Tide
Subway Surfers becomes first game to hit 1 billion downloads on Google Play
The endless runner launched in 2012 and was downloaded 400 million times last year
Live Ops Power Panel
Live ops experts on the best practices for keeping your mobile game alive
PlayFab Europe GM Mark Val leads a panel in a live ops discussion
Surf's Up
Sybo Games on where it's taking Subway Surfers after hitting 1.8 billion downloads
Launching animation and licensing arms while continuing to develop its flagship game
Subway Surfers Lawsuit
Subway Surfers devs face lawsuit for exporting children's personal information to advertisers
Kiloo and Sybo hit with lawsuit along with all the game's advertising networks
Jobs News
Subway Surfers dev Sybo Games hires ex-PopCap Creative Director Amy Kalson
Kalson brings expertise in game design and AI
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Sybo's Jonas Georgakakis on how to get a job as an Art Director
SYBO's longest-serving employee shares career insights
Surfin' With Persson
Subway Surfers developer Sybo hires ex-King Head of Studio as its new Head of Games
Pushing the studio to the next level
Live And Kicking
Five years on: Sybo Games on the evolution of Subway Surfers
Sybo Managing Director Mathias Gredal Nørvig on the game's life so far
Surfs Up
Ex-Warner Bros Animation President joins Sybo Games to take lead on Subway Surfers TV series
Developer also touts potential for animated film
Surf's Up
Subway Surfers still achieving 30 million downloads a month nearly five years after release
One billion wasn't enough
Surf's Up
Subway Surfers breaks 1 billion downloads barrier, boasting 27 million daily active players
Danish success story
Surfing Success
How Denmark's top 2 studios are dealing with life after Subway Surfers
The differing approaches of Kiloo and SYBO