Beamable Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
Founders
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
,
U.S.
Key people
Jon Radoff (CEO)
Websitebeamable.com

Beamable Inc. is a technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts that provides a software platform for Games as a Service features within the Unity and Unreal game engines.[1][2][3]

Background

The company was formed through the reorganization of Disruptor Beam, a game studio that was founded in 2010 as a social network game developer.[4] The company created Game of Thrones Ascent, a social and mobile game based on Game of Thrones franchise[5][6][7] released on Facebook and web platforms in 2013, followed by iOS and Android devices in 2014.[8]

In 2014, the company announced a partnership with CBS to create Star Trek Timelines, a strategy roleplaying game featuring characters from Star Trek.[9]

In 2020, Beamable was reorganized and subsequently funded with $5 million for a new Unity-based platform to support backend and live operations for online games,[10] and announced raising a total of $10M as of November 2021.[11]

References

  1. ^ Ha,Anthony (21 April 2020). "Disruptor Beam relaunches as gaming infrastructure-maker Beamable". Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  2. ^ "Disruptor Beam is now Beamable, pivots from making games to helping games make money". VentureBeat. 2020-04-21. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  3. ^ "Epic MegaGrants: 2022 Update". 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  4. ^ Scott Kirsner, March 26, 2010, Boston Globe, "Videogame couple build new venture around 'social gaming' trend," [1]
  5. ^ Kate Cox, May 21, 2012, Kotaku, "The Newest Player in the Game of Thrones Marches its Armies onto Facebook," [2]
  6. ^ Mike Snider, May 21, 2012, USA Today, Game of Thrones Facebook game announced, [3]
  7. ^ John Gaudiosi (2012), "'Game of Thrones' Fans Get First Facebook Social Game," Hollywood Reporter, http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/game-of-thrones-facebook-social-game-327283
  8. ^ Winter Is Coming, July 17, 2014, "Game of Thrones Ascent Launches on iPhone and Android," [4]
  9. ^ Keohane,Dennis. "Disruptor Beam launches new Enterprise with Star Trek multiverse game". Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  10. ^ "Beamable raises $5 million for Unity-based live game services platform". VentureBeat. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  11. ^ "Beamable expands funding to over $10m". VentureCapitalJournal. 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2024-02-02.

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