- Mr.Goodliving
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Mr.Goodliving Type Private (subsidiary of RealNetworks) Industry Video games Founded 1999 Headquarters Helsinki, Finland Website www.mrgoodliving.com Mr.Goodliving Ltd. was a Finnish video game developer and a video game publisher based in Helsinki, Finland. It was founded in 1999, and acquired by RealNetworks on the 6th of May in 2005[1]. Mr.Goodliving was focused on games for mobile phones, the iPhone and other high-end portable devices.
The company was best known for the casual sports game franchise Playman Sports[2], spanning numerous incarnations such as Playman Summer Games, Playman Winter Games and Playman World Soccer. Along with original intellectual property, the company worked with several high profile licenses such as Trivial Pursuit[3], South Park[4], Scrabble[5], and the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games[6].
In addition to its games, Mr.Goodliving developed EMERGE, a proprietary development platform which enables rapid and scalable publishing of games to more than 2000 handsets in 20 languages.[citation needed]
On February 9, 2011, Real unexpectedly announced to close Mr.Goodliving.[7]
External links
- Official Mr.Goodliving website
- Pocket Gamer's coverage on Mr.Goodliving
References
- ^ ""REALNETWORKS ENTERS MOBILE GAMES MARKET: ACQUIRES EUROPEAN-BASED MR. GOODLIVING LTD"". investor.realnetworks.com. http://investor.realnetworks.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1299933-05-2342.
- ^ ""Playman Sports"". www.playmansports.com. http://www.playmansports.com.
- ^ ""Trivial Pursuit: Deluxe Edition Review"". www.pocketgamer.co.uk. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/Trivial+Pursuit%3A+Deluxe+Edition/review.asp?c=5227.
- ^ ""South Park Mega Millionaire Review"". www.pocketgamer.co.uk. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/South+Park+Mega+Millionaire/review.asp?c=15597.
- ^ ""Scrabble Mobile Review"". www.pocketgamer.co.uk. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/Scrabble+Mobile/review.asp?c=10656&srch=scrabble.
- ^ ""Vancouver 2010 Review"". www.pocketgamer.co.uk. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/Vancouver+2010/review.asp?c=17790.
- ^ http://dome.fi/pelit/uutiset/real-sulkee-suomalaisen-mr-goodliving-pelikehittajan-potkut-44lle
Categories:- Companies based in Helsinki
- Video game developers
- Companies established in 1999
- Video game companies of Finland
- Browser-based game websites
- European video game company stubs
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