is otherwise written in a promotional tone . please help by either rewriting this article from a neutral point of view or by moving this article to wikinews . when appropriate blatant advertising may be marked for speedy deletion with db spam . may 2014 kabam type private founded 2006 key people kevin chou co founder & ceo kent wakeford coo steve klei cfo revenue 360 million employees 825 april 20th 2015 website www.kabam.com kabam formerly watercooler inc. is an interactive entertainment company founded in 2006 and headquartered in san francisco ca . with offices in beijing vancouver los angeles and austin texas . the company creates develops and publishes massively multiplayer social games mmsg s such as kingdoms of camelot star wars uprising and marvel contest of champions for mobile devices . before expanding into gaming kabam established itself as a social applications developer with entertainment and sports communities totaling more than 60 million users . kabam markets freemium games for mobile devices and social networking services . the company s investors include alibaba canaan partners google mgm intel pinnacle ventures redpoint ventures warner bros. and others . the company has focused on developing real games or games with immersive gameplay mechanics akin to more traditional mmos with an emphasis on the spending and gambling of virtual currency . in late 2009 kabam launched kingdoms of camelot one of the first successful strategy games on facebook but in june 2010 the number of players began constantly shrinking . 1 as of april 2015 kabam has announced a shift in its focus to developing aaa mobile games . 2 in july 2015 kabam announces that marvel contest of champions hit 100 million in gross revenue in seven months the fastest of any game in kabam history the hobbit was next fastest at 13 months . contents 1 history 2 games and platforms 2.1 games developed or acquired by kabam 2.2 games developed by 3rd parties and distributed by kabam 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 2006 by kevin chou michael li holly liu and wayne chan the company originally focused on building community apps for sports and entertainment fans amassing more than 25 million users on facebook and other social networks . 3 in october 2009 kabam then watercooler secured 5.5 million in series b funding from betfair the world s largest internet betting exchange and canaan partners which participated in the company s series a funding in 2007 . 4 on november 2 2009 kabam then watercooler launched kingdoms of camelot on facebook . 5 on august 3 2010 watercooler changed its name to kabam . 6 on october 22 2010 kabam acquired wonderhill . 7 on february 15 2011 kabam hires social media executive kent wakeford as executive vice president corporate development & general counsel on december 20 2011 kabam acquired gravity bear creator of the battle punks social game on facebook . 8 on june 19 2012 kabam acquired wild shadow studios developers of realm of the mad god . 9 on january 27 2012 kabam acquired fearless studios a company founded by ex lucasarts employees . 10 in august 2012 wayne chan one of kabam s co founders left the company . 11 on september 19 2012 ceo chou announced that kabam was considering an ipo . 12 on december 3 2013 kabam acquired balanced worlds . 13 on january 15 2013 kabam acquired exploding barrel games . 14 at the end of 2013 a secondary stock sale valued the company at 700 million and four of its games led by kingdoms of camelot grossed more than 100 million by the end of 2013 with 360 million in revenues for 2013 . 15 on march 10 2014 kabam acquired phoenix age . 16 on june 20 2014 kabam shut down servers for the hobbit armies of the third age . 17 in june 2014 kabam hires former ea vp aaron loeb as senior vice president of its north american studios . in july 2014 alibaba was investing 120 million in kabam which now has a 1 billion valuation . kabam will be able to distribute the mobile games through alibaba s apps . 18 nick earl a veteran of electronic arts was appointed the new president of worldwide studios in november . 19 on january 12 2015 kabam acquired tapzen and magic pixel games and brought on mike verdu as chief creative officer . 20 as of april 2015 kabam is only focused on developing aaa mobile games . as a result a number of kabam games were shut down older kabam games transferred to other companies and kabam support for third party games decreased . 2 on august 13 2015 machine zone maker of game of war fire age sued kabam for trade secret theft . 21 the conflict was resolved to both companies satisfaction a month later on september 10 . 22 in september 2015 nick earl president of worldwide studios resigned . mike verdu was promoted to president of kabam studios and chief creative officer in charge of the publisher s game design and game quality . aaron loeb was promoted to president of kabam studios and live services in charge of service quality . 23 on january 7 2016 kabam announced it had sold its legacy games and third party published games to chinese publisher gaea mobile . 24 as the downsizing in april 2015 kabam shut down a number of older games that were not transferred . on february 22 2016 kabam laid off 8 percent of its company workforce . kevin chou kabam s chief executive said in an exclusive interview with gamesbeat that the company will focus on free to play massively multiplayer mobile games such as its current hits marvel contest of champions and star wars uprising . that means kabam will put less emphasis on single player games such as fast & furious . 25 on june 23 2016 kabam announced that they would be selling realm of the mad god to deca games . in july 2016 kabam announces that marvel contest of champions hit 100 million in gross revenue in seven months the fastest of any game in kabam history the hobbit was next fastest at 13 months in september 2016 kabam disney interactive lucasfilm launch star wars uprising in november 2016 kabam appoints jeff howell to the newly created position chief technology officer in may 2016 kabam acquires southern california based superweapon the masterminds behind the hit mobile title dawn of steel to join their los angeles studio in june 2016 kabam partners with lightstorm entertainment and 20th century fox to develop groundbreaking new avatar mobile game in august 2016 kabam and hasbro team up to develop transformers mobile game in october 2016 kabam vancouver studio opens a new studio location techvibes games and platforms edit this section needs to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . may 2015 games developed or acquired by kabam edit title platform original developer available to play release date shutdown date notes 1 . fantasy football facebook watercooler no 2009 07 01 2010 10 2 . 20k football challenge facebook watercooler no 2009 08 2010 10 3 . 2010 bracket challenge facebook watercooler no 2009 10 01 2010 10 4 . kingdoms of camelot facebook watercooler yes 2009 11 06 transferred to rockyou and supported by rockyou as of the beginning of april 2015 though kabam still hosts the game and kabam rewards still apply to the game . 26 5 . noodle facebook watercooler no 2009 11 12 2010 10 6 . sweet world facebook watercooler no 2010 04 28 2011 01 31 27 7 . epic goal facebook watercooler no 2010 06 01 2010 11 8 . si fantasy football facebook web kabam no 2010 08 06 2011 04 9 . greenspot myspace wonderhill no 2009 2010 12 02 28 10 . dog world myspace facebook wonderhill no 2009 2010 11 . enchanted gardens facebook wonderhill no 2009 10 12 2010 12 . furry farm facebook wonderhill no 2010 03 19 2010 12 01 13 . tattoo city facebook wonderhill no 2010 06 16 2010 12 01 29 14 . dragons of atlantis facebook wonderhill yes 2010 10 06 transferred to rockyou and supported by rockyou as of the beginning of april 2015 though kabam still hosts the game and kabam rewards still apply to the game . 26 15 . battle punks facebook gravity bear studio no 2010 03 02 2012 03 date is for beta release server unresponsiveness by march 2012 was not announced and remains unresolved 16 . realm of the mad god web kongregate steam wild shadow studios spry fox yes 2010 01 10 date is for beta release 17 . bomb buddies facebook balanced worlds studio no 2012 05 25 2013 06 server unresponsiveness by june 2013 was not announced and remains unresolved 18 . castle age facebook phoenix age yes 2009 02 19 . castle age hd ios phoenix age yes 2011 12 15 20 . underworld empire ios & android phoenix age yes 2013 01 15 21 . ddtank2 web 7road no 2013 05 02 2015 03 05 30 22 . this means war ios & android magic pixel games tapzen yes 2014 06 26 23 . hero force facebook kabam no 2010 08 01 2011 04 29 31 24 . glory of rome facebook kabam yes 2010 10 23 transferred to rockyou and supported by rockyou as of the beginning of april 2015 though kabam still hosts the game and kabam rewards still apply to the game . 26 25 . global warfare facebook web kabam no 2011 03 18 2012 11 30 32 26 . samurai dynasty facebook kabam no 2011 03 29 2011 11 15 33 date is for beta release 27 . edgeworld facebook kabam yes 2011 05 18 transferred to rockyou and supported by rockyou as of the beginning of april 2015 though kabam still hosts the game and kabam rewards still apply to the game . 26 28 . the godfather five families facebook kongregate web kabam yes 2011 09 07 date is for beta release . transferred to rockyou and supported by rockyou as of the beginning of april 2015 though kabam still hosts the game and kabam rewards still apply to the game . 26 29 . kingdoms of camelot battle for the north ios & android kabam yes 2011 11 21 30 . thirst of night web kabam no 2011 12 2013 01 31 34 31 . final eden web kabam no 2012 01 27 2012 11 27 35 32 . mobile command crisis in europe ios kabam no 2012 04 04 2012 10 08 36 date for beta release limited to canada 33 . arcane empires ios android & facebook kabam yes 2012 06 26 date is for beta release limited to canada 34 . legend four ios kabam no 2012 07 21 2013 35 . trojan war web kabam no 2012 09 03 2012 11 19 37 36 . battle shard web kabam no 2012 09 12 2012 12 04 38 date is for beta release 37 . kabam slots ios & android kabam no 2012 09 20 2014 38 . the hobbit kingdoms of middle earth ios & android kabam yes 2012 10 16 39 . the hobbit armies of the third age facebook web kabam no 2012 11 06 2014 06 20 17 40 . edgeworld mobile ios kabam no 2012 11 06 2013 06 24 39 date is for beta release limited to canada 41 . legend four hd ios kabam no 2012 12 10 2013 42 . lich defense android kabam no 2013 02 01 2013 43 . blastron ios android & facebook kabam no 2013 01 03 2014 44 . farland wars android kabam no 2013 03 06 2013 45 . dark district ios kabam no 2013 03 29 2014 07