Playfish Ltd.
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Playfish was a development studio founded in 2007 by Kristian Segerstråle, Sebastien de Halleux, Sami Lababidi and Shukri Shammas. The company focused on web games, most of them available on the Facebook platform.
Playfish was headquartered in London, UK and had development studios in Beijing (China), Tromsø (Norway) and San Francisco (USA).
On 9th November 2009 Electronic Arts announced to have acquired the company.
On June 14, 2013, all Playfish games were taken offline and shortly afterwards Playfish studios were either shut down or merged into other EA structures.
Credited on 8 Games from 2008 to 2012
| SimCity Social (2012 on Browser) |
| The Sims Social (2011 on Browser) |
| Pirates Ahoy! (2010 on Browser) |
| Hotel City (2010 on Browser) |
| Crazy Planets (2009 on Browser) |
| Restaurant City (2009 on Browser) |
| Geo Challenge (2008 on Browser) |
| Pet Society (2008 on Browser) |
History +
- November 9th, 2009
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Electronic Arts announces to have acquired the company for USD 275 million in cash and USD 25 million in equity retention arrangements.
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