LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – November 07, 2022 - Miniclip, a global leader in digital games, has announced the expansion of its studio in the Netherlands. Miniclip Netherlands, formerly known as Gamebasics, has moved into a newly-refurbished office in Zoetermeer, where it will focus on growing its hit titles Online Soccer Manager and Football Head Coach, alongside supporting other existing titles.
Acquired by Miniclip in September 2020, the studio is now an official branch of the Miniclip family, continuing to drive the success the team have enjoyed to date.
Miniclip Netherlands has over 70 staff situated in a newly-refurbished office space in the city of Zoetermeer. Working with the architect Jamie van Lede, the studio has been designed with a focus on sustainability and employee well-being. Repurposed materials have been used, including the use of recycled jeans as part of the insulation in the walls. The design of the new space will provide Miniclippers with a top-class collaborative work-space. The office was officially opened by Mayor Michel Bezuijen on 4th November with plans to keep supporting Miniclip to “unleash the gamer in everyone.”
Saad Choudri, CEO of Miniclip, said: “We’re extremely proud of the work that Miniclip Netherlands has produced so far. Since the acquisition, we’ve rapidly deepened our relationship, in no small part due to our shared collaborative approach to culture and our passion for games. The transition from Gamebasics to Miniclip Netherlands was an easy decision as we knew from the moment we started working with the team that we would do great things together. I’m delighted to officially introduce them as Miniclip Netherlands.”
Jasper Schwartz, from Miniclip Netherlands, said: “The endless support from the Miniclip team has been an incredible asset, and their extensive experience perfectly matches our proven ability to build audiences in Online Soccer Manager and Football Head Coach. This is not just an exciting announcement for us, but for the games industry in the Netherlands. Miniclip Netherlands has an exciting future ahead of it, and we look forward to continuing to craft genre-defining titles.”
The announcement of the newly expanded studio marks Miniclip’s reach into new territories, alongside its acquisition of talented studios and the diversification of the group’s product portfolio. Miniclip Netherlands will continue to grow its hit titles, while launching more new and exciting titles in the future. The studio will also assume responsibility for growing Miniclip’s titles, including supporting the live operations of Mini Basketball and Mini Football.
Find out more about Miniclip here:
● Website - https://miniclip.com/
● LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/miniclip
● Twitter – https://twitter.com/Miniclip
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About Miniclip:
Miniclip is a global leader in digital games with a mission of ‘unleashing the gamer in everyone’. The Company develops, publishes, and distributes highly engaging games to an audience of over 400 million monthly active users across mobile, social and online platforms. They operate in 10 countries, with a global workforce of over 1000 people across 16 locations.
Founded in 2001, the Company has successfully grown a huge global audience in over 195 countries and across six continents. Miniclip has a unique understanding of the digital games space and has developed a strong portfolio of over 60 high-quality mobile games, extensive worldwide distribution, and an internationally recognised brand name. To date, Miniclip's digital games, which also include the franchises 8 Ball Pool™, Subway Surfers™, Golf Battle™, Football Strike™, Carrom Pool™, and Agar.io™ have generated more than 7 billion downloads. Miniclip has more than 70 million daily active players reaching people across the world in the pursuit of ‘unleashing the gamer in everyone’.
In the past three years, as part of their ambitious growth plans, Miniclip have been delighted to welcome the teams from Playsport (famous for Motorsport Manager), Yakuto (creators of Darts of Fury), Masomo (home of Head Ball 2), Ilyon (designers of Bubble Shooter), Eight Pixels Square (Sniper Strike) operating as Miniclip Derby, Gamebasics (creators of OSM Online Soccer Manager) now operating as Miniclip Netherlands, Green Horse Games (home of Football Rivals), Supersonic Software Ltd., trading as Puzzling.com (the team behind the highly successful Puzzle Page and Picture Cross), and most recently Sybo (famous for Subway Surfers).