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SGN, formerly known as MindJolt, is a Los Angeles-based casual gaming company. The company was founded in 2011 by Chris DeWolfe, Aber Whitcomb, Colin Digiaro, and Joshua Yguado. Its flagship application (also called MindJolt) was formerly a top 20 application on Facebook. It has about 1,300 games from 1,000 developers.

SGN is one of the major developers and publishers of games on Facebook, iOS, and Android. With a focus on using advertisements and selling virtual goods in-game. .

History
SGN, then called MindJolt, was originally funded by Austin Ventures and led by a team of Internet pioneers, with the CEO being Chris DeWolfe and CTO being Aber Whitcomb, both co-founders of MySpace.

In June 2013, SGN acquired Mob Science, a game studio based in Carlsbad, CA.

SGN is based in Los Angeles, with studios in Palo Alto, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Seattle, and Carlsbad.

In October 2014, SGN announced a partnership with Fox to release the companion game to the theatrical film release The Book of Life (2014_film). The mobile game, called "Book of Life: Sugar Smash" features the artwork and storyline from the film, in addition to audio from the celebrities in the film, including Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, and Christina Applegate.

In December of 2014, game title “Cookie Jam” was named Facebook Game of the Year.

In December of 2014, Chinese gaming and technology company, NetEase, announced an exclusive agreement to license the popular match-3 mobile puzzle game, Cookie Jam, across all major app stores in China.

In July of 2015, SGN raised $130 million funding round from Korean gaming giant Netmarble. The funding round will make Netmarble the largest shareholder in SGN, and create a (according to the company) "strategic partnership" through which SGN will help increase Netmarble’s footprint in North America, and Netmarble will assist SGN within several international markets.

In November of 2015, SGN acquired Fat Rascal, a game studio based in Seattle

Operations
SGN utilizes MasterKey—a technology that allows the company to develop the game once and then quickly port it to all major platforms. SGN has totaled over 700 million game downloads, which have also been installed on leading mobile and social platforms, making SGN one of the largest cross-platform gaming companies in the world. SGN is responsible for more than a dozen Top 10 titles on the iTunes App Store and three #1 titles on the Amazon Appstore. SGN's most popular games to date include Cookie Jam and Panda Pop

Games and Platforms

 * Genies & Gems(2016) - IOS, Android, Facebook
 * Juice Jam (2015) - IOS, Android, Facebook
 * A matching puzzle game. Match and Flip fruit to trigger boosters to beat levels.


 * Paint Monsters (2014) - IOS, Android, Facebook
 * Blend vibrant paint monsters in colorful strokes to defeat the Ink King and restore color to the world!


 * Book of Life: Sugar Smash (2014) - IOS, Android, Facebook
 * Swap sugar candies to master this fun and challenging match-3 puzzle adventure inspired by the animated feature, THE BOOK OF LIFE!


 * Cookie Jam (2014) - IOS, Android, Facebook, Amazon
 * A match-3 puzzle game set in a traveling bakery that bakes pastries from around the world.


 * Panda Pop (2013) - IOS, Android, Facebook
 * Save baby pandas from an evil baboon while strategically bursting matching bubbles to help beat him.


 * Rescue Reef (2012) - IOS, Facebook
 * Panda Jam (2012) - IOS, Android, Facebook, Amazon
 * Match and break colored cubes to bring Baby Pandas back down to Mama Panda.


 * Skies of Glory (2011) - IOS, Android, Amazon
 * Fluff Friends Rescue (2011) - IOS
 * Mindjolt Games (2010) - Facebook, Web

Social Media

 * Panda Pop
 * Panda Pop Game
 * Juice Jam App Page
 * Panda Pop Club
 * Panda Pop Adventures
 * Cookie Jam
 * Cookie Jam Game
 * Cookie Jam App Page
 * Cookie Jam Club
 * Cookie Jam Adventures


 * Juice Jam
 * Juice Jam Game
 * Juice Jam App Page
 * Juice Jam Club
 * Juice Jam Adventures
 * Sugar Smash: Book of Life
 * Sugar Smash: Book of Life Game
 * Sugar Smash: Book of Life App Page
 * Sugar Smash: Book of Life Club
 * Sugar Smash: Book of Life Adventures


 * Paint Monsters
 * Paint Monsters Game
 * Paint Monsters App Page
 * Paint Monsters Club
 * Paint Monsters Adventures