Oberon Media was a multi-platform

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company, delivering casual games across

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, social, mobile/Smartphone,

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and retail categories. Oberon games were adopted by global digital and media companies, such as Acer,

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, and

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. Oberon Media's game

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division, ''I-play'', worked with game developers to produce casual games across online, social, mobile/Smartphone, console and iTV platforms. Founded in 2003, Oberon Media was headquartered in New York with offices in North America, Europe and Asia, and was backed by

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and

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.Oberon Media Adds Bob Hayes as Chief Operating Officer and Bob Sirmans as Senior Vice President of Business Development
Co-founder

Jane Jensen Jane Jensen (born January 28, 1963) is an American video game designer and author. She is the creator of the ''Gabriel Knight'' series of adventure games, and also co-founded Oberon Media and Pinkerton Road video game development companies. Je ...

is the designer of the popular and critically acclaimed

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. Oberon Games developed a number of games for

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, and

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such as '' Chess Titans'', '' Purble Place'', and '' Inspector Parker'', some of which were later included in

as well. In 2013, the assets of Oberon Media were acquired by iWin, Inc.

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