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In August 2014 Nonstop Games was bought by [[King Digital Entertainment]].
In August 2014 Nonstop Games was bought by [[King Digital Entertainment]].

In October 2016, King made the decision to shut down Nonstop Games.


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 01:56, 18 December 2016

Nonstop Games
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryComputer and video games
Interactive entertainment
Founded2011
FounderTeemu Ikonen
Henrik Karlström
Juha Paananen
Henric Suuronen
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Juha Paananen (Head of Studio)
Number of employees
~50
ParentKing (Company)
Website[1]

Nonstop Games is a Singaporean-Finnish games start-up[1] located in Singapore. It was founded in 2011 under the name GamesMadeMe and renamed to NonStop Games in March 2012. The company, backed up by Lifeline Ventures and Creandum, develops mobile and tablet games for gamers on touch devices.

In August 2014 Nonstop Games was bought by King Digital Entertainment.

In October 2016, King made the decision to shut down Nonstop Games.

History

  • NonStop Games was founded in 2011 by Teemu Ikonen, Henrik Karlström, Juha Paananen and Henric Suuronen[2]
  • In January 2012 NonStop Games launched its first game, Dollar Isle[3]
  • In April 2012 their second game, PainStars, was launched. The game’s community marked the production of over 500.000 drawings some months after the launch and the number of daily pictures being painted is close to reach the 30,000[1]
  • In August 2012, NonStop Games announced a new project under the working title "Games IV". The CEO of the company, Juha Paananen, described it as a "90° shift from their last couple games" and as a "mix of strategy, social collaboration and competition with PVP elements."[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "NonStop Games: Social HTML5 Games with a Twist". Techinasia.com. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  2. ^ "About". Nonstop Games. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  3. ^ Vilpponen, Antti (2011-10-17). "GamesMadeMe Rides The HTML5 Wave With Dollar Isle (We Have Invites)". Arcticstartup.com. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  4. ^ Anderson, Greg (2012-08-16). "NonStop Games Building New PVP Title In Singapore". Arcticstartup.com. Retrieved 2014-03-12.