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Playfish
Playfish, currently a property of Electronic Arts, was a developer of free-to-play social network games. Playfish was founded in 2007 by Kristian Segerstråle,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Business big shot: Kristian Segerstråle, computer games entrepreneur )〕 Sebastien de Halleux,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sébastien de Halleux, me encanta et 30 millions de joueurs )〕 Sami Lababidi and Shukri Shammas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Playfish company & founders )〕 It closed in 2013.〔http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-04-15-ea-shutting-down-playfish-games〕 Playfish in the past had attracted up to 55 million users a month, with over 37 million users coming from Facebook users.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Playfish Social Games Reaching 55 Million Monthly Players )〕 In October 2008, they secured US$17 million in venture capital funding from Accel Partners and Index Ventures.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Playfish Completes $17 Million Financing and Continues Success as Social Games Leader )〕
==History==
''Who has the Biggest Brain?'' was the company's first hit. It was one of the first Facebook games to attract millions of daily players, and allowed the company to raise funding necessary to produce other hits. The company made money by selling virtual goods inside its games.
On Monday, November 9, 2009, Electronic Arts announced their acquisition of Playfish for $400 million. The acquisition was initially for $275 million cash and $25 million in equity—with a further $100 million in performance-based bonuses available if the company hits targets set by EA executives. As of February 2013, all four of the original founders have left the company, with Lababidi and Shammas setting up educational developer Mindshapes, and Segerstråle returning to the world of startups.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EA’s Digital EVP, Playfish Co-Founder Kristian Segerstrale Departs )〕
On June 14, 2013, all of the Playfish-developed games have been retired while ''Madden NFL 13 Social'' was retired on September 2, 2013 and can no longer be played on Facebook. The last 3 games to be retired (''Pet Society'', ''The Sims Social'', and ''SimCity Social'') were retired on June 17, 2013.
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