GameDuell
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| Company type | Limited Liability Company |
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| Industry | Interactive Entertainment, Casual Games |
| Founded | 2003 |
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Number of employees | 180+ |
| Website | http://www.gameduell.com/ |
GameDuell is a leading cross-platform social games community based in Berlin, Germany and San Francisco, USA.[1] The company offers social games services and more than 70 social casual games that are available on its own branded website, social networking sites such as Facebook and Google+, and mobile platforms such as Android and iOS.
History
GameDuell was founded in 2003 by Boris Wasmuth, Kai Bolik and Michael Kalkowski[2] with branch offices in Asia and San Francisco, and has now more than 180 employees worldwide.
Figures
According to AppData, as of February 2012, GameDuell games on Facebook had almost 4 million monthly active users.[3] GameDuell has over 70 million users including installs and currently offers: 7 mobile games on the iOS and 5 on the Android platforms,[4] 17 on the social network site Facebook and 60 on its own branded website. Games are currently available in 7 different languages on its branded website.[5]
Funding
The Company received over $17 million (€11 million) in funding from Wellington Partners in an effort to accelerate its expansion into other European countries and the United States. This was in addition to the earlier funding from Holtzbrinck Ventures and Burda Digital Ventures in 2004.[6]
Games
Among the company's most popular games are:[7] [8]
- Bubble Speed (available on GameDuell, Facebook, iOS and Android)
- Jungle Jewels (on GameDuell, Facebook, iOS and Android)
- Bubble Popp (on GameDuell and Facebook)
- Maya Pyramid (on GameDuell, Facebook, iOS, Android)
- Fluffy (on GameDuell, Facebook, iOS, Android)
References
- ^ "About GameDuell". Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "gameduell founders". GameDuell. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ "monthly active users". Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "monthly apps". Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "GameDuell products". Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "GameDuell funding". Reuters. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "app data games". appdata. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ "GameDuell Mobile games". GameDuell. Retrieved 16 August 2011.