Beamable Inc.
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Founded 📆 | 2020 |
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Key people | Jon Radoff (CEO) |
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🌐 Website | beamable.com |
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Beamable Inc. is a technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts that provides a software platform for Games as a Service features within the Unity and Unreal game engines.[1][2][3]
Background[edit]
The company was formed through the reorganization of Disruptor Beam, a game studio that was founded in 2010 as a social network game developer.[4] The company created Game of Thrones Ascent, a social and mobile game based on Game of Thrones franchise[5][6][7] released on Facebook and web platforms in 2013, followed by iOS and Android devices in 2014.[8]
In 2014, the company announced a partnership with CBS to create Star Trek Timelines, a strategy roleplaying game featuring characters from Star Trek.[9]
In 2020, Beamable was reorganized and subsequently funded with $5 million for a new Unity-based platform to support backend and live operations for online games,[10] and announced raising a total of $10M as of November 2021.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ Ha,Anthony (21 April 2020). "Disruptor Beam relaunches as gaming infrastructure-maker Beamable". Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ↑ "Disruptor Beam is now Beamable, pivots from making games to helping games make money". VentureBeat. 2020-04-21. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ↑ "Epic MegaGrants: 2022 Update". 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ↑ Kirsner, Scott (2010-03-26). "Vidgame couple build new venture around 'social gaming' trend". boston.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ↑ Cox, Kate (2012-05-21). "The Newest Player in the Game of Thrones Marches its Armies onto Facebook". Kotaku. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ↑ Snider, Mike (2012-05-21). "'Game of Thrones' Facebook game announced". content.usatoday.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ↑ Gaudiosi, John (2012-05-21). "'Game of Thrones' Fans Get First Facebook Social Game". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ↑ Winter Is Coming, July 17, 2014, "Game of Thrones Ascent Launches on iPhone and Android," [1]
- ↑ Keohane,Dennis. "Disruptor Beam launches new Enterprise with Star Trek multiverse game". Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-08. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "Beamable raises $5 million for Unity-based live game services platform". VentureBeat. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ↑ "Beamable expands funding to over $10m". VentureCapitalJournal. 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
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