PlayFirst

PlayFirst, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2004
Founders
  • John Welch
  • Brad Edelman
  • Jason Rubinstein
Headquarters,
Key people
  • Kenny Shea Dinkin
  • (CCO)
  • Marco DeMiroz
  • (CEO)
  • Bruce Sherrod
  • (VPE)
ProductsCasual game
OwnerElectronic Arts
ParentGlu Mobile
WebsitePlayFirst.com

PlayFirst, Inc. is a Delaware based American publisher of casual games founded in 2004 by industry veterans. PlayFirst produced the Diner Dash series, which won the 2008 Annual Casual Game Awards.[2] and has seen over 550 million downloads.[3][4] The popularity of Diner Dash series prompted spin-off series like Wedding Dash and Cooking Dash. The company’s game portfolio also includes the retro-style strategy-based Chocolatier series,[2] and the adventure/hidden object-mixing Dream Chronicles series.[2]

From 2005 to mid-2011, PlayFirst have released 72 casual games for PC and Mac, counting extra 7 Collector's Editions and Strategy Guides, thus they have 79 games in total in their game categories.

  1. ^ Certificate Of Surrender Of Right To Transact Intrastate Business, California Secretary of State, 2015
  2. ^ a b c Gamezebo (2008-07-25). "2008 Second Annual Casual Game Awards Winners". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on 2007-02-14. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  3. ^ BusinessWire (2010-02-18). "PlayFirst announces debut of Game-Changing Facebook Connect Integration in Diner Dash 5: BOOM!". BusinessWire. Retrieved 2010-02-19. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Gamezebo (2011-01-25). "PlayFirst launches Diner Dash on Facebook". Gamezebo. Retrieved 2011-01-25.