East Side Games (ESG) has entered into a multi-year publishing and IdleKit partnership agreement with Vancouver’s Night Garden Studio for the global release of a mobile game. Leveraging ESG’s IdleKit technology, the game will be developed in-house by Night Garden and is expected to launch in Q4 2021. “At Night Garden Studio, we’re thrilled to […]
Leaf Mobile Inc. (LEAF)
Leaf Mobile is publicly traded on the TSX under the symbol LEAF and has a market capitalization of $263 million.
LEAF Mobile to Launch NFTKit and Offer Non-Fungible Tokens as Prizes in Select Games
LEAF Mobile announced today that its subsidiary studio, East Side Games, is set to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) game creation toolset called NFTKit for its IdleKit platform. Top performing players will, for the first time, have true ownership over their rewards by receiving NFTs as prizes in select LEAF Group games published by East […]
East Side Games To Develop Mobile Game For Rupaul’s Drag Race Franchise
Vancouver’s East Side Games (ESG) has entered into a multi-year partnership with World of Wonder Productions (WOW) for the exclusive mobile game rights to Emmy Award-winning competition series, RuPaul’s Drag Race, to develop and publish a new mobile game. The partnership includes rights to RuPaul’s Drag Race, RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, and Untucked: RuPaul’s […]
LEAF Mobile Acquires Vancouver’s Truly Social Games
LEAF Mobile has acquired Vancouver’s Truly Social Games for $37 million. Truly Social Games (TSG) was founded in 2015 by Cooper DuBois and Patrick Tougas. Among TSG’s portfolio of titles is Planet Gold Rush, Gold Mania, Invincible Hero, Idle Surfing, Bomb Brawl! and Draw A Stickman: AR . TSG has also developed games on IdleKit, […]
East Side Games Signs Three Game Partnership With Victoria’s Kano Apps
LEAF Mobile’s East Side Games has entered into a three game partnership with Victoria’s Kano Apps for the global release of three mobile games on iOS and Android. Forged in 2019 when the companies first collaborated on FUBAR as an exploratory project testing narrative driven mobile idle games, the partnership extends the official relationship with […]
LEAF Mobile Becomes Canada’s Largest Publicly-traded Free-to-play Mobile Game Company
Four months ago free-to-play gaming group LEAF Mobile announced that they were acquiring Vancouver’s East Side Games. East Side Games (ESG) is a leading publisher and developer of mobile games. Founded in 2011 by game industry veterans, it has created chart topping hits for top Hollywood brands as well as Canadian superstars The Trailer Park […]
TikTok Star Nathan Apodaca (aka Doggface) Visits Vancouver Mobile Game
Looking to take a moment to chill? TikTok viral star Nathan Apodaca (aka Doggface) is making an appearance as a guest character in the mobile game Cheech and Chong Budfarm and you can join him. Apodaca went viral last month with a video that mellowed out the world – a longboarding, cran-raspberry juice drinking, Fleetwood […]
East Side Games Acquired For $150 Million By TSX-traded LEAF
LEAF Mobile is acquiring Vancouver’s East Side Games for $150 million. East Side Games (ESG) is a leading publisher and developer of mobile games. Founded in 2011 by game industry veterans, it has created chart topping hits for top Hollywood brands as well as Canadian superstars The Trailer Park Boys. According to the today’s reverse […]