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games, based in

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. The company developed several titles for the Facebook platform, with some of its most popular titles being ''Happy Aquarium'', ''Happy Pets'', ''Wasteland Empires'' and ''It Girl'', and a number of titles on mobile for the

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, Android and Windows Markets, including ''Design Home'', ''Fish With'' ''Attitude'', ''Phuzzle'', ''Top Girl'', and ''Covet Fashion''. It was acquired by Glu Mobile in 2016.

Founding and History

Founded by Suren Markosian and Jeff Tseng, it has ranked 4th among developers with the most

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for Facebook applications, with 31 million daily active users. The company turned down an offer from

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to acquire the company for more than US$200 million. Its current CEO is Jeffrey Tseng, who was appointed to the position in October 2012. He succeeded Peter Relan, who became CEO in January 2011 from Niren Hiro. The company currently develop new titles for the iOS, Android, and Windows 8 tablet and smartphone market. They maintain and release new content in existing games on their Facebook platform.

Shift to Mobile

In February 2012, the company announced its desire to focus upon the mobile market, and thus would not be creating any new titles for the Facebook platform, laying off two dozen developers, yet still maintain existing titles to this day. With the new funding, the company decided to "pursue mobile games targeting the female audience and focusing on shopping and fashion." The games will be distributed using Facebook’s social graph, the Gree social gaming network and Apple’s Game Center and Google Play. Since its focus on the mobile market, it has produced several new titles, such as "Top Stylist", "Phuzzle", "Fish With Attitude" and "Mermaid World.

Acquisition

In 2016,

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acquired CrowdStar, effectively killing the company.

Funding

In May 2011, the company raised an additional $23 million. In May 2012, the company raised a further $11.5M in Venture Round funding.

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External links

Official Crowdstar website
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