Punch Entertainment
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Punch Entertainment, Inc. | |
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Type | Private |
Founded | 2005 |
Headquarters | Mountain View, California, USA |
Website | www.punch-entertainment.com |
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[edit] Punch Entertainment
Punch Entertainment is a publisher and developer of wireless entertainment applications. Punch is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, USA (Silicon Valley) with product development offices in Hanoi, Vietnam and Chennai, India. Punch currently has over 100 employees worldwide, and has relationships with carriers worldwide. Punch creates games on the J2ME, BREW & Symbian platforms.
[edit] History
Punch was founded in early 2005 by Tobin Lent, Mike Williams & Martin Geiger. Punch Entertainment specializes in creating next-generation wireless entertainment applications, mainly games. The company was formed from a talented production team that was formerly with Lavastorm Engineering, one of the first successful mobile games studios that originated at the beginning of the mobile games industry in North America.
Punch is a pioneer in creating groundbreaking viral applications for the mobile market.
Punch was initially financed by IDG Ventures.
[edit] Games developed/published by Punch Entertainment
This is a partial list of games developed and/or published by Punch Entertainment.
Last updated: May 22, 2007
- Ego
- Reign of Swords (Mobile Battles Series)
- Boom Goes the Earth 3D
- Hockey 2007
- World Soccer 2007 (2008)
- Gunslinger
- Hunting Unlimited (THQ partnership)
- Lilo & Stitch, Rock n' Roll Rescue (Disney partnership)
- Wealth.Power.Respect
[edit] Key Executives
Tobin Lent, CEO & Founder
Mike Williams, VP of Studio and Founder
Martin Geiger, VP of International Operations and Founder
[edit] Board of Directors:
Tobin Lent
Martin Geiger
Henry Nguyen, Managing Partner, IDG Ventures
Tim Walsh
[edit] External links
[edit] Punch in the Industry
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- Venture Capital Results Q1: Punch Entertainment (Mercury News)
- Punch Incorporates Vibetonz into Wireless Games (Digital Trends)
- Punch speaks at Memasia
- Article: Punch introduces haptics technology into mobile games (PCWorld)
- Punch at World 3GSM Conference with Nokia
- Article on Punch tactile mobile games (Techworld)
- Wireless Week Article on Punch Entertainment/Tira Licensing Deal
- Industry Roundup: Punch Entertainment
- Punch Noted at iHollyood Summit
- CBS Sportsline Article on Boom
- Industry Powerhouse Tim Walsh joins Punch Board of Directors (Reported by IGN)
- IGN Profile
- Gamestats Profile
- Gamespy Profile