CM Games
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Interactive entertainment |
Founded | Tallinn, Estonia (2010) |
Fate | Sold to Fingersoft 2016. |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Vladimir Funtikov (Co-founder) Sergei Panfilov (Co-founder) Serhiy Slyeptsov (Co-founder) |
Products | Drag Racing Drag Racing: Bike Edition Drag Racing 4x4 Nitro Nation Nitro Nation Stories |
Website | www |
Creative Mobile (alternatively referred to as Creative Mobile Games or abbreviated to CM) is an independent video game developer and publisher[1] based in Tallinn, Estonia.[2][3]
Creative Mobile was founded in 2010 by 3 colleagues[4] interested in making games for the Android market.[5] The company quickly evolved into a leading game studio, consistently topping the Android and IOS game charts.[6] Creative Mobile has never raised any funds[7] and is still owned by the original founders.[8][9]
In 2012 Creative Mobile was named 'Startup of the Year' in Estonia[10][11] and a PocketGamer Top 50 Developer in 2013,[12] 2014[13] and 2015.[14] In 2014 Creative Mobile celebrated 200 million game installs on the Android platform.[15]
Creative Mobile is an investor of Gamefounders, a gaming accelerator based in Tallinn, Estonia They also are an organizer of the GameDev Days Conference[16] in cooperation with Tallinn University and GameFounders.[17]
Games Developed / Published
Creative Mobile is best known for the Drag Racing[18] and Nitro Nation[19] game franchises.
Drag Racing was listed by the New York Times as one of the 'Best Android Gaming Apps of 2011',[20] a 2012 Webby Award honree in the category of Mobile Sites & Apps Games[21] and is one of the most downloaded games on Google Play with over 100 million players worldwide.[22] In 2015 Nitro Nation Stories was awarded 'Best Mobile Game'[23] at the DevGamm conference in Hamburg.
Year | Title | Platform(s) |
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2010 | Basketball Shots 3D | Android |
Overkill | Android | |
2011 | Alchemy~Genetics | Android |
Drag Racing | Android , IOS | |
Bad Blood | Android | |
2012 | Drag Racing: Bike Edition | Android , IOS |
Digger HD | Android | |
Pocket Dragons | Android | |
Clash of the Damned (Published) | Android | |
2013 | ||
Drag Racing | Java ME | |
Drag Racing 4x4 | Android | |
Clash of the Damned (Published) | Android , IOS | |
Mushroom Wars (Published) | Android | |
War of Tanks (Published) | Android | |
Basketball Shots 3D (Published) | IOS | |
2014 | ||
Nitro Nation Online | Android | |
Road Smash (Published) | Android | |
Last Inua (Published) | IOS | |
Snowboard Run (Published) | Android | |
Zombie Harvest (Published) | Android | |
Pinball Fantasy HD (Published) | Android | |
War of Tanks: Clans (Published) | Android | |
Hamster Balls (Published) | Android, Facebook | |
Ambush! Tower Offense (Published) | Android | |
2015 | Nitro Nation Stories | Android |
Nitro Nation Online | IOS, Windows Phone, Samsung | |
Stickman Trials (Published) | Android |
References
- ^ "Creative Mobile Company Profile". pocketgamer.biz. Steel Media Ltd. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ Tammeorg, Brit. "Creative Mobile- ilma suure kärata Eestist maailma tippu!". directormeedia.ee. Ajakiri Director. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Funtikov: pole motivatsiooni Eestist ära kolida". aripaev.ee. AS Äripäev. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ Cheeseman, Gina-Marie. "Success Sometimes Comes After Failure". Nordic Business Report. Nordic Business Forum. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Insider Q&A: Creative Mobile CEO Vladimir Funtikov". Social Times. AdWeek.
- ^ Huang, Elaine. "Creative Mobile CEO on Android-first, freemium and hiring". e27. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Creative Mobile : Success to Be Proud of". .ee Bubble.
- ^ "26-летний русский — самый молодой среди ста самых богатых людей Эстонии". rus.delfi.ee. AS DELFI. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Mängutootja edu sai tagasilöögi". aripaev.ee. AS Äripäev. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Eesti aasta ettevõtted on PKC Eesti ja EMT". Enterprise Estonia. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Creative Mobile OÜ Start-up of the Year 2012". ettevotluskonkurss.ee. Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Top 50 Developers 2013". PocketGamer.biz. Steel Media. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Top 50 Developers 2014". PocketGamer.biz. Steel Media. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Top 50 Developers 2015". PocketGamer.biz. Steel Media. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Creative Mobile celebrates 200 million game installs on Android". Estonian World. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Game Dev Days 2015 Reveals Schedule Highlights". GamersFTW. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and Apple's share of the world experience the game in Tallinn". Postimees. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ Quinton, Catherine. "Creative Mobile - Drag Racers from Estonia". GameSauce. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Nitro Nation Speeds onto the App Store". Technology Tell.
- ^ Bob, Tedeschi. "The Best Android Gaming Apps of 2011". The New York Times Blog. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "2012 - MOBILE SITES & APPS Games (Handheld Devices)". The Webby Awards. The Webby Awards. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ Keith, Andrew. "Drag Racing dev: We expected players to abandon us for CSR Racing...but they didn't". pocketgamer.biz. Steel Media Ltd. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "DevGAMM Awards 2015". DevGamm Hamburg. Renatus Media. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
Further reading
- "A Better RPG Experience with Pocket Dragons for Android" - PC Mag
- "Next Silicon Valleys: Small Estonia has big ideas" - BBC
- "Mobiilimänguga miljonäriks" - Postimees , "Хорошая бизнес-идея сделала безработного миллионером" - Postimees
- "Restart reastas perspektiivikaimad IT-iduettevõtted ja tublimad arvajad" - Delfi
- "Fututuba: Mäng on suure inimese töö" - Ärileht
- "Top 10 Estonian startups to watch in 2013" - Estonian World Review
- "Äripäev to host Estonia’s largest and most influential business conference" - Baltic Business News
- "Estonia-based Creative Mobile Scores Big With Drag Racing Game" - Arctic StartUp
- "Vladimir Funtikov: Pushing Through the Hard Times" - GameSauce , "Vladimir Funtikov: Wastrels and Vagabonds" - GameSauce, Casual Connect