Diamonds Are Forever: Diamond Dash Turns One

posted on March 15, 2012 comments

Today marks the one year anniversary of Diamond Dash on Facebook! Wooga’s 5th game launched on March 15th 2011 and has since gone on to excite players from all over the world with it’s addictive 60 second gem rush gameplay. The mobile version for iOS went live last December, enabling players to compete with their friends across multiple platforms via Facebook Connect. So far Diamond Dash has been played by almost 50 million players, making it the most successful social arcade game ever.

Diamond Dash receives 300 million visits per month, and with weekly updates to the game being constantly implemented there’s always something new to experience for returning players. With 54 updates having been put live already, from small fixes to big features like implementing the new Magic Powers, they constantly help to provide a great user experience for all.

Wooga’s efforts have not gone unnoticed though, as Diamond Dash is nominated in the upcoming German Computer Game Award’s “Best Browser Game 2011” category.

Diamond Dash Optimized for the new iPad

posted on March 7, 2012 comments

Diamond Dash Optimized for the new iPad

● Popular Social Game optimized graphics for the new iPad’s retina display

● Available worldwide as part of the first wave of new iPad apps with file size under 20 MB

San Francisco, 07 March 2012: With Apple having just announced the new iPad, there’s good reason for all Diamond Dash players to start getting excited. With over 18 million monthly players, Diamond Dash ranks as one of the most popular arcade game in the world and for those lucky enough to get their hands on the device on March 16th, there will be a pixel perfect update waiting for them in the App Store.

Growing Out of Europe: Social Games Around the World

posted on March 5, 2012 comments

Growing Out of Europe: Social Games Around the World

Founder and CEO, Jens Begemann, Will Discuss Growth at GDC

Plane Tickets to Berlin for Most Promising Job Candidates

San Francisco, 05 March 2012: Wooga, the world’s third biggest developer of social games, will be attending this week’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, with a team of over 20 employees attending in search of new industry talent.

Wooga Goes to GDC

posted on March 2, 2012 comments

The excitement level has reached a fever pitch. Throughout the Wooga office there are bags packed, people huddled about, and the words “GDC” and “San Francisco” can be frequently be heard amongst the hustle and bustle. The Game Developers Conference kicks off in San Francisco next week, and there’s a huge flock of Woogas attending!

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the largest annual gathering of video game developers and takes place from 5th – 9th March in the Moscone Center. 27 Woogas in total are attending, and looking forward to the many adventures to be had in the city by the Bay. Already wearing flowers in their hair, not even strikes at German airports will hold them back!

Another Mate, Mate?

posted on February 29, 2012 comments

Wooga’s office has witnessed a passionate debate over the last days about how to actually pronounce Berlin’s Startup ambrosia, Club Mate. A note left on the company’s fridge told employees that it was actually pronounced “mate” [meyt] and not “mate” [ˈmaːtə].

The anonymous note started an interesting offline-thread on the company’s Club Mate-fridge, citing various sources from online encyclopedias to Ron Burgundy, San Diego’s famous news anchor, who urged employees to “agree to disagree”. Read more »

185% User Growth in 2011 – Berlin Start Up #3 on Facebook

posted on February 8, 2012 comments

185% User Growth in 2011 – Berlin Start Up #3 on Facebook

● Berlin-based game developer grew active user base to 40m and becomes number 3 on Facebook

● Company will hire 100 additional employees in 2012 and will focus on mobile development

San Francisco, USA – February 8, 2012 – In 2011, Wooga saw its user base grow by 185% – surging from 14 million in January 2011 to over 40 million users currently playing Wooga’s games every month. New games Diamond Dash and Magic Land launched on Facebook, with synchronized mobile versions following shortly after that enabled players players to connect across platforms, and in turn brought Wooga’s total to six Flash and two mobile games.

Happy Second Birthday, Bubble Island

posted on February 2, 2012 comments

Today, the Bubble Island Team and everyone at Wooga are very excited to celebrate Bubble Island’s second birthday. Launched in February 2010, Bubble Island has been played by more than 48 million people since its release two years ago and put the popular bubble shooter genre on the social games’ map.

2011: A Woogalicious Year!!!

posted on December 23, 2011 comments

With Santa already packing his sleigh and trying to memorize his challenging Christmas routes, it is about time to look back at some Wooga highlights from 2011.

Diamond Dash goes mobile – Wooga launches popular social game for iOS

posted on December 7, 2011 comments

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Paris, France – December 07, 2011 – Diamond Dash, the most popular arcade game on Facebook, is now available as a free download in the App Store. As of today, Wooga, the world’s third largest developer of social games, is offering Diamond Dash for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. This exciting game first launched on Facebook, where it has fascinated over 10 million people per month. Today, the company introduced the new mobile version live on stage at Europe’s largest Internet conference, Le Web in Paris.