IWin
iWin is an online gaming developer, publisher and distributor, based in San Francisco, California.
iWin is a leading developer and publisher of online CASUAL games for the mass market. The company offers free games, premium download games and skill-based games through its web site iWin.com. As of Spring 2007, the web site offers customers a new game every day.
iWin also distributes its games through several leading web properties including Yahoo!, RealNetworks, MSN, Shockwave and AOL.
Games
iWin games are casual games geared towards a mass market.
Games published and/or developed by iWin
- Wordscape
- Trivial Pursuit Online Party
- Risk
- Boggle
- Mah Jong Quest
- Mah Jong Quest 2
- Jewel Quest
- Jewel Quest 2
- Family Feud
- Trivial Pursuit
- Sproink
- Jewel Quest Solitaire
- Inca Quest
- Shopmania
- Beetle Bomp
- Hexalot
- Wordy Vu
- Cafe Mahjongg
- Cute Knight
Awards
In 2004, iWin's top game, Jewel Quest, was declared a Finalist for the 2004 Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards as "Downloadable Game of the Year".
History
iWin, Inc. originally began in August 2001 as Next Game, Inc. with the objective of building a skill-based gaming community. The founders included CJ Wolf, David Fox (writer and game developer), and Warren Schwader.
In June of 2003, the company acquired iWin from Flipside, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of one-time media giant Vivendi Universal and changed its name. In an effort to extend their multiplayer offering and expand the community, iWin purchased Playsite.com from InfoSpace in August 2003.
iWin has been an online publisher of games of chance and internet lotteries since the late 1990s. iWin.com then offered skill-based games such as puzzles, word games, and card games. It also published online skill-based games.
While iWin still offers online games and skill-based games, iWin's primary focus now is downloadable casual games and multiplayer "Online Party" style games.
In April 2007, iWin opened 'iWin Division 90', a new studio in Seattle to take advantage of the significant casual game development talent in the Pacific Northwest. At the core of The New studio are several veterans from the casual games, console games, and children's games industries leading a diverse team of employees, contractors and interns to create new opportunities in the casual games market.