Playfish leads the social gaming industry in innovation and creativity with award-winning, category-defining games designed for friends to play together. The company has changed the way people play games by creating more social and connected experiences. To date, more than 150 million Playfish games have been installed and played by millions of people worldwide on platforms such as Facebook, MySpace, Google, Bebo, iPhone and Android. The company’s games are amongst the most acclaimed and popular online, including Pet Society, Restaurant City, Country Story and Who Has The Biggest Brain? Playfish has development studios in London, San Francisco, Beijing and Tromso, Norway.
Playfish Ltd.
60 Sloane Avenue
London SW3 3XB
United Kingdom
Playfish AS
Strandvn. 106
9006 Tromsø
Norway
Playfish Inc.
2 Harrison Street
Suite 350
San Francisco CA 94105
United States
Beijing Playfish Game Technology Ltd.
China View, Building 1,
Room 605-606,
No 2 Gong Ti East Road
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100027
People's Republic of China
Social games are games designed to be played together with friends.
Traditional computer games focus on standalone game play on consoles, your PC or on your mobile. Games that do allow you to play together with others online normally require you to buy the game, go online and try and find like-minded new friends who are also playing the game. This is something that usually only the most dedicated gamers are prepared to do.
Our social games are different. We create games that let you play together with real-world friends and family using the infrastructure built by social networks. This is in some ways a return to the roots of games. You play with the same people you would play cards, board games or go bowling with in the real world. Sharing the game experience with friends makes it more compelling and fun.
At Playfish we believe social games are a big part of the future of the video games industry, and are working hard to be the leading company in this emerging sector.
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As a successful games entrepreneur, Kristian brings strategic vision and leadership to his role as vice president and general manager of Playfish. He was chief executive officer and co-founder of playfish leading up to the company's acquisition by electronic arts in november 2009.
Prior to founding Playfish in late 2007, Kristian was a co-founder and later managing director of Europe, Middle East and Asia for Glu Mobile, a leading global publisher of mobile games. During his six-year tenure he successfully directed product development, sales, marketing and technology operations across Europe, and expanded Glu’s reach by opening regional offices in France, Germany, Spain and Italy. Kristian also forged key licensor relationship across Europe with leading companies such as Konami, Celador and Codemasters among others.
Kristian holds a master’s of science degree in Economics from London School of Economics and an undergraduate degree in Economics from Cambridge University.
Sebastien, a co-founder of Playfish, is vice president business development & strategic partnerships, EA Interactive. In his role within EA Interactive, Sebastien drives distribution, monetization, business development, and relationships with key partners across the division’s three business units, Playfish, Pogo and EA Mobile. He was chief operating officer and co-founder of Playfish leading up to the company’s acquisition by Electronic Arts in November 2009.
Prior to Playfish, Sebastien was part of the team that incubated Nokia Ad Service, a business unit aimed at monetizing mobile traffic across Nokia's 850 million mobile devices worldwide.
Sebastien also was an early team member of Macrospace Ltd., a company which merged with Sorrent Inc. to become Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU), where he was instrumental in building the sales and marketing functions of the organization. He later expanded Glu's distribution footprint in Europe, forged key partnerships with network operators Vodafone, T-Mobile and Orange, and reorganized the company's financial planning and sales operations in preparation for its IPO on NASDAQ.
Sebastien holds a Master's in Civil Engineering with honors from Imperial College London. He has resided in Brussels, Bangkok and London, and presently lives in San Francisco.
Sami directs the development and technical operations teams for Playfish and is responsible for leading the overall direction of the core platform and processes across the company. He held the role of chief technical officer and was co-founder of Playfish prior to the company’s acquisition by Electronic Arts in November 2009.
Before Playfish, Sami was a co-founder of Macrospace Ltd., which merged with Sorrent Inc. to become Glu Mobile, a global publisher of mobile games. During his six years there, Sami was CTO Europe overseeing the technology strategy and development of the company's European studio and technical operations. He also worked closely with a variety global mobile phone and media companies throughout the territory to ensure the successful delivery of Glu Mobile games, which averaged 15,000 SKUs per week in 8 languages.
Additionally, Sami managed the development and operations of Glu's global back-end mobile provisioning system ensuring scalable deployments across multiple networks, platforms and technologies.
Previously, Sami held key roles at mobile services firm Digital Mobility and Lehman Brothers.
Sami holds a master's of science in Computer Sciences from Imperial College.
Shukri is senior director, general and administrative, for Playfish, overseeing finance, legal, and operations. He was chairman, chief financial officer and co-founder of Playfish leading up to the company’s acquisition by Electronic Arts in November 2009.
Prior to Playfish, Shukri was co-founder and managing director of Macrospace Ltd., which merged with Sorrent Inc. to become Glu Mobile, a global publisher of mobile games.
Before Macrospace, Shukri was chief technical officer at Internet services provider Domainia after beginning his career at the accounting firm Westbury Schotness.
Shukri holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the American College, London.