Gameloft

Gameloft SE
Formerly called
 Gameloft SA (2000–2003)
Public
Traded as OTCQX: GLOFF
Industry Video game industry
Founded 22 February 2000 (2000-02-22)
Headquarters Paris, France
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Stéphane Roussel (CEO, chairman)
Revenue Increase €18.4 million[1] (2011)
Increase €21.1 million[1] (2011)
Profit Increase €18.2 million[1] (2011)
Total assets Increase €138.5 million[1] (2011)
Total equity Increase €103 million[1] (2011)
Owner Vivendi (96%)[2]
Website gameloft.com

Gameloft SE (OTCQX: GLOFF, stylized as GAMELOFT or gameloft) is a French video game developer and publisher headquartered in Paris, with 20 game studios subsidiaries located around the world. They have created a number of games for mobile phone handsets, tablets, games consoles and other platforms. It is a subsidiary of French media conglomerate Vivendi.

History

Founded in 2000 by Michel Guillemot and Josh Closson one of the co-founders and owners of video game publisher and developer Ubisoft, Gameloft has expanded to employ a staff of 5,000. Gameloft began to be profitable in 2003. Gameloft's consolidated revenues were €10.2m (2003), €23.2m (2004) and €46.8m (2005). Gameloft has posted consolidated revenues of €68m in 2006, €96m in 2007, €110m in 2008 and €122m in 2009.[3] In 2010, Gameloft consolidated sales reached €141m and went up to €164m in 2011. In 2012 the revenues continued to grow and crossed €200m, reaching €208.3m in 2012 and €233.3m in 2013. According to the preliminary data, the revenue for the end of year of 2014 were €227m.[4] Through agreements with major telephone carriers, handset manufacturers, specialized distributors and its online shop, Gameloft states it has a distribution network in over 100 countries.[5]

In February 2016, Vivendi acquired a 30% stake in Gameloft; per French law, the company was required to make a public tender offer to acquire additional public shares; by June 2016, Vivendi now held a 61.7% majority stake in Gameloft. At a price of €8 per-share, the company was valued at €700 million. Although the Guillemots had attempted to block the hostile takeover in court, Michel announced his resignation effective 29 June 2016, and the founders resentfully sold their 21.7% stake in Gameloft to Vivendi, giving the company nearly complete ownership. The Guillemots showed concern that Vivendi was using the same methods to take over sister company Ubisoft, as they had similarly begun the process of purchasing enough of the company to trigger a mandatory tender offer; they stated that "Vivendi’s hostile approach goes against the best interest of Gameloft, both for its activity and for its team."[6][7][8] As of 1 July 2016 Vivendi owns 96.9% of the company with the management replaced to reflect Vivendi's ownership[9]

Game Series

Gameloft Live

Gameloft Live
Developer Gameloft
Type Online service
Launch date 2008
Platform iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Tizen
Website www.gameloft.com
www.gameloftlive.com

Gameloft Live is an online service made for iOS, Windows Phone, and Android games made by Gameloft. The service also lets players view online rankings in certain games. It was released in 2008 by Gameloft.

The following games have Gameloft Live:

This game is unconfirmed whether it is in Gameloft Live right now:

Awards

References

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