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NonStop Games

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Type
  
Subsidiary

Number of employees
  
~50

Headquarters
  
Singapore

Area served
  
Worldwide

Parent organization
  
King

Founded
  
2011

Industry
  
Computer and video games Interactive entertainment

Founder
  
Teemu Ikonen Henrik Karlström Juha Paananen Henric Suuronen

Key people
  
Juha Paananen (Head of Studio)

Nonstop Games was a Singaporean-Finnish games start-up 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
  • In January 2012 NonStop Games launched its first game, Dollar Isle
  • 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
  • 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."

    • References

    NonStop Games Wikipedia
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