Big Fish Games Getting Into Massive Multi-Player Online Games?

Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under Industry News, MMO |

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Big Fish Games has acquired Thinglefin. Thinglefin was founded earlier this year by the lead developer of Asheron’s Call. Thinglefin has been working on a web based Massive Multi-Player Online (MMO) game. There is not much known about the MMO under developement, but Big Fish Games must have liked what they saw.

The acquisition definitely helps out Thinglefin since getting distribution for your MMO is a major part of the success of the MMO. Now Thinglefin has a publisher for their web-based MMO and not a small publisher at that.

“Big Fish Games’ people, culture and vision are uniquely attuned to what game developers and consumers want,” said Toby Ragaini, cofounder and CEO of Thinglefin. “As part of Big Fish Games, we now have an unfair advantage in developing the best experience and reaching the broadest audience.”

Thanks nabeel

Press Release Follows:

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Big Fish Games™ (www.bigfishgames.com), a leading developer and distributor of online games, today announced the acquisition of Thinglefin, Inc., a premier developer of massively multi-player online (MMO) games.

Game industry veterans Toby Ragaini, Jeremy Friesen and Ryan O’Rourke founded Seattle-based Thinglefin earlier this year in May. Together they bring more than 35 years of game design and development experience to Big Fish Games. Prior to founding Thinglefin, Ragaini was the lead designer for The Matrix Online and Asheron’s Call, two of the first graphical MMOs. Friesen and O’Rourke worked on all aspects of MMO infrastructure at Monolith and Sony Online Entertainment, from inception to deployment. Thinglefin’s four employees joined Big Fish Games on November 12.

“Big Fish Games’ people, culture and vision are uniquely attuned to what game developers and consumers want,” said Toby Ragaini, cofounder and CEO of Thinglefin. “As part of Big Fish Games, we now have an unfair advantage in developing the best experience and reaching the broadest audience.”

“The Thinglefin team and product vision are best in class among emerging MMOs,” said Jeremy Lewis, CEO and president of Big Fish Games. “Toby and his colleagues fit incredibly well within our ecosystem of creative freedom and forward thinking innovation, and they represent an important part of our long term strategy.”

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