Industry Video games Number of employees 80 Founded 2009 | Website uken.com Headquarters Toronto, Canada Type of business Private | |
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Uken Games is a game studio based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It focuses on cross platform social and mobile games for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Facebook. The studio was founded in 2009. In 2011, the company was the recipient of the Digi Award for Canada’s Most Promising New Digital Company. Uken was in the top 10 of Deloitte's Fast 50 and #13 in their Fast 500 for 2014, after being one of Deloitte's "Companies-to-Watch" in 2013. Uken was certified as a Great Place to Work in 2017.
The studio also hosts numerous developer events including meetups for the Toronto Unity Developers, ReactJS, PhoneGap Toronto, DevOps Toronto, AngularJS Toronto and Go TO. Uken regularly sponsors TOJam (Toronto Game Jam) and Level Up Showcase. They hosted MolyJam’s Toronto chapter in 2012 and 2013, and were a sponsor of Gamercamp 2013 and the UTGDDC Game Jam.
Uken participates in various fundraising efforts for organizations such as the Movember Foundation, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, Canadian Red Cross disaster relief, American Red Cross disaster relief, Free the Children, Sunnybrook Cancer Research, Extra Life Marathon for Sick Kids, Camp Oochigeas (Sporting Life 10K) and Daily Bread Food Bank. Since the beginning of 2011, Uken’s charitable contributions total over $215,000.