6waves to Publish 40 Games on Social Networks in First-Half 2012
Pioneer in Social Game Publishing Forges Deals with 32 Developers including Global Brand Atari
SAN FRANCISCO and HONG KONG, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 6waves, a leading publisher of social and mobile games, today announced partnerships with 32 social game developers including Kabam and Large Animal. 6waves also today announced the addition of a global brand to its list of partners: Atari.
Earlier this month 6waves shared news of re-focusing the company on publishing social and mobile games as well as increasing traction in China.
"The momentum that we have gained in both mobile and social in 2012 should send a clear signal to the industry: we are committed to continuing our growth," said Jim Ying, SVP Publishing of 6waves. "2012 will see our portfolio expand significantly in all key genres. We couldn't be happier to welcome so many exciting independent developers to our fold, as well as a powerhouse brand like Atari."
32 Partnerships with Developers from 11 Countries
Having become the first publisher of social games in 2008, games on social networks remain an important focus for 6waves. Outlined below are the developers with which 6waves is partnered with to-date in 2012, several of which include multi-game publishing agreements:
- Adjoy, China
- Antic Entertainment, Canada
- Atari, USA
- Big Blue Bubble, Canada
- C.C.C.P., France
- Chiwawa Games, Russia
- Drimmi, Russia
- Enteraction, UK
- Game Insight, Russia
- Gamecon, China
- Guerillapps, USA
- Hourblast Games, USA
- iEvoTech, Russia
- Imba Games, Isreal
- izelus, USA
- Jammy Pot, Korea
- Jiangsu Juteng Network Technology, China
- Kabam, USA
- KOD Games, China
- Large Animal/WMS, USA
- Leiyoo, China
- OSA, Russia
- Pixonic, Russia
- PlayDay, Hong Kong
- Sharkus Games, UK
- Socialinus, Korea
- Starz/Large Animal, USA
- UUC, China
- White Rabbit Studios, Pakistan
- Zodiak Active, UK
"Discoverability and user acquisitions are ever-increasing challenges facing social games today, so partnering with 6waves was the logical choice for us," said Jim Wilson, CEO of Atari. "We look forward to leveraging their track record of successfully publishing games on social networks as we bring Atari's world-renowned game franchises to our ever growing fan base. Stay tuned for more details."
"We have partnered with 6waves for over 2 years and like their focus on identifying new audiences for our games on Facebook," said Chris Carvalho, COO of Kabam. "They helped grow Kingdoms of Camelot on Facebook and we look forward to working with them to help us launch more blockbusters in 2012."
About 6waves
6waves is a leading publisher of independent games on social networks and mobile devices. The company is headquartered in Hong Kong, with offices in San Francisco, Dallas, Beijing and Tokyo. The 6waves publishing team has partnered with more than 50 independent developers to bring 100+ social games to its global network of millions of players.
SOURCE 6waves
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