Playfish
Sign in to savePlayfish was a short-lived developer of free-to-play social network games. Playfish was founded in 2007 by Kristian Segerstråle, Sebastien de Halleux, Sami Lababidi, and Shukri Shammas. It closed in 2013. Playfish in the past had tended to attract up to 55 million users a month, with over 37 million users coming from Facebook users.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Playfish Ltd
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.logo
- Playfish logo.png
- Company.fate
- Retired
- Company.parent
- Electronic Arts (2009–2013)
- Company.hq_location_city
- London, England
- Company.hq_location_country
- United Kingdom
- Company.num_locations
- London, San Francisco, Beijing, Oslo (former headquarter)
- Company.founders
- Kristian SegerstraleSebastien de HalleuxSami LababidiShukri Shammas
- Company.industry
- Video games, social network service
- Company.homepage
- playfish.com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game developer
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- London
- Owned by
- Electronic Arts
- Parent organization
- Electronic Arts
- Industry
- video game industry
- Legal form
- public limited company
- Official website
- www.playfish.com
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- inception
- 2007-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2013-01-01
- location of formation
- London
- product or material produced
- social network game
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- List of games
- Notable games
- ''Restaurant City''
- ''Pet Society''
- ''Madden NFL Superstars''
- ''The Sims Social''
- ''SimCity Social''
- Playfish Cash
- Marketing
- Notes
- References
- External links
Playfish was a short-lived developer of free-to-play social network games. Playfish was founded in 2007 by Kristian Segerstråle, Sebastien de Halleux, Sami Lababidi, and Shukri Shammas. It closed in 2013. Playfish in the past had tended to attract up to 55 million users a month, with over 37 million users coming from Facebook users.
In October 2008, they secured US$17 million in venture capital funding from Accel Partners and Index Ventures. The company was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2009, with the last of Playfish's games being retired in 2013.
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