38-2018 Hugo Games Hires Experienced Lead from King to Build a New Specialized Berlin Studio
COPENHAGEN, October 24th, 2018: Hugo Games (OMX: HUGO) has decided it will open
a new and highly specialized studio in Berlin and is proud to announce that the
new office will be headed by gaming industry veteran and casual games expert Mr.
Moritz Voss.
Moritz Voss is a former technology lead at King, the company behind the Candy
Crush mobile games. He was the Technical Lead in King’s Berlin studio developing
Candy Crush Jelly Saga - a game franchise installment with a monthly revenue of
four million USD, according to the analytics company Priori Data.
“We consider the hire of Moritz Voss as our new studio lead as a major coup
because of his track record at King studio - one of the most successful mobile
gaming companies in the world,” says Hugo Games CEO Henrik Nielsen.
“Moritz Voss was instrumental in building a game studio in Berlin from scratch
to over 80 people and we are very proud that he now has joined us for a new
challenge at Hugo Games - bringing together a highly experienced Berlin team in
the coming months. The timing is perfect because Hugo Games is the first mobile
developer to be granted the permission to build a puzzle game around the iconic
‘The Adventures of Tintin’ comic book franchise.”
There are several reasons why Hugo Games thinks it’s imperative to set up a
Berlin studio. One is that Hugo Games has big ambitions regarding Match 3 mobile
games and that it prefers to place the development of these games, like the
upcoming “The Adventures of Tintin” game, in the hands of a dedicated expert
team.
Another reason is that Berlin is becoming a new European mobile game development
hotspot. The best and brightest developers are heading towards the German
capital right now and Hugo Games CEO Henrik Nielsen wants to tap into that
workforce. He points to the agreement with Moritz Voss as an example of the
potential for talent in Berlin.
The plan for the new Berlin Studio is to sign additional global Intellectual
Properties (IP’s) which will fit to the Match 3 game type, securing a steady
stream of new games coming out from the new Berlin studio in the coming years.
In establishing the Berlin studio, Hugo Games also follows its strategy of
spreading risk.
The Candy Crush games are regarded as the most popular Match 3 mobile games in
the world. Moritz Voss is thrilled to be tasked with building a new Berlin team
for Hugo Games.
“I’m very excited to join Hugo Games and use what I have learned and experienced
over the recent years at King,” says Moritz Voss. “I plan to bring together a
strong and hand-picked team of my own here in Berlin that can execute on Hugo
Games’ strategy of making successful mobile games based on global IP’s.”
About Hugo Games
Hugo Games is a mobile games publisher and developer located in Copenhagen,
Berlin, Sacramento and Nottingham. We are honored to cooperate with strong IP’s
as The Adventures of Tintin and premium sports brands as FC Barcelona, Liverpool
FC and Paris St. Germain - as well as soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. We are
proud to expand the world of television hit series Vikings - and we are thrilled
to produce sequels to the legendary games Doodle Jump and Dawn of the Dragons.
For more information see www.hugogames.com or contact Hugo Games CEO Henrik
Nielsen +45 27 200 200
Ekstern link: http://www.newsweb.no/index.jsp?messageId=461861
Nyheten er levert av OBI.