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Technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts
Beamable Inc.
Company type
Private Industry
Software Founded 2020; 4 years ago (2020 ) Founders Headquarters , Key people
Jon Radoff (CEO) Website
beamable.com
Beamable Inc. is a technology company based in
Boston, Massachusetts that provides a software platform for
Games as a Service features within the
Unity and
Unreal game engines.
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Background
The company was formed through the reorganization of Disruptor Beam, a game studio that was founded in 2010 as a
social network game developer.
[4] The company created
Game of Thrones Ascent , a social and mobile game based on
Game of Thrones franchise
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[7] released on
Facebook and web platforms in 2013, followed by
iOS and
Android devices in 2014.
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In 2014, the company announced a partnership with
CBS to create
Star Trek Timelines , a strategy roleplaying game featuring characters from
Star Trek .
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In 2020, Beamable was reorganized and subsequently funded with $5 million for a new Unity-based platform to support backend and live operations for online games,
[10] and announced raising a total of $10M as of November 2021.
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References
^ Ha,Anthony (21 April 2020).
"Disruptor Beam relaunches as gaming infrastructure-maker Beamable" . Retrieved 2020-04-21 .
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"Disruptor Beam is now Beamable, pivots from making games to helping games make money" . VentureBeat . 2020-04-21. Retrieved 2023-01-24 .
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"Epic MegaGrants: 2022 Update" . 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2024-02-02 .
^ Kirsner, Scott (2010-03-26).
"Vidgame couple build new venture around 'social gaming' trend" . boston.com . Archived from
the original on 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2024-04-26 .
^ Cox, Kate (2012-05-21).
"The Newest Player in the Game of Thrones Marches its Armies onto Facebook" . Kotaku . Retrieved 2024-04-26 .
^ Snider, Mike (2012-05-21).
" 'Game of Thrones' Facebook game announced" . content.usatoday.com . Archived from
the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2024-04-26 .
^ Gaudiosi, John (2012-05-21).
" 'Game of Thrones' Fans Get First Facebook Social Game" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2024-04-26 .
^ Winter Is Coming, July 17, 2014, "Game of Thrones Ascent Launches on iPhone and Android,"
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^ Keohane,Dennis.
"Disruptor Beam launches new Enterprise with Star Trek multiverse game" . Archived from
the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-08 .
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"Beamable raises $5 million for Unity-based live game services platform" . VentureBeat . 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2021-07-13 .
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"Beamable expands funding to over $10m" . VentureCapitalJournal . 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2024-02-02 .
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