Type Privately held company Number of employees 1,000 (2016) Founded 2009 | Products Full list Website www.plarium.com | |
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Industry Social games, mobile games Founders Illya Turpiashvili, Michael Morgovsky Video games Sparta: War of Empires, Vikings: War of Clans, Throne: Kingdom at War, Soldiers Inc, Pirates: Tides of Fortune Profiles | ||
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Plarium is a mobile, social, and web-based game developer, known for Massively multiplayer online games, including Vikings: War of Clans, Soldiers, Inc., Sparta: War of Empires,Stormfall, Total Domination, and Throne: Kingdom at War. Founded in 2009, Plarium is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel with offices in Israel, Russia, Ukraine, UK, and the United States. The company's social games are available on Facebook, Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki and Mail.Ru, and its mobile games are available on iOS and Android devices.
Contents
- Hardcore games for hardcore players plarium hd video infographic
- Plarium achieves global growth with immersive gaming experiences
- History
- Reception
- References
Plarium has previously employed BAFTA award winner, Jesper Kyd, known for his work on the video games such as Assassin's Creed and Borderlands, to compose the music for their own games.
In November 2012, Plarium released Stormfall: Age of War, one of the fastest growing social games on Facebook. In 2013, Facebook recognized Soldiers, Inc. as one of the top social games of the year.
Plarium achieves global growth with immersive gaming experiences
History
Plarium was founded in 2009 and started out by developing games for the Eastern European casual gaming market, such as Farmandia on the Russian social network VKontakte. In 2011, Plarium began developing Massively Multiplayer Online Strategy Games, and in February of that year the company released Total Domination, reaching 20 million users.
Reception
Plarium's Stormfall: Age of War has made "Top 20 Facebook apps" chart during its 2012 launch, and was one of the fastest growing Facebook apps by monthly active users at that time. Facebook's Director of Game Partnerships Sean Ryan called it a "beautiful-looking game" when it launched in November 2012.
In 2013, Facebook has named Soldiers, Inc. as one of the best new social games of the year. VentureBeat mentioned Plarium in March 2014 as one of the standalone gaming companies prioritizing social games on the Facebook platform. Plarium players are currently averaging three sessions a day on Facebook.
In 2014, Plarium was named one of Europe's most promising startups by Wired UK journalist Madhumita Venkataramanan, speculating that the company will be Israel's next billion-dollar company if it goes public in 2015.
In 2014, Facebook's Director of Platform Partnerships, Julien Codorinou mentioned Plarium as one of the top global gaming companies on the Facebook platform.
On November 10, 2015 Plarium has licensed characters of Alien vs. Predator from 20th Century Fox to add them to Plarium's Soldiers Inc. game.