Big Fish Games is a casual gaming company based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is both a developer and distributor of casual games for computers and mobile devices.
History
The company was founded by Paul Thelen in 2002 with $10,000. In 2009, it announced the opening of their new European headquarters in Cork, Ireland. The BBB rates it "no rating" due to being "in the process of responding to previously closed complaints."
In August 2013, the company announced the closing of its cloud-based games service, Vancouver studio and Cork offices.
On November 12, 2014, the company was acquired by Churchill Downs Incorporated for $885 million. It is primarily involved in the gambling business, and is the owner of several major horse racing tracks, including its namesake Churchill Downs.
In 2017, the company was sold to Aristocrat Technologies for 990 million dollars.
Big Fish Studios
Big Fish Studios is the internal development studio that publishes original titles every year through Big Fish Games. Many of these games are developed using its own proprietary game engine that supports both DirectX and OpenGL.
Games developed by Big Fish Studios include:
- Drawn: Dark Flight
- Drawn: The Painted Tower
- Drawn: Trail of Shadows
- Fairway Solitaire HD
- Hidden Expedition - The Uncharted Islands
- Hidden Expedition: Amazon
- Hidden Expedition: Everest
- Hidden Expedition: Titanic
- Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull
- Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove
- Mystery Case Files: Escape from Ravenhearst
- Mystery Case Files: Fate's Carnival
- Mystery Case Files: Huntsville
- Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate
- Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects
- Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst
- Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst
- Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake
- Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident
- Mystery in London
- Mystic Inn
Online games
The company entered the browser gaming with its acquisition of the game website Ion Thunder in 2007; the service was re-branded as Atlantis following the acquisition. The service, which was later revamped as Big Sea Games in 2009, was shut down in 2010 as part of the company's shift from traditional online games to social games on Facebook and mobile apps.
References
External links
- Official website
