Renatus (game publishing company)

Renatus Media, LLC
Private
Industry Mobile games, social games
Founded 2012
Headquarters Palo Alto, USA
Key people
 Mark Watt, President
Website http://www.renatus.com/

Renatus (full company name: Renatus Media, LLC) is an American publisher of social and mobile games founded in the middle of 2012. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and focusing primarily on publishing games from CIS based game developers on the global market.[1] Renatus forms part of an international group of companies backed by Noosphere Ventures, comprising over 50 businesses .[2]

History

Renatus was established in 2012. The president of Renatus Media, LLC is Mark Watt.[3]

In July 2013, the company reached a milestone of 10 million monthly active users of its casual games.[4]

In August 2013, the company announced launching a line-up of new mid-core games.[5]

In September 2013, Renatus Media, LLC invested in DevGAMM conference dedicated to social, mobile and online games (previously known as FlashGAMM).[6] The new DevGAMM held in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, on 7–8 December 2013 gathered over 1300 visitors and representatives from 370 companies.[7] The second DevGAMM held in Moscow in May 2014 was attended by more than 1200 people.[8]

During October 2013, Renatus increased its audience of hidden object games on Facebook up to 365 000 monthly players.[9]

In July 2014, Renatus first released it's game on Yahoo! Mobage, Bubble Magic 3D.[10] The game is also available on Facebook and iOS.

Business model

As a game publisher, Renatus cooperates with third-party game development studios, most of them are located in Eastern Europe. At the same time, several projects are developed in-house.

Games

As of September 2014, Renatus published over 30 games for Facebook, iOS, Android and Windows Phone altogether.[11] The most popular genres include match 3, bubble shooters, slots games, hidden object games with a couple of RPGs. In terms of monetization, the titles launched by Renatus mostly represent free-to-play model.

Sweet Smash Story - a match 3 game available on Facebook. The game was inspired by a little boy and his dog named Toy.[12]

Candy Dale - match 3 game released on Facebook in August 2014.[13]

Bubble Magic 3D: the game was originally inspired by the daughter of one of its developers, who drew a picture of a “lucky frog princess” who was happy to stay a frog forever.[14][15]

Bubble Cooking: bubble-shooting game played by over 500 000 monthly users on Facebook (December 2013), also available for iOS and Android.[16]

Bubble Chronicles: match 3 bubble popper released on Facebook and Google Play. 100 000+ monthly users on Facebook (December 2013)[17]

SQ Slots (former name: Slotoquest) was named the top emerging game on Facebook in May 2013, according to AppData.[18]

BraveTales released in August 2013 was Renatus' first mid-core game.[19]


See also

References

  1. ↑ The Casual Gamer Interviews Renatus
  2. ↑ Noosphere Ventures: List of Companies
  3. ↑ Renatus in CrunchBase
  4. ↑ Renatus Has Over 10 Million Monthly Users
  5. ↑ Renatus Announced New Mid-Core Games
  6. ↑ DevGAMM Got a New Investor
  7. ↑ DevGAMM Kiev 2013: Official Report
  8. ↑ DevGAMM Moscow 2014 expands with Unity, Vlambeer, Facebook and Wargaming
  9. ↑ Hidden Object Games by Renatus Achieve Top Ranking on Facebook
  10. ↑ Renatus Media enters Japan market with Bubble Magic 3D
  11. ↑ Games by Renatus (portfolio)
  12. ↑ Sweet Smash Story: It’s a Birthday Party for Pets in this Facebook Match-Three Game
  13. ↑ Renatus Media Launches Candy Dale on Facebook
  14. ↑ Pop bubbles with a lovely frog princess in Bubble Magic 3D: Frog Princess on Facebook
  15. ↑ Bubble Magic 3D: Frog Princess app review
  16. ↑ Bubble Cooking Adventure
  17. ↑ Bubble Chronicles: Epic Travel
  18. ↑ SlotoQuest: Gambling Adventure on top of this week’s emerging games on Facebook
  19. ↑ SlotoQuest publisher Renatus brings strategy RPG Brave Tales to Facebook

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