Seattle-based Big Fish Games, one of the largest privately-held tech companies in the Northwest, has agreed to be be acquired by Churchill Downs Inc. for $885 million. Churchill Downs Inc. is a publicly-traded… Read More
It’s a bad day for Big Fish. The Seattle casual game maker today announced that it is laying off 49 employees in Seattle, and closing its operations in Cork, Ireland… Read More
Big Fish currently sits atop the GeekWire 200 list, our ranking of the top privately-held companies in the region. And here’s a good reason why. The Seattle game maker, founded… Read More
Big Fish founder Paul Thelen didn’t think he’d become a technology CEO. But after an illness brought his life into sharp focus, Thelen decided to quit his job at RealNetworks… Read More
Seattle’s Big Fish Games today unveiled a new cloud-based gaming service called Big Fish Unlimited that allows game players to participate in games across tablets, PCs, TVs and smartphones, saving… Read More
Silicon Valley investor Bill Lee, a backer of companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, Hootsuite and Zaarly, has joined the board of Seattle casual game developer Big Fish Games. The appointment… Read More
The world may be waiting on a Facebook IPO. And while there’s some chatter about whether the $5 billion public offering from the social networking giant will open the floodgates… Read More
Wibe Wagemans — who flew the coop at Angry Birds maker Rovio three months ago — just landed at Big Fish Games. The Seattle game maker is announcing today that Wagemans… Read More
Earlier this week, Big Fish Games announced a new subscription gaming app that allowed iPhone users to pay a monthly fee in order to play dozens of different games. It… Read More
For years, here’s how things worked in Apple’s app store. You discovered a mobile app you liked, and then you either downloaded it for free or paid a small one-time… Read More