SAN MATEO, Calif. & BOTHELL, Wash.--()--Digital Chocolate Inc., a leader in social games across growing digital platforms, announced today it has agreed to acquire Sandlot Games, a leading casual game developer and publisher. Sandlot Games is best known for web and mobile brands including Cake Mania®, Super Granny®, Tradewinds® and Westward®.
“We’re excited about joining forces with Digital Chocolate to grow globally. I look forward to building successful multiplatform games together”
“Sandlot has built a great reputation in casual games,” said Trip Hawkins, Founder and CEO of Digital Chocolate. “We love their development teams and we can now expand further in Seattle and Eastern Europe. We expect to be the leading game company in at least 5 of the 7 cities where we now have development studios.”
With Sandlot Games, Digital Chocolate will have access to more developers and grow faster in pursuit of its cross-platform leadership strategy. The company makes social games that reach customers on every screen or device and has delivered more than 100 million game installs on the web, on mobile smartphones and on Facebook. Its leading brands include Army Attack, Zombie Lane and Millionaire City.
“We’re excited about joining forces with Digital Chocolate to grow globally. I look forward to building successful multiplatform games together,” said Dan Bernstein, Founder and CEO of Sandlot Games. He will become Vice President of Digital Chocolate and manage the Sandlot Studios in St. Petersburg, Russia and Bothell, Washington.
About Digital Chocolate
Digital Chocolate has rapidly emerged as a leader in cross-platform social games. Focused on bringing high quality social games with virtual goods across growing platforms using its proprietary technology platform, the company has made over 100 different award-winning games and works with 200 leading web and mobile channel partners in 80 countries. Best known for Millionaire City, Zombie Lane, Army Attack, Rollercoaster Rush and Tower Bloxx, Digital Chocolate led all software companies in App Store downloads in 2009 and in 2010 was one of the fastest-growing publishers of Facebook social games with virtual goods. Digital Chocolate has operations in San Mateo, Helsinki, Barcelona, Bangalore, and Mexico.
About Sandlot Games
Sandlot Games Corporation, headquartered in Bothell, Washington, is one of the world's premier developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games. Sandlot Games boasts a captivating portfolio of popular game titles and franchises including Cake Mania®, Super Granny®, Tradewinds® and Westward®. Sandlot Games reaches millions of game players worldwide through a variety of distribution channels including online, PC, mobile phones, handheld devices and videogame consoles. Since 2002, its games have been downloaded over 300 million times by its loyal fan base. For more information about Sandlot Games, visit http://www.sandlotgames.com/
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