New York-based casual developer Arkadium has signed a multi-year strategic partnership with Microsoft Game Studios to develop casual & social titles. Arkadium has already developed some of the largest titles on Microsoft’s platforms, including Bing, MSN Messenger, and Zone.com, including Mahjongg Dimensions.
“Arkadium has a ten-year track record of developing entertaining and well-architected casual and social games,” said Matt Booty, GM of Connected Experiences for Microsoft Studios. “Our team is excited to be partnering with a developer that we believe will help us entertain millions of people as we expand our reach to a broader audience.”
“We are very excited to be working with Microsoft Studios to develop casual and social cross-platform experiences,” said Kenny Rosenblatt, CEO of Arkadium. “We have been looking to strategically partner with a company that can help catapult our business and accelerate Arkadium’s cross platform game development. Microsoft is the perfect partner to help us realize our growth strategy.”
Don’t be shocked if you did not realize that MSN Messenger even had games. I was at a loss as well.
