PlayFirst
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | San Francisco (2004) |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Casual games |
| Website | http://www.playfirst.com |
PlayFirst is a San Francisco-based publisher of casual games. The company was founded in 2004. PlayFirst's biggest commercial success to date has been the Diner Dash series with its spin-off Wedding Dash, as well as Chocolatier and Dream Chronicles.
PlayFirst has published games by developers including Big Splash Games, Mean Hamster Software, Gamelab, KatGames, Mind Control Software, PiEyeGames, Mystery Studio, Say Design and Foundation 9 Entertainment.
Diner Dash was originally created by Gamelab. Due to its success, PlayFirst covered the other three sequels and finally launched spin-offs. The company also has an internal game development studio that created Mystery of Shark Island and Wedding Dash.
Developed and/or published games
- Chessmaster Challenge (PlayFirst)
- Chocolatier, Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients, Chocolatier 3: Decadence By Design (Big Splash Games); The Great Chocolate Chase (Zemnott, Inc.)
- Connect 4 Cities (PlayFirst)
- Cooking Dash (Aliasworlds Entertainment)
- Dairy Dash (Absolutist Ltd. & Merscom, LLC)
- Diner Dash (Gamelab)
- Diner Dash 2, Diner Dash: Flo On The Go, Diner Dash: Hometown Hero (PlayFirst)
- Doggie Dash (Viqua Games)
- Dream Chronicles, Dream Chronicles 2 (KatGames)
- Dress Shop Hop (Pronto Games)
- Egg Vs. Chicken (Gamelab)
- Emerald City Confidential (Wadjet Eye Games)
- Fashion Dash (Funlime)
- Fashion Fable (Creatrix Games)
- Fitness Dash (Sarbakan)
- Mahjong Roadshow (Zemnott, Inc.)
- Mystery of Shark Island (PlayFirst)
- The Nightshift Code (Black Hammer)
- Oasis (Mind Control Software)
- Passport to Perfume (Mean Hamster Software)
- Pet Shop Hop (Mean Hamster Software)
- Pirate Poppers (Mystery Studio)
- Plantasia (Gamelab)
- Poker Pop (Say Design, Inc.)
- SandScript (Viqua Games)
- Solitaire Pop (Say Design, Inc.)
- Spellagories (Mind Control Software)
- SpongeBob Diner Dash, SpongeBob Diner Dash 2 (Snap2Play)
- Subway Scramble (Gamelab)
- Sweetopia (PiEyeGames)
- Trijinx (PlayFirst)
- Wedding Dash, Wedding Dash 2 (PlayFirst)
- Zenerchi (Red Rocket Games)
- Nocturnal (Gameshastra)
Management
John Welch: President and Chief Executive Officer, Brad Edelman: Chief Technology Officer, Kenny Shea Dinkin: Vice President and Creative Director, Rich Roberts: Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Bruce Sherrod: Vice President of Engineering, Brad Simon: Vice President and General Counsel, Glenn Mulvaney: Vice President of IT Operations.
Board of Directors
Janice Roberts, Managing Director, Mayfield, Gus Tai, General Partner, Trinity Ventures, Nate Redmond, Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners.
External links
- PlayFirst Official Website
- Official PlayFirst Blog
- Listing of PlayFirst-published Games
- PlayFirst company profile from MobyGames
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