Loot Drop

Loot Drop, Inc.
Type Private
Industry Games
Genre Social Games
Founded November 15, 2010 (2010-11-15) (age 1)
Founder(s) John Romero, Brenda Brathwaite, Robert Sirotek
Headquarters San Mateo, California, United States
Number of locations 2 (2011), Austin, Texas
Area served Worldwide

Loot Drop, Inc. is a social game company headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company was co-founded by John Romero, Brenda Brathwaite, and Robert Sirotek in November 2010.[1] On January 20, 2011, it was announced that their first game development deal was signed with RockYou.[2] Tom Hall joined Loot Drop on January 1, 2011 to head up the Loot Drop Austin office.[3]

On March 3, 2011, Eurogamer ran a story that claimed John Romero was "done with hardcore games" due to his new interest in Facebook games. Romero refuted that statement on his Twitter feed[4] and Eurogamer changed their headline, but the URL still has the original headline in it.[5]

References

  1. ^ Romero, John. "Loot Drop was founded in November 2010". http://planetromero.com/about-2. 
  2. ^ "RockYou Signs Game Development Agreement With John Romero's New Studio, Loot Drop". 20 January 2011. http://www.rockyou.com/rymini/pdf/RockYou_Loot_Drop_Announcement.pdf. 
  3. ^ Takahashi, Dean. "Loot Drop banks on talented game designers as it takes on social gaming's giants (exclusive)". http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/03/loot-drop-banks-on-talented-game-designers-as-it-takes-on-social-gamings-giants-exclusive/. 
  4. ^ "Romero's Twitter feed". https://twitter.com/#!/theromero. 
  5. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (3 March 2011). "John Romero Done With Hardcore Gamers". http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-03-john-romero-done-with-hardcore-gamers.