SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Big Fish Games, Inc., the category leader in premium casual games with over 1.5 billion downloads, today announced that mobile veteran Wibe Wagemans has joined Big Fish to manage the mobile business. The company has exclusive mobile publishing agreements with more than 150 development partners for over 500 games, and has already launched 237 iOS games (101 for iPhone and 136 for iPad), 90% of them released within the past 12 months. To date, 84% of Big Fish branded mobile games have achieved a top 25 ranking in the All Games category in Apple’s App Store with average user ratings of 4 to 5 stars.
As the former senior vice president of global brand advertising for Rovio and its Angry Birds franchise, and Microsoft’s former global head of marketing of Bing for mobile, Wibe brings a wealth of expertise to Big Fish in both mobile and marketing. During his 17-year career, he has held a wide array of executive-level mobile marketing positions at some of the world’s most innovative mobile technology providers in Europe and the Americas. In 2010, he turned Bing into the biggest mobile advertiser in the world and he helped steer Nokia to a #6 ranking on Interbrand’s Best Global Brands list in 2006.
“Wibe is a data-driven brand steward who understands the distinct needs of mobile consumers and how to scale a growing portfolio of first and third-party content to mobile fans worldwide. With the addition of Wibe, we add another tremendously skilled member to our team," said Jeremy Lewis, chief executive officer and president of Big Fish.
“Big Fish has a trusted entertainment brand 10 years in the making and huge further potential as it extends its 2500+ game catalog to capitalize on the worldwide growth in mobile gaming. I am delighted to be joining such a strong and well-positioned company,” said Wibe Wagemans. “We have an exciting 2012 content lineup in the works from Big Fish Studios and our hundreds of talented development partners.”
Mobile developers publishing through Big Fish are among the best in the casual games industry, including Alawar Entertainment, Artogon, Boomzap, cerasus.media GmbH, Elephant Games, ERS Game Studios, Frogwares, Gogii Games, Pixelstorm, Youda Games, and many more. In close partnership with Big Fish these developers have created numerous hits, including Awakening, Dark Tales, Doors of the Mind, Empress of the Deep, Haunted Manor, and Puppetshow, among others. The quality of these titles is exemplified by consumers’ reactions as measured both by the commercial performance and by their ratings and reviews.
About Big Fish Games
Founded in 2002, Big Fish is the leading online marketplace for premium casual games. Through its proprietary, data driven platform, millions of consumers seeking immersive, relaxing entertainment easily discover and purchase premium casual games created by Big Fish’s network of more than 500 development partners and in-house by Big Fish Games Studios. Renowned for offering A New Game Every Day!® on www.bigfishgames.com, the company offers thousands of games on multiple platforms -- PC, Mac, mobile phone, and tablet. Big Fish’s websites, games, and customer service are available in ten languages – Danish, Dutch, English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish – and its games are sold in more than 150 countries. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with regional offices in Vancouver, Canada, Cork, Ireland, and Luxembourg.
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