![]() On May 19, 2010, they acquired Acclaim Games. On April 26, 2010, Playdom announced the acquisition of Merscom, a North Carolina-based social game developer. In April 2010, Playdom closed all but one of the games from the Green Patch studio six months post-acquisition. On March 31, 2010, Playdom announced the acquisition of Argentina-based online game developer Three Melons for an undisclosed amount. These lawsuits were finally settled in November 2010, less than 4 months after Disney's acquisition of Playdom in July 2010. In September 2009, competitor Zynga initiated a trade secrets lawsuits against Playdom and 22 other rivals, including Green Patch. On November 12, 2009, Playdom acquired Green Patch and Trippert Labs. On September 1, 2016, Disney announced the closure of the remaining Playdom games, Marvel: Avengers Alliance and its mobile sequel at the end of the month, effectively shuttering the studio. ![]() ![]() It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney Interactive, itself a division of The Walt Disney Company. In 2009, the market for games played on social networking sites was valued at $300 million, consisting mostly of online sales of virtual goods. The company was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area by University of California, Berkeley graduates Ling Xiao and Chris Wang and Swarthmore College graduate Dan Yue. Playdom was an online social network game developer popular on Facebook, Google+ and Myspace. John Pleasants, former CEO (resigned from Disney, November 2013)ĭavid Sobeski, former CTO (left Disney, December 2013)Ĭhrista Quarles, CFO (left Disney May 2014)īrad Serwin, former COO (left Disney, March 2012)
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