MegaZebra is a game development company located in

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. The company develops free-to-play games for

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s like

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and mobile devices, such as

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and tablets. As of July 2018, the company employs 55 people.

History

MegaZebra pioneered the social gaming space in Europe in late 2008.MegaZebra Profile
" Retrieved from Venturebeat, on February 3, 2011. Behind MegaZebra is the team around

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) and Mark Gazecki (

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).About MegaZebra
" Retrieved from MegaZebra, on January 27, 2011. Since then, MegaZebra developed several cross-platform games for mobile devices and

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.Developer Profile: MegaZebra
." Retrieved from AppStats.eu, on January 18, 2013. In September 2009 the company got backed by the founders of

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through Kizoo Technology Ventures.Social Gaming Roundup from September 18, 2009
" Retrieved from InsideSocialGames, on January 11, 2011. With ''

Mahjong Trails MegaZebra is a game development company located in Munich, Germany. The company develops free-to-play games for social networks like Facebook and mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. As of July 2018, the company employs 55 people. H ...

''MegaZebra`s Mahjong Trails brings Tile-based action to Facebook
" Retrieved from InsideSocialGames, on January 20, 2011. they launched their first game, reaching more than two million monthly players in January 2011.MahjongTrails
" Retrieved from All Facebook Statistics, on January 17, 2011. Today the game has still more than 2 million monthly active players. In March 2011 MegaZebra raised ‘multiple millions Euros’ MegaZebra On Ad Spend, Localization and Facebook-Only Development
" Retrieved from InsideSocialGames, on May 25, 2011. in a second round of funding, led by Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures. Furthermore, Kizoo Technology Ventures participated again, alongside private investor Markus Stolz.Facebook games developer MegaZebra closes ‘multi-million’ euro funding round
" Retrieved from TechCrunch, on May 24, 2011. With

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, founder of

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, and Jürgen Goeldner, two Gaming veterans joined the company`s board of directors in January 2012.MegaZebra appoints Godager and Goeldner to board
" Retrieved from InsideSocialGames, on January 24, 2012.
Both have a long-standing experience in the gaming sector. Apart from Goeldner and Godager, the MegaZebra board consists of Nigel Grierson from

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, Matthias Hornberger from Atevia, and Mark Gazecki of the founders.MegaZebra signs Godager and Goeldner as Board Members
" Retrieved from Social Games Observer on January 25, 2012. MegaZebra launched its second hit game Solitaire Castle in late 2011. Following in the footsteps of

, it reached more than 1.5 million

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in October 2012./ Solitaire Castle
." Retrieved from AppStats.eu on October 30, 2012. and reached more the 2 million user per month in January 2013. 1 year later MegaZebra launched Suburbia, which reached 2 million MAU in early 2014. With Suburbia, MegaZebra was the first company to combine episodic, TV-style content with simulation game mechanics. but you can only complete up to episode 5 episode 6 has been in development for about 4 yearsHenning Kosmack Finds The Fun In The Media Battle
" Retrieved from gamesauce.org on August 6, 2015. MegaZebra’s latest game Solitaire Chronicles is the first

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title, that is available on the web and on mobile devices. Recently it won the Tabby Award in the category Best iPad game: Cards, Casino and Dice.Tabby Award Winners 2015
" Retrieved from tabbyawards.com on August 6, 2015.

Figures

According to AppData, in January 2011 MegaZebra is one of the top 25 fastest growing developers on

,Top Gainer of the week
." Retrieved from AppData, on January 26, 2011. reaching almost 4 million monthly users and is with more than half a million daily active users,
." Retrieved from AppData, on May 25, 2011. among the Top 3 European developers in terms of daily active users.
With Mahjong Trails and Solitaire Castle, MegaZebra has now two games exceeding the 2 million monthly active user mark.

Awards

In 2015 Solitaire Chronicles, the first mobile game of the company, won the Tabby Award for the category “Best iPad game: Cards, Casino and Dice”.

Games

Desperate Housewives: The Game

Mahjong Trails

Suburbia 2

Solitaire Chronicles

Solitaire Castle

Mahjong

References

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External links

Official MegaZebra website
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