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CONTACTS  
CASUAL GAMES ASSOCIATION
Casual Games Association a

Casual Connect is produced by the Casual Games Association. Please contact us for any questions relating to sponsorship, conference content, magazine articles or conference logistics.

email Luke Burtis for corporate sponsorship
email content submissions to submit conference content and magazine articles
email Yulia for conference logistics and registration questions

PLATINUM  
BIG FISH GAMES
Big Fish Games


Big Fish Games is "Where The World Goes To Play"™. Founded as a game development studio in 2002, Big Fish Games is the largest online distributor of casual games. Big Fish Games offers "A New Game Every Day!"® and each month consumers world-wide download over 45 million games from Big Fish Games branded portals and Big Fish Games Affiliate Partners.

web: www.bigfishgames.com

email Big Fish Games to set up a meeting about publishing your games!
email Big Fish Games to set up a meeting about distributing your games!

     
INTENIUM
INTENIUM


INTENIUM GmbH is the leading European publisher of Casual Games for PC, online and consoles market and is operating many gaming platforms worldwide, including "DEUTSCHLAND-SPIELT!" and "SCREENSEVEN". Through cooperation with well-known media and partners worldwide, the company has direct channels in the respective retail and online markets. INTENIUM possesses its own development studio as well as has several joint-ventures to cater to the local markets in Europe. The company is also active in the Social Gaming sector with the platform "Gamepoint.de" and has established a benchmark for the future of Casual Gaming: the first Casual Multiplayer Online World "Alamandi".

web: www.intenium.de

email INTENIUM to set up a meeting!

     
KING.COM
King
Launched in 2004, King.com is the world's leading skill gaming company, with its premier gaming destination www.king.com. King.com offers more than 150 different skill and social games and welcomes more than 18m Unique Users per month on its website. The site is available in 9 languages and promoted in 10 countries. King.com also offers games for Facebook and the iPhone which are extensions of successful online skill games as well as dedicated new developments from its Stockholm games studio.

King.com is the exclusive provider of skill games for leading portals and websites such as Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Real Networks, Spilgroup, Orange, NBC, freenet.de, RTL, Sat 1, Endemol, MTV3, iWin, CBS and other leading media companies. The company is known for extending the brand of popular TV properties such as Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Deal or No Deal or 1vs100.

King.com is headquartered in London and has offices in Stockholm, Hamburg, Rome and Los Angeles.

web: www.king.com

email King.com to set up a meeting!

     
BIGPOINT
BIGPOINT


BIGPOINT is a publisher of online games, a content provider for large media concerns and a developer of browserbased games. Their portfolio of games has achieved the high level of quality which is usually associated with CDs or consoles. More than 300 employees from over 35 nations around the world work together at the international headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. The games developed here are available in 20+ languages and provide more than 100 million gamers from Russia to America and beyond with first-class entertainment for free, without the hassle of having to download or install any additional software.

Bigpoint has pocketed such prestigious honors as the Eco Award "Best Content Provider“ 2009, the international Business Award Stevie 2009, the Ruban d’Honneur at the European Business Awards 2009, the Red Herring 100 Europe and the OnlineStar for the most popular website in Germany.

web: www.bigpoint.com

email BIGPOINT to set up a meeting!

     
GAMEDUELL
GameDuell


GameDuell was founded in 2003 with the vision to combine social games with innovative transaction models. Our passion for high-quality games and a thrilling user experience has made GameDuell one of the best monetizing, as well as one of the largest casual games communities in the world. GameDuell products are available in 7 languages and are played by more than 12 million people every month. We have developed 45 flash-based games in our own studios and embedded them in a unique tournament platform that enhances social gameplay. GameDuell is available on its own brand website as well as on partner sites, social networks, and the iPhone. Our network of more than 200 distribution partners includes the most prominent Internet portals and game sites in the world. The company is driven by a team of over 150 game-enthusiasts and has offices in Berlin and San Francisco. We are constantly looking to hire great talent!

web: www.gameduell.com

email GameDuell to set up a meeting!

     
RONDOMEDIA
Rondomedia
rondomedia is one of the leading publishers and distributors of entertainment software in Germany with a strong focus on casual games. Together with our subsidiary astragon we are proud to have reached the position of market leader in the casual games segment (source: Gfk mediacontrol 01/2009 – 3/2010, German retail market for PC games).

Renowned casual game companies such as Awem, BigFish, eGames, GameMill, iWin, MumboJumbo, Playrix, Realore, THQ Valuesoft as well as many others have chosen us for the exclusive retail-distribution of their products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

In addition to being a successful publishing house, rondomedia is also co-owner of two other companys with strong ties to the gaming industry: The Berlin based casual game developer cerasus, and the German sales and distribution company new planet distribution, which covers outlets lacking their own central buying structure. Our company-network enables us to reach the whole German speaking market and to achieve excellent sales results – also for your products!

70% of rondomedia’s business consists of PC games published for the retail market, the remaining 30% concentrate on games for Nintendo DS™, Wii™ and online downloads for PC (ESD). rondomedia is a family-owned, independent company with no external financing.

rondmedia: Your reliable publishing and distribution partner since 1998.

web: www.rondomedia.com

email Rondomedia to request a meeting!
     
YOUDAGAMES
Youdagames
In the past two years, the Dutch developer Youdagames has established a solid brand in the casual games market with games like Governor of Poker, Youda Farmer, Youda Marina, Youda Legend and Youda Sushi Chef. Our schedule for the upcoming period holds 8 new releases.

Besides the development, Youdagames has its own portal, www.youdagames.com In the last year the portal has transformed into an independent casual distributor. Youdagames has a fast growing affiliate network with a reach of 15 million visitors a month.

Youdagames is always looking for new games, distributors and developers. So feel free to contact us!

web: www.youdagames.com

email Youdagames to set up a meeting!
     
GOLD  
WILDTANGENT
WildTangent
Founded in 1998, WildTangent is a global games media company operating the fastest growing online games service and the largest game advertising network in the world. WildTangent has more than 40 million unique monthly gamers worldwide, offering the most popular online and downloadable games from the world’s top developers and publishers.

The WildTangent ORB™ game console has been selected by leading PC manufacturers including Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Toshiba to ship with new computers, giving it a huge global footprint of connected game playing consumers. WildTangent advertisers include 20th Century FOX, Warner Brothers, Paramount, EA, Sony Playstation, Nintendo, Toyota, Honda, P&G, Unilever, Clorox and many others.

For more information visit www.wildtangent.com or www.wildgames.com.

web: www.wildtangent.com

email WildTangent to set up a meeting!
     
PAYSAFECARD
paysafecard
paysafecard.com Wertkarten AG was established in 2000 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Over the last nine years, the company has pioneered the online prepaid market and lead the way to become Europe’s leading prepaid payments solution. The company provides cash-to-internet transactions by distributing its prepaid vouchers through a network of 230,000 physical retail outlets across Europe and Argentina. The company has 2700 partner merchants and performed 15 million customer transactions in 2008 alone. paysafecard is a prepaid card comparable to cards known in the mobile phone sector. paysafecard means payment without a bank account – simply using cash. Especially Games is one of the key markets where paysafecard is already working together with many major brands such as NC Soft, King.com, Gameforge, Gamigo, Mindark, CCP, Gala, Bigpoint, Frogster, K2, Aeria Games, NHN and Miniclip.

web: www.paysafecard.com

email paysafecard to set up a meeting!
     
GLOBALCOLLECT
Globalcollect
GlobalCollect is the world's premier Payment Service Provider of local e-payment solutions for international Customer Not-Present (CNP) businesses such as internet, mail and telephone orders. Through one single web-enabled technical and administrative interface, our online payment platform offers the largest range of local e-payment methods and currencies in over 200 countries.

web: www.globalcollect.com

email GlobalCollect to set up a meeting!
     
PLAYRIX
Playrix Entertainment
Playrix® Entertainment is a top-tier casual games developer and publisher with an extensive network of distribution channels, an experienced in-house development team and a number of external studio partners.

The team behind such worldwide hits as The Rise of Atlantis™, Fishdom™, 4 Elements™, Gardenscapes™, etc. is steadily stepping up production bringing sequels and line extensions of the existing products as well as carving out new franchises on a variety of platforms.

In addition to premium-quality content from the in-house team of over 90 professionals, Playrix also acts as a full-scale publisher for a number of promising titles from external studios.

Having adopted a multi-platform strategy, Playrix is already expanding its titles onto the iPhone/mobile, Mac, Nintendo Wii/DS and other consoles/handhelds while continuing to explore new opportunities.

web: www.playrix.com

email Playrix to set up a meeting!

     
SPIL GAMES
Spil Games
Headquartered in the Netherlands, SPIL GAMES owns and operates a global family of web properties dedicated to online games. SPIL GAMES leverages its experience with a deep understanding of the online games market to produce localized websites targeted to core audiences—such as http://www.Games.co.uk (family), http://www.Agame.com (tweens), http://www.A10.com (teens), and http://www.GirlsGoGames.co.uk (girls)—offering free gaming content. With 45 game destinations online localized into nearly 20 languages, SPIL GAMES is ranked as one of the Top 50 most visited online properties in the world, according to comScore Media Metrix, and attracts more than 115 million unique visitors each month to its websites worldwide. In its current portfolio, SPIL GAMES has a collection of more than 4,000 online games, which have been developed both in-house and through partnerships with top-tier game developers and studios. An established leader in the online games industry, SPIL GAMES is focused on the creation of strong brands, targeted content, strategic partnerships, and a global distribution network. For more information, please visit http://www.spilgames.com.

web: www.spilgames.com

email SPIL GAMES to set up a meeting!
     
REFLEXIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Reflexive Entertainment
In addition to being one of the top casual game developers, Reflexive Entertainment has created one of the largest casual game distribution networks in the industry, highlighted by a customizable white-label affiliate program. We also offer our publishing services to casual game developers with brilliant games that are looking for a global distribution solution. Let us put our expertise and experience to work for you.

web: www.reflexive.com

email Reflexive Entertainment to request a meeting!
     
PURPLE HILLS
Purple Hills
Since 1995 S.A.D. is specialized in the development and distribution of software and games. S.A.D. enjoys a broad and established presence in the conventional German -language market due to strong relationship to key players in the market. Our casual games brand „Purple Hills“, launched in 2003, gained over the years top chart positions and make our retail partners happy.

Our dedicated and committed casual games team offers a variety of services to bring your games successful on the market. Purple Hills games are available for PC and Nintendo DS.

Trust the best!

web: www.purplehills.de

email Purple Hills to request a meeting!
     
OBERON MEDIA
Oberon Media
Oberon Media is the world’s leading multi-platform casual games company, with expertise in online, mobile and interactive TV distribution, development, and publishing. Oberon’s platforms and content are being utilized by some of the world's largest portals and corporations including Microsoft, Electronic Arts/Pogo, MySpace, Yahoo! Games, Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, France Telecom and NHN.

web: http://corp.oberon-media.com

email Oberon’s Developer Partnerships team to set up a meeting!
     
GAMETWIST
Gametwist

Gametwist is one of the leading central European gaming platforms and has years of experience in gaming operations. Since 2001 Gametwist offers the best and most popular national & international Multiplayer games like Backgammon, Skat, Solitaire, Poker, Belote, action games and many more. All games are available in 15 different languages. Gametwist offers special features like a challenging system, a lobby system and chat system, as well as a peer group system, price draws & tournaments and an integrated matchmaking & player‘s strength system.

The gaming platform is able to provide immediate access to up to 3 million gamers worldwide for externally sourced games. Gametwist is looking for interesting gaming products and innovative developers to extend our gaming portfolio. Our aim is to find high quality products to be offered to our quickly increasing number of fans.

web: www.gametwist.com

email Gametwist to request a meeting!

     
PLIMUS
Plimus

Plimus helps casual game publishers drive increased revenues through innovative commerce solutions using its hosted E-Commerce platform. Plimus clients sell direct to their customers, sell new game packages and enable in-game commerce. They recognize upwards of 90% of the revenue from each sale, and can provide not only marketing to their customers, but also one-click shopping for future purchases. The Plimus E-Commerce platform provides a vital link into the Plimus Vendor & Affiliate network, enabling publishers to achieve global visibility, extended sales and a virtually limitless catalog of products for cross-promotion on a revenue share basis. With 24/7 Customer Support, sophisticated Fraud Protection, integration to leading Copy Protection schemes and the ability to transact business in dozens of languages and currencies, the Plimus E-Commerce platform is the right choice for casual game publishers who want to fully monetize their organic web traffic

web: www.plimus.com

email Plimus to set up a meeting!

     
PLAYFIRST
PlayFirst
PlayFirst, the leader in interactive entertainment for women, publishes emotionally engaging experiences to always delight consumers. PlayFirst’s mission is to deliver delightful play for everybody, everyday. By creating compelling story worlds that capture the imagination, PlayFirst teams make quality gaming experiences across popular platforms worldwide including PC, Mac, iPhone, Facebook, and consoles. The company's game portfolio includes world-renowned titles, such as Diner Dash®, Wedding Dash®, Cooking Dash®, Chocolatier®, and Dream Chronicles®. PlayFirst games are available in major retailers and on more than 500 sites in 20 languages. For more information, visit www.playfirst.com.

web: www.playfirst.com

email PlayFirst to request a meeting!

     
GAMECITY:HAMBURG
gamecity:Hamburg
Under the heading "Harbour of the Games Industry" gamecity:Hamburg offers the games sector a wide range of support options ranging from regular industry gatherings, workshops and consulting, office space and the unique education at the GamecityLab. The network and the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) created the master’s degree programme “Sound, Vision, Games”, which started in September 2009.

gamecity:Hamburg was established in 2003 as a project of the initiative Hamburg@work and evolved Germany’s most comprehensive regional gaming industry network. More than 200 companies and over 1,900 employees in the digital games industry make Hamburg one of Germany’s top locations of the gaming sector. The network currently has 1,600 members from 1000 companies. In particular, the presence of the city’s more than 20,000 media and IT enterprises creates a perfect environment for both new and established games companies in times of increasing media convergence.

More information about gamecity:Hamburg on www.gamecity-hamburg.com.

email gamecity:Hamburg to set up a meeting!

     
GAMES FOR WINDOWS

Games for Windows


Games for Windows is a Microsoft gaming program designed to optimize compatibility and showcase both casual and hardcore gaming on the Windows operating system, especially Windows 7. In addition, the program promotes online game titles and services that pass a set of technical requirements which ensure a great gaming experience for consumers.

web: www.microsoft.com/GFWCertification

email Games for Windows to request a meeting!

     
MICROSOFT CASUAL GAMES

Microsoft


Microsoft Casual Games encompasses the best of casual gaming on multiple platforms, reaching 125 million global players every month. If you’ve ever played Solitaire or Minesweeper in Windows, you already know who we are! Our MSN Games service features hundreds of web-based, downloadable, and premium games, virtual badges, and unique content. Xbox Live Arcade brings downloadable casual and classic arcade games to the wildly popular Xbox 360 console. And the multiplayer Messenger Games can be played while chatting with distant friends.

web: games.msn.com

email Microsoft Casual Games to request a meeting!

SILVER  
MOCHI MEDIA
Mochimedia
Mochi Media is the world's largest online game network, serving the needs of thousands of Flash developers, reaching over 100 million unique users each month with a library of over 14,000 games, and enabling advertisers to reach engaged consumers with targeted display, text, and video ads. The company's Flash game development products and services provide developers with tools to track distribution and usage analytics, enable version control and live updates to distributed games, and provide monetization via micro-transactions and real-time insertion of pre-game and in-game ads. Mochi Media's developers gain distribution opportunities to over 30,000 Web sites, as well as monetization opportunities by sharing in the ad and micro-transaction revenue generated by their games. Mochi Media is headquartered in downtown San Francisco.

web: www.mochimedia.com

email Mochi Media to set up a meeting!
     
ALAWAR ENTERTAINMENT
Alawar Entertainment
Alawar Entertainment has specialized in the development, publication and distribution of casual games since 1999. The company has published more than 200 titles worldwide and is the largest provider of casual games in Eastern Europe. Today, Alawar works with five internal studios and more than 30 external developers, providing a full range of services that includes game production, distribution and marketing. Alawar distributes its releases via its broad network of Web sites. The company's offerings can also be found on popular download portals, including RealArcade, BigFish Games, Yahoo! Games, AOL, iWIN and others. In addition to distributing games online, Alawar works with CD publishers in more than 20 countries. In 2008, the company significantly increased its presence in Eastern Europe and became the leading distributor of casual games in that region.

web: www.alawar.com

email Alawar Entertainment to set up a meeting!
     
GAMEPOINT
Gamepoint
GamePoint
is an online publisher and developer of casual multiplayer webgames. By offering a unique mix of advanced social community elements and gameplay based in traditional culture, GamePoint maintains the largest casual online gaming community in The Netherlands. Millions of members enjoy games like Backgammon, Cardgames and well-known Bargames. Poker and Bingo-type games are offered using a virtual currency driven economy, ensuring that no actual gambling takes place.

In addition to its own websites, GamePoint games can be found on popular portals like those of Sanoma, MTV, RTL or SPIL Games. We’re currently expanding our business throughout Europe and the rest of the world, using a proven formula of exciting games accessible from a host of big digital media platforms including the largest online social networks.

web: www.gamepoint.net

email GamePoint to set up a meeting!
     
MOPAY
Mopay
mopay is an international leader in mobile-billing solutions. mopay provides its platform to around 3.1 billion people in 60 countries and allows its users to settle payment transaction simply by typing in their mobile phone number on a web-interface. The solution serves as a payment interface between vendors of digital and virtual goods and their end customers. Ease of use and thus high conversion within the payment process are key characteristics of the mopay solution which has attracted leading online gaming companies, community and content portals into offering mopay as a means of payment. mopay is a trademark of MindMatics AG, founded in March 2000 and employing more than 100 staff in its offices in Munich, Cologne, Vienna and London.

web: www.mopay.com

email Mopay to set up a meeting!

     
BOONTY
Boonty
Boonty leads the way in innovative online gaming solutions serving millions of users around the world and leveraging unmatched game technology and service expertise. Boonty offers white label services to distribute games throughout its network of +70 partners, 200 websites and 6 Million unique users/month. Boonty belongs to the Nexway group, leader of digital distribution of software and video games and has distribution agreements with major market publishers (Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, THQ, Atari, Sega, Take 2, etc.) and more than 200 partner portals over 25 countries. If you wish to distribute your games via Boonty and/or discover our white-label service, email us and we’ll be pleased to set up a meeting with you!

web: uk.boonty.com

email Boonty to request a meeting!
     
AWEM STUDIO
Awem Studio

Awem studio, an independent game development company, was founded in 2002 with the sole mission of developing high quality casual PC and Mac Games. Growing steadily since our conception, Awem studio’s successes have come from supporting each of our member’s unique skills to produce griping, whimsical and original games.

The company has established itself as the premier casual game developer in Eastern Europe. Its superior titles include Romance of Rome, Cradle of Rome, Cradle of Persia, Star Defender 1-4 etc. which have delighted millions of families across the world.

Awem studio offers premium casual content and is always open to partnership and new distribution opportunities.

web: www.awem.com

email Oleg Rogovenko at Awem studio for a meeting to discuss publishing and development opportunities.

     
WEBBILLING
Webbilling
Webbilling.com is an experienced European Online Payment Services provider focused on real Direct Debit payments for the most prosperous European markets: Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Austria, and the Netherlands. Other than cash, Direct Debit is the most widely used form of payment for most European countries, with most EU citizens paying their bills via this method and fully comfortable with the online procedure. Strengthening our Direct Debit platform, we provide efficient Anti-fraud Measures, sophisticated Risk Management tools, Collection Services and Personalized Consulting Services to help you maximize European revenues.

Webbilling.com also provides Advanced Direct Pay user-initiated payment services, enabling our merchants to cover guaranteed chargeback-free transactions in a total of 43 European Countries.

Utilize the Webbilling.com platform to access the entire lucrative European market.

web: www.webbilling.com

email Webbilling to request a meeting!
     
TURBOGAMES
Turbogames.ru

TurboGames.ru is a leading publisher and developer of casual games in Russia. We localize and publish casual product on CD-ROM and distribute them through more than 2000 stores, on the premium shelves, of Russian and CIS cities. More than 100 world casual hit titles were published under TurboGames brand since 2008. Besides your product will be available through our portal www.TurboGames.ru.

TurboGames.ru is your best partner for retail and online distribution in Russia and ex-USSR.

web: www.turbogames.ru & eng.turbogames.ru

Please email TurboGames to arrange a meeting to discuss publishing of your games under the TurboGames brand.
Please email TurboGames to arrange a meeting to discuss publishing of our games.

     
MATOMY
Matomy
Matomy is a provider of alternative payment solutions for social network applications, online and freemium games, MMOs and other players in the online marketplace. Offering a turnkey platform to both publishers and advertisers, Matomy provides its clients with a unique opportunity to channel revenue from both banner and offer advertising from a single source.

web: www.matomy.com

email Matomy to set up a meeting!
     
DIGITAL RIVER
Digital River
From small businesses to global enterprises, Digital River works with software publishers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers of all sizes. More than 40,000 companies - representing software, high tech manufacturing, consumer electronics and other specialty markets - have selected Digital River as their e-commerce partner.

web: www.digitalriver.com

email Digital River to set up a meeting!
     
POPCAP
PopCap Games
PopCap's
goal is to create simple but deep games that literally everyone can enjoy! You can play all of PopCap's web games instantly right in your browser... or quickly download the Deluxe versions in just a few minutes, even with a slow modem connection.

web: www.popcap.com

please contact PopCap to set up a meeting!
     
SUPERSONICADS
SupersonicAds
SupersonicAds
is the leading virtual currency monetization platform in Europe.

Our platform is fully localized and translated in all European languages and includes local advertisers and payment providers. Our advanced optimization engine serves relevant offers to users based on their geographic, demographic and behavioral data.

You can implement our solution onto any social application, MMO, virtual world and game community to increase your revenue in international markets.

web: www.SupersonicAds.com

email SupersonicAds to set up a meeting!
     
YUMMY INTERACTIVE
Yummy Interactive
Yummy Interactive™, Inc. offers premium digital distribution solutions for video games that enable businesses to monetize and deliver content effectively to customers online. Our products support the industry’s widest variety of revenue models and delivery options available.

As a fully-customizable white-label service the YummyGames Platform enables Games on Demand and supports multiple, simultaneous offers such as subscription, rent-to-own, TBYB, ESD and more. GameShield™ also offers easy-to-use and flexible licensing and protection software for securely selling games online.

We also actively license games for our global distribution network. Find out more about Yummy on our website.

web: www.yummyinteractive.com

email Yummy Interactive to request a meeting!
     
GATE2SHOP
Gate2shop
Gate2Shop is a premium provider of e-commerce technology for casual and browser based game publishers. Its services are well suited for software and digital service vendors who want to market and sell their software or products online. Fraud management, chargeback guarantee, microtransactions, flexible weekly payouts and extremely competitive rates are combined with more than a decade of experience in the e-commerce industry to make G2S.com the obvious choice for your games. The customizable features that are included help to promote vendors’ software and boost their sales without any additional cost.

web: www.g2s.com

email Gate2Shop to request a meeting!
     
6WAVES
6waves
6waves, a venture backed company is the leading international publisher and developer of gaming applications on the Facebook platform. Through partnerships with the very best developers, 6waves aims to publish the next generation of social games, covering every genre, language, and platform. To date, 6waves has over 50 million monthly active players and is growing aggressively. Some of 6waves most popular games include Happy Harvest, My Fishbowl, and Medical Mayhem.

web: www.6waves.com

email 6waves to request a meeting!
     
VISIWARE
Playinstar
Visiware launches PLAYINSTAR, the brand new Skill Gaming B2B PLATFORM

• A true white label turnkey solution to generate extensive additional revenue
• Incredibly user friendly
• Offering some of the best multi-player games
• The only event-based program
• Utilizing the latest technology + unique features with full back office access
• Displaying a unique community & viral features : “socialgaming”
• Animation is key, and is included!

And so much more… Please come visit our booth and experience a demo, silver table 2

web: www.visiware.com

email Visiware to set up a meeting!
     
JOJU
Joju
Joju Games Inc. is dedicated to creating new and fun casual game experiences.  Bringing together a development team that has been a pioneer in casual games before the term casual games was coined, Joju Games Inc. develops casual games across multiple platforms.

web: www.Jojugames.com

email Joju to request a meeting!
     
FREEZE TAG
Freezetag
As a publisher of casual games, Freeze Tag offers developers a variety of services (including creative feedback, marketing and distribution) to help you make your dream a reality. We have experience working with developers all over the world, and we're always looking for new family-friendly games!

web: www.freezetag.com

email Craig & Mick at Freeze Tag to discuss publishing your games!
     
ALLOPASS
Allopass


Allopass is a global leader in online payment solutions. Coming from a background of pay-by-phone and pay-by-SMS services, which we are still specialized in, we offer the most accepted payment methods in more than 60 markets globally, including several eWallets such as HiPay and Paypal, prepaid cards, wire transfer and debit services etc. Allopass and HiPay in the Hi-Media Group can offer the whole variety of payment services internationally at excellent rates for Micropayment as much as for eCommerce.

Allopass processes transactions quickly, is totally secure, and anonymous. For these reasons, it's particularly efficient at triggering off impulse purchases, and at monetizing 'tryout' offers but also provides subscription management. Incorporated in 2000, Allopass joined the Hi-media group in 2006. Founded in 1996, the Hi-media Online Media group is one of the top Internet publisher in the world with more than 55 million unique visitors per month on its proprietary websites. Hi-media is also the European leader in online advertising and electronic payments solutions.

web: www.allopass.com

email Allopass to request a meeting!

BRONZE  
STRATEGIC MUSIC
Strategic Music
Strategic Music goes beyond producing music, sound effects, and voiceovers. We create atmosphere - that special quality that breathes life into a game.

Our portfolio includes: Rhianna Ford & The Da Vinci Letter, Women`s Murder Club series, Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery, Reincarnations: The Awakening, Cassandra`s Journey series, Call of Atlantis, Nick Chase series, Dr. Lynch: Grave Secrets, 4 Elements, Wonderburg, Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey, Posh Boutique series, Agatha Christie series, and many others.

web: www.strategicmusic.org

email Strategic Music to request a meeting!
     
CHAYOWO GAMES
Chayowo Games

ChaYoWo Games is India’s leading game development studio. We are a creative company focused on providing game development, game art and animation, and game QA services to companies worldwide. Our expertise lies in development of PC/MAC games, online flash games, iPhone games, social gaming, virtual worlds, Advergames, and more. Our clients and partners are leading game producers/developers and publishers looking to increase production capacity while keeping costs under control.

From outsourcing and customized game development to IP/original titles, advergaming, and virtual worlds and more, with our state-of-the-art development center in India and offices in New York and London, we are on a mission to enable game development teams and our publishing partners worldwide to create more games, more content, and more emotions for their audience, while keeping costs under control and meeting delivery timelines.

web: www.Chayowogames.com

email ChaYoWo Games to request a meeting!

     
FUGAZO
Fugazo

Fugazo Inc., based in Seattle, Washington, is an independent developer and publisher of casual and indie games. Fugazo’s portfolio includes popular game titles the Cooking Academy series, the World Mosaics series, and Kitchen Brigade. Fugazo reaches millions of game players worldwide through multiple distribution channels including online, PC, Mac, and retail. In 2010 Fugazo, will release its first console title Frobot for WiiWare, PC, and Mac. For more information about Fugazo visit http://www.fugazo.com/

web: www.Fugazo.com

email Fugazo to request a meeting!

     
BOOSTERMEDIA
Booster Media
BoosterMedia offers complete mobile casual gaming portals, including mobile games to play instantly (Adobe Flash Lite), integrated advertising solutions and premium billing.

Many companies already offer web casual gaming, either as an integrated section of a media website, or as a standalone gaming portal. BoosterMedia can provide end-to-end mobile gaming solutions for your brand as well, without the hassles and (technical) complexities that mobile development involves.

BoosterMedia offers a complete mobile casual gaming solution for traditional media companies, broadcasters, Internet portals and Mobile (Virtual) Network Operators. Our mobile gaming portals can be fully adjusted to the brand’s look-and-feel. Dedicated ad-sales, integrated mobile advertising and premium billing are among the many options.

web: www.boostermedia.com

email BoosterMedia to set up a meeting!

     
ARKADIUM
Arkadium

Arkadium is a premier game solutions developer for the casual games market.  The company’s growing archive of over 200 Flash-based and custom game solutions currently reaches millions of people through some of the most popular online destinations and corporate branded Web sites on the Internet.

web: www.Arkadium.com

email Arkadium to set up a meeting!

     
JOINDOTS
Joindots

Joindots is your professional partner for maximizing the profit of your casual games! We help you expand the commercialization of your high-quality ESD-titles by bringing your IPs to retail and also to other platforms, such as Nintendo DS. If you would like to utilize our resources to go retail or if you are interested in further publishing options, do not hesitate to contact us. It would be great to meet with you in-person at Casual Connect: Hamburg.

Let’s join the dots and help your games realize their full potential!

web: www.Joindots.com

email Joindots to set up a meeting!

     
MASQUE PUBLISHING
Masque Publishing
Masque Publishing develops and publishes a wide variety of entertainment software for both the PC & Mac platforms. Founded in 1987 and based in Colorado USA, Masque has distribution to all of the major North American software retailers as well as a strong and growing online presence. We publish the highest quality software developed by third party entities. We would be particularly interested in meeting with developers and publishers to discuss a range of partnership opportunities, including publishing/distributing finished or upcoming games in the US.

web: www.masque.com

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NEOVIA FINANCIAL
Neovia
NEOVIA Financial is one of the most recognised and trusted brands for international payment processing, offering the only payment system designed to grow revenue. Our payment suite gives gaming sites of any size everything they need to accept payments including:

• Indemnified e-wallet payments with built-in loyalty systems through NETELLER
• Customisable payment gateway that delivers card and localised payment options from NETBANX
• Net+ prepaid card services
• Localised e-wallet, payments and bureau service for Asia
• Fraud reduction
• And more

web: www.neovia.com

email Neovia to set up a meeting!

     
HILL STONE ANIMATION STUDIOS
Hill Stone Animation Studio
Hill Stone Animation Studios is developing the game assets since 2007, have entered the main stream of game development for PC, MAC, iphone, Online Flash & MMO & MMORPG Game platforms. We have developed more than 100 games in Web, PC, Iphone & MAC Games.  We have strong development team, infrastructure and innovative talent to transform new technologies into perspective and engage ourselves into new heights in gaming industry.  We release games under co-branding, white label and under our own brand name.

Catalogue’s of the games are available at www.hsastudios.com

web: www.hsastudios.com

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SOMATONE
Somatone Interactive Audio

SomaTone Interactive Audio is the #1 supplier of audio to the casual games industry. Providing original music, sound efx, VO production (including Localization), creative concepting and top notch service, the SomaTone Team has provided audio for over 100 top 10 casual games titles since 2002. Titles include: Peggle, Mystery Case Files Series, Diner Dash Series, Chocolatier Series, Dream Chronicles, Azada Series, Virtual Villagers Series, Hidden Expedition Series, Big City Adventure Series and close to 400 more PC Downloadable, MMO’s, DS and XBLA titles.

web: www.somatone.com

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GAMESINDUSTRY.COM
Gamesindustry.com
Gamesindustry.com is the leading international B2B portal for game sourcing, partnerships, jobs and investment opportunities related to the games industry currently representing >500 companies and their products. It provides matchmaking services and also assists investors, advertisers, traditional publishers and media firms in entering or participating in this dynamic market.

Today’s Gamers, founded by TNS Global and Gamesindustry.com, is a leading market intelligence provider for the games industry. The nation-wide reports contain data and insights across all game platforms on the United States, United Kingdom Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium. Clients include Nintendo of Europe, WildTangent, Spil Games, RealGames, EA and King.com.

web: www.gamesindustry.com & www.todaysgamers.com

email Gamesindustry.com to request a meeting!
     
MO GROUP INTERNATIONAL
MOGI
MO Group International is a leading Brussels-based translation/localization and testing company supporting more than 40 languages.

We specialize in video console games, PC games, online games, and marketing collateral translation & testing. With our streamlined localization and QA processes, experienced project managers and translators, testers and QA professionals who are native speakers, your translation projects will be a success as well as on budget and on time every time.

web: www.mogi-translations.com

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SOMETRICS
Sometrics
Sometrics helps publishers monetize free-to-play games, social applications, casual games and virtual worlds through virtual currency with the industry’s most advanced offer platform and payment manager. Game publishers gain a new revenue source that enhances existing payment methods and increases conversions among paying users. Sometrics has a global inventory of offers ranging from surveys, trials, videos, shopping and more. With partners ranging from K2 Networks to Playdom, Sometrics works with many of the top publishers in the gaming space.

web: www.sometrics.com

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ABSOLUTIST
Absolutist
Absolutist is a Ukrainian game development and publishing company, which produces casual games for different platforms: Windows, Flash, Mac, iPhone, X-Box and Linux since it began in 2000. It operates several portals with download and online games (the major are Absolutist.com and Wellgames.com) for the international audience. 

Our expanding portfolio already contains more than 100 unique titles for Windows PC and other popular platforms and 35 online multiplayer games. With its many years of experience and creative production studio staff, Absolutist provides outsourced development of casual games for the download market and online gaming. It also supplies major online portals, and possesses a portfolio of products available for licensing.

web: www.absolutist.com

email Tatyana Garat at Absolutist to discuss your content and development needs!
     
YOO-MEE
Yoo-mee
Yoo-Mee partners with you to bring the most out of your games. Connect your games to the Yoo-Mee community: the only platform that serves gamers across the web, social networks and mobile devices.

Through Yoo-Mee, your games shift from a solitary to a social and interactive experience: Users play in one-on-one challenges and tournaments using virtual and cash-backed currencies... Users break the traditional boundaries set by web and social platforms by challenging one another on a social network and answering it on a mobile device or publisher website. Bring in new revenue as all these users socialize through your games!

So Yoo in?... Let's play!

Yoo-Mee is a platform powered by Hooked Media Group and is backed by US Venture Partners and Altos Ventures.



web: www.hookedmediagroup.com

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ZONG
Zong
Zong is the leading mobile payment service used by online gaming and social networking web sites. Zong is featured in top applications on social networks like Facebook and MySpace as well as leading virtual worlds, MMOs and online gaming sites, such as Gaia Online, IMVU and Mochi Media. Our next-generation platform, Zong+, combines carrier-billing with card-billing options to reduce fees and generate more revenue for merchants and publishers.

web: www.zong.com

email Zong to request a meeting!
     
SPONSORPAY
SponsorPay
Based in Berlin, SponsorPay is the leading European monetization platform for Online Games and Social Applications.

SponsorPay serves local advertising offers in more than 30 native localized countries from 1000+ high quality advertisers.

For our Publishers like Gameforge.com we generate several 100 Euro / 1000 users that see our ads.

web: www.sponsorpay.com

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G5 ENTERTAINMENT
G5 Entertainment
G5 Entertainment started as the world's leading mobile game development studio, developing games based on popular licenses for Electronic Arts, Disney, and THQ. G5 is now successfully operating as a developer and publisher of casual downloadable games for the iPhone, PC, home and portable consoles.

G5 owns a number of popular casual franchises including Virtual City, Supermarket Mania, Stand O’ Food, and Mahjongg Artifacts – published by G5 on PC, iPhone, and PSP. G5 also helps other developers bring their games to the iPhone and other platforms – recently published iPhone games include The Mystery of the Crystal Portal (PC game by Artogon Corp) and Yumsters! 2 (developed by KranX Productions).

web: www.g5e.com

Contact Julia Palatovska at G5 to set up a meeting about distribution of G5 PC titles or publishing your games on the iPhone, PSP minis, Nintendo DSi
     
JALUDO
Jaludo
Jaludo is a Dutch company that publishes online gaming portals and online games. With a worldwide reach of over 25 million unique online gamers each month and with a solid growth Jaludo is one of the larger gaming networks in the world. We run 56 portals in over 24 countries worldwide, for example Speeleiland.nl in the Netherlands, Wyspagier.pl in Poland, Brincar.pt in Portugal, Spiel.de and Spielkarussell.de in Germany and our girls portal Titter.com. We have a broad range of target groups, from tweens to adults, both male and female. With portals in Europe, North and South America and Asia we cover a fair piece of the casual gaming industry.

web: www.jaludo.com

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FRESHGAMES
Fresh Games
FreshGames, the developer/publisher of such hits as Ranch Rush, Cubis, Word Mojo and ZenGems is going Casual 2.0. Social games and micro-transactions are the new creative direction for Casual that offers unlimited new possibilities for innovative developers looking to break all the rules. If you have technology, a new game or app for publishing we should know about, let’s talk.

web: www.freshgames.com

email Stephan Smith at FreshGames for a meeting!
     
WORLD INTERNET PROJECTS
WiProjects
World Internet Projects is a Spanish company that develops flash games and advergames for thirth parties and produces games for their own multiplayer platform. Its edits and publishes its own casual gaming portals - with more then 7.000 games in our catalogue today - and in several languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. We reach around 10 million unique visitors per month. Examples of our leading portals in the Spanish and Latinamerican casual gaming market, are: juegosdiarios.com, jogododia.com, noelia.com and dailygames.com.

web: www.wiprojects.net

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GRATISPAY
GratisPay
GratisPay is the leading European monetization platform for MMOs and social games. Based in Hamburg we are serving major European companies like BigPoint as well as US publishers who entered the European market. GratisPay focuses on high quality advertising offers and a sustainable monetization approach.

web: www.gratispay.com

email GratisPay to request a meeting!
     
GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE
Games Convention Online
In 2009, GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE as the international show focussed only on browser, client and mobile games celebrated its acclaimed debut. GCO is the dual convention for business and the public. At the Business Center, the focus is on exchange and dialogue. This is where the experts from the online gaming branch get together to network and debate the latest trends – and where GCO generates momentum for the entire online games industry. Meanwhile, the public halls are the venue for Germany’s biggest meeting for the online games community. GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE will take place in Leipzig, Germany from July 8th to 11th.

web: www.gamesconvention.com

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HEAVYWORKS STUDIO
HeavyWorks Studios
HeavyWorks Studio was founded in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania. Our main goal is to deliver top quality outsourcing services and to achieve excellence in this field by using the latest 3D graphic softwares combined with cutting edge body and face motion capture solutions.

Concept art, modeling, animation, rigging, level design and game design are provided by a team with a great experience in game industry, movies production for TV series and cinema with serious art background. We have worked on various projects, from media advertising to MMORPGs, on different platforms, PC, Playstation, XBox.

We're skilled in using management and versioning software, like Jira, Confluence and Tortoise SVN, to keep track of tasks and assets especially in large projects like MMORPGs.

HeavyWorks Studio offers top quality content and is always open to partnership and new opportunities. If you are looking for quality, efficiency, creativity and professionalism, at very competitive prices, we are your best choice. We're always working 110%!

web: www.heavyworksstudio.com

email HeavyWorks Studio to request a meeting!
SPEAKERS  
SPEAKERS  
 
Speaker contact information is a-firstname.lastname@casualconnect.org. View our content page for a listing of the speakers.

     
PREMIUM MEMBERS  
NAMCO NETWORKS AMERICA, INC. - DAVID SCHWARTZ  
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FOREIGN MEDIA GAMES - MICHEL VAN ELMPT  
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SO WHAT! - EGON FRIEBUS  
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ATLAS INTERACTIVE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH - ANDRE MOELLER  
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REALGAMES - JEREMY SNOOK  
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COVUS GMBH & CO.KG - SVEN LUBEK  
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WAZZAMBA SERVICES SA - JESS MULLIGAN  
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WAZZAMBA SERVICES SA - ROCCO PELLEGRINELLI  
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U-TRAX- RICHARD VAN DER GIESSEN  
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OUAT ENTERTAINMENT - MATTHIAS CASTELL  
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ROBOSOFT TECHNOLOGIES - ROHITH BHAT  
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FOREIGN MEDIA GAMES - MICHEL VAN ELMPT  
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CORE ENGINEERING GMBH - MARIO BAUMANN  
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IBA-GROUP - PAVEL SHYLENOK  
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IBA-GROUP - NIKOLAY CHMYROV  
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OG INTERNATIONAL LTD - JIM SCOTT  
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MAIL.RU- VSEVOLOD LEONOV  
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GAME INSIGHT - ALISA CHUMACHENKO  
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GAME INSIGHT - SVETLANA LEONOVA  
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MI'PU'MI GAMES GMBH - GREGOR EIGNER  
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YAMAGO - MATHIEU ANTHOINE  
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ADOTOMI LTD - ELAD MAOZ  
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ADOTOMI LTD - JOE MCCORMACK  
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GAMEINVEST - MARIANA CARDOSO  
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GAMEINVEST - PEDRO CANDELARIA  
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MYSTIC BOX - JESSE AMERICA  
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KAISERGAMES GMBH - ILKER AYDIN  
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BOOSTR - JONATHAN FERREBEUF  
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DISNEY ONLINE STUDIOS - ARTHUR HOUTMAN  
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E4E INTERACTIVE - BECKY WALKER  
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E4E INTERACTIVE - NEIL ROSS  
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GLOBZ - ALEX HOUDENT  
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GTECH G2 - ATUL BALI  
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T-RECS STUDIOS - JEREMIAH COSTELLO  
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GIZMOZ/DAZ 3D - EFRAT MOSHKOVIZ  
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DATASTURM GMBH - JANUSZ BUTTGEREIT  
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MYPLAYCITY, INC. - DMITRY BULAVIN  
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MYPLAYCITY, INC. - GLEB MASHENKO  
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SOFTDISTRIBUTION GMBH - HELMUT SCHMITZ  
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STICK SPORTS LTD - PAUL COLLINS  
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PRIME GAMES GMBH - POLYNIKI VARAKLI  
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KHEOPS STUDIO - BENOIT HOZJAN  
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GORGONE PRODUCTIONS - ERIC GLEIZER  
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ZIGZAG ISLAND - STEPHANE GONOD  
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HYDRAVISION ENTERTAINMENT - DENIS POTENTIER  
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DIGIPORT - MAXIME COUVREUR  
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CCCP - MATTHIEU RICHEZ  
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CCI DU VALENCIENNOIS - SANDRA FAGGIONI  
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PREVIEWLABS - BERNARD FRANCOIS  
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PREVIEWLABS - PAUL MEYERS  
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ANAKAN - MARIE LAURENCE AMIGUES  
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EPIC ADVERTISING - THOMAS DELUCA  
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SOCIAL GOLD - MICHAEL HASWELL  
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3DDUO - MAXENCE DEVOGHELAERE  
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RAVENSBURGER DIGITAL GMBH - THOMAS BLEYER  
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GOODGAME STUDIOS - DR. CHRISTIAN WAWRZINEK  
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PLANET NEMO ANIMATION - MARC BOUCHARLAT  
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PIXELTAMER.NET - JASMIN KASSNER-ORTHBANDT  
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IPC MEDIA - KEVIN HEERY  
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WINNING MOVES UK - JAMES RANKIN  
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AMAZON WEB SERVICES - TODD CARTER  
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REVENUPATH - TRENT GREENLAND  
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MARCHSREITER - DIETER MARCHSREITER  
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CPMSTAR - JESSIC WILLING  
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CPMSTAR - MARIAN HARTEL  
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SAICON LTD - VASILEIOS BEKIARIS  
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SAICON LTD - GEORGE ANTONIADIS  
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