Pixelberry Studios is a mobile game development company based in
Mountain View, California
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. Named for its views of the Santa Cruz Mountains, it has a population of 82,376.
Mountain View was integral to the early history and growth of Silicon Valley, and is the ...
,
United States
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Founded in 2013 by Oliver Miao, Keith Emnett, and Winston She, Pixelberry aims to create "games with heart," beginning with ''
Surviving High School
''Surviving High School'' was a visual novel game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It was originally released for mobile phones in 2005, later being made available for iPhone and iPod Touch in 2009 and for iPad and Android OS in 2011. ...
'' and ''
Cause of Death
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'', which deals with themes of
bullying
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,
eating disorders
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and capturing serial killers. Since then, the company has fully released three more mobile games: ''Hollywood U'', ''
High School Story
''High School Story'' was a mobile device video game developed and published by Pixelberry Studios in September 13, 2013. It was available on iPhone and iPod formats, and it could be purchased through the App Store or the Google Store on Androi ...
'' and ''Choices: Stories You Play''.
In November 2017, Pixelberry was acquired by
Nexon
Nexon Co., Ltd. is a global video game publisher, listed in Japan, that specializes in online Virtual World games for PCs, consoles and mobile. Nexon is one of the world’s ten largest interactive game companies based on market capitalization a ...
.
References
External links
Official website
Companies based in Mountain View, California
Video game development companies
Video game companies of the United States
Nexon
Video game companies established in 2013
2017 mergers and acquisitions
American subsidiaries of foreign companies
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