IWin

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title=iWinInfobox_Company
company_name = iWin, Inc.
company_
company_type = Privately Held Company
foundation = Delaware (2001)
location = San Francisco, CA, United States
key_people = CJ Wolf (CEO)

industry = Computer Software
Casual Games
products = iWin Games Arcade
iCoins
iWin Games Studio
Original Games

revenue = profit Private
net_income = profit Private
num_employees = 80 (2007)
homepage = [http://www.iwin.com iWin.com]

iWin is an online gaming developer, publisher and distributor, based in San Francisco, California.

iWin is a leading developer and publisher of online casual games for the mass market. The company offers free games and premium download games through its web site [http://www.iwin.com iWin.com] . As of Spring 2007, the web site offers customers a new game every day. The company's iWin Games Manager application provides a streamlined way to browse and download games from the desktop. iWin offers a micropayment currency called iCoins that allows its audience to purchase games at steep discounts.

iWin also distributes its games through several leading web properties including Yahoo!, RealNetworks, MSN, Shockwave and AOL.

Games

iWin games are casual games geared towards a mass market.

Games published/developed by iWin

* Babysitting Mania
* Beetle Bomp
* Boggle
* Cafe Mahjongg
* Color Up! Wedding Scrapbook
* Cute Knight
* Evolution
* Family Feud
* Finders Keepers
* Garden Defense
* Hexalot
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* Inca Quest
* Jewel Quest
* Jewel Quest 2
* Jewel Quest 3
* Jewel Quest Mysteries
* Jewel Quest Solitaire
* Jewel Quest Solitaire 2
* JoJo's Fashion Show
* JoJo's Fashion Show 2
* Mah Jong Quest
* Mah Jong Quest 2
* Mah Jong Quest 3
* Miss Popularity
* Pageant Princess
* Polly Pride Pet Detective
* Risk
* Shopmania
* Sproink
* Trivial Pursuit
* Trivial Pursuit Online Party
* Wordscape Online Party
* Wordy Vu

Awards

In 2004, iWin's top game, Jewel Quest, was declared a Finalist for the 2004 Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards as "Downloadable Game of the Year".

In 2007, JoJo's Fashion Show and Garden Defense were both named among top games of the year by Gamezebo's Scott Steinberg.

In 2008, Jewel Quest II won a Zeeby [http://www.gamezebo.com/features/news/zeeby-awards-results-are] People's Choice Award for Best Puzzle Game.

History

iWin, Inc. originally began in August 2001 as Next Game, Inc. with the objective of building a skill-based gaming community. The founders included CJ Wolf, David Fox (writer and game developer), and Warren Schwader.

In June 2003, the company acquired iWin from Flipside, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of one-time media giant Vivendi Universal and changed its name. In an effort to extend their multiplayer offering and expand the community, iWin purchased Playsite.com from InfoSpace in August 2003.

iWin has been an online publisher of games of chance and internet lotteries since the late 1990s. iWin.com then offered skill-based games such as puzzles, word games, and card games. iWin no longer pubilshes or supports online skill-based games.

iWin's primary focus is downloadable casual games and multiplayer "Online Party" style games and game communities.

In April 2007, iWin opened 'iWin Division 90', a new studio in Seattle to take advantage of the significant casual game development talent in the Pacific Northwest. At the core of the new studio are several veterans from the casual games, console games, and children's games industries leading a diverse team of employees, contractors and interns to create new opportunities in the casual games market.

In May 2008, iWin opened an office Kiev, Ukraine to pull in Eastern European game development talent.

External links

* [http://www.iwin.com/ iWin Homepage]
* [http://www.mahjongquest.com/ Mah Jong Quest Homepage]
* [http://www.jewelquest.com/ Jewel Quest Homepage]