Sandlot Games

Sandlot Games was a developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games based in Bothell, Washington, United States. It was founded in 2002 by Daniel Bernstein.

The Sandlot Games portfolio consisted of franchises like Cake Mania, Westward, Kuros, Super Granny, Slyder, and Tradewinds. Although most of its products were downloadable PC games, it offered other titles for PlayStation 2, Mac, iPhone, iPod, Wii, Nintendo DS, Palm OS and PSP.

In August 2011, Sandlot Games was acquired by Digital Chocolate as a fully owned subsidiary.

In September 2013, Ubisoft completed the acquisition of Digital Chocolate's Barcelona studio along with its entire portfolio of intellectual property, as well as the rights to the titles developed by Sandlot Games.

Distribution channels
On January 7, 2009, Intenium, Germany's leading distributor of casual games, announced that it entered into a distribution partnership with Sandlot Games. A total of 12 titles from Sandlot Games launched to several European regions.

In July 2009, Sandlot Games entered into a distribution partnership with Steam, Valve's digital distribution platform. Its games were part of Steam's foray into a family games category.

Awards

 * "Best Casual Game of the Year 2006: Cake Mania" by Logler.com.
 * "Best of 2008: Best Use of Accelerometer - Snail Mail" by IGN.
 * "Most Successful Developer/Publisher 2006" (2nd Place) by Logler.com.
 * "Longest Run in Top 10 2006: Cake Mania" by Logler.com.
 * "Casual Game of the Year 2006: Cake Mania" by Yahoo! Games.

Games
Since its inception in 2002, Sandlot Games developed and published the following games:


 * Ballhalla
 * Ballistik
 * Barnyard Invasion
 * Boonka
 * Cake Mania
 * Cake Mania: Back to the Bakery
 * Cake Mania 2
 * Cake Mania 3
 * Cake Mania: Main Street
 * Cake Mania: Lights, Camera, Action!
 * Cake Mania: To the Max!
 * Cake Mania 7: New Generation (Cancelled in 2011)
 * Dr Blob's Organism
 * Eye for Design
 * Fashion Forward
 * Glyph
 * Glyph 2
 * Heartwild Solitaire
 * Incrediball
 * Kuros
 * Monster Mash
 * Orbital (Discontinued)
 * Pirate Island
 * Snail Mail
 * Super Granny
 * Granny in Paradise
 * Super Granny Winter Wonderland
 * Super Granny 3
 * Super Granny 4
 * Super Granny 5
 * Super Granny 6
 * Slyder
 * Super Slyder
 * Slyder Adventures
 * Sphera
 * Tradewinds Classic
 * Tradewinds 2
 * Tradewinds Caravans
 * Tradewinds Legends
 * Tradewinds Legends Unlikely Heroes
 * Tradewinds Odyssey
 * Westward
 * Westward II
 * Westward III
 * Westward IV
 * Westward Kingdoms
 * Word Monaco