XMG Studio was a

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based in

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. The company was founded by

Ray Sharma Ray Sharma is the founding partner and CEO of Extreme Venture Partners, the founder of XMG Studio and a super angel investor. Education and career Sharma was born in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India. He obtained his degree in Business Administratio ...

in 2009. XMG made games on

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, Android and

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platforms. On these platforms, they made games such as Fashion Star Boutique and Drag Racer World, and co-produced/licensed projects including

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and Ghostbusters: Paranormal Blast. XMG had partnered with mobile games publisher

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to bring select games to DeNA's mobile social game network. In 2012, XMG collaborated with

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and its digital media division Smokebomb Entertainment to create an app-based video series known as "Totally Amp'd." Additionally, XMG has worked with

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and

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to create the

and Ghostbusters - Paranormal Blast apps. One year later, in 2013, XMG partnered with

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, Seeds, to help give

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to female entrepreneurs in developing countries through mobile gaming. XMG was the creator of

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, a 48-hour coding competition for college students which had its last competition in 2014. The studio has been inactive on all social media since late December 2016. In late June 2017, XMG Studio was acquired by Highmark Interactive in order to develop games to aid in recovery from traumatic brain injuries.

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