May 2013
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Career Spotlight: Storm8 at Pocket Gamer’s Mobile...
**Photos courtesy of PocketGamer.biz
UK mobile gaming publication Pocket Gamer recently brought their successful Mobile Mixer series across the pond to the U.S. Of course, Storm8 was on hand to participate. The series’ second installment was held on Tuesday at Vessel in San Francisco.
Pocket Gamer’s Mobile Mixers unite leading companies and up-and-comers in the world of mobile games development...
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Career Spotlight: Why So Serious?
Despite being in the mobile gaming industry, things aren’t always fun and games at Storm8. Having fun all the time is hard work, so we need a day off occasionally to spend some time being serious. A few of us recently got dress to the nines in our snazziest outfits and put on our game faces for a Serious Friday.
We did our best to be as serious as we could, but old habits do diehard. Leave it...
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Storm8 Artists in Rare Candy!
Storm8 only wants the best of the best, so it should be no surprise that our talented artists would be part of a gallery showing. However, there’s a bit of a twist…
Three of our wonderful artists are taking part in Rare Candy: A Pokemon Gallery for Charity. What better way for our artists to help raise money than to pay homage to one of the most influential games to Storm8? All...
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New for Android: Slots: Memorial Day
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Storm8 Health and Wellness Fair
Storm8 was very excited to host a Health and Wellness fair to touch on the importance of being healthy and all the benefits available to us Stormies. We all gathered in our brand new cafeteria for an afternoon full of health, fun, food, and prizes!
We’re always looking to increase our healthy food intake with fresh fruit delivered daily. Farm Fresh To You offers delivery of fresh...
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Update your Apple device to iOS 6!
We’ve recently optimized many of your favorite TeamLava games for iOS 6! Update your Apple device to experience performance improvements and sweet crisp graphics for our games.
How to update to iOS 6:
Go to Settings
Select General > Software Update
If an update is available, you can Download and Install
Once your device is updated, click on any of the games below to download it...
April 2013
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Storm8: “Best Place to Work” in the Bay Area!...
We already knew it, but it’s always nice to be acknowledged industry-wide as one of the best places to work.
On Wednesday night, Storm8 was honored with the 2013 “Best Places to Work in the Bay Area” award at a San Francisco Business Times shindig. We joined 125 of our fellow finalists for a night of fun and drinks to celebrate some of the best local companies.
At Storm8, we’re passionate about...
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Storm8 Careers
We probably don’t need to remind you about how Storm8 has over 200 MILLION players or about our million dollar days or even that we completely spoil our employees. We could probably go on for days about our amazing employee perks, but we thought we’d get right down to the good news: we’re hiring! Storm8 is currently looking to fill the rolls of Staff Accountant, Data Analyst, and...
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Career Spotlight: Billiards Tournament...
If you recall, we gave you a preview of our Billiards Tournament to help fund the repairs to our ailing pool table. With our first-ever tournament now in the books, we can definitely say that the competition was fierce as we appear to be working alongside some on-the-side pool sharks. See who won after the jump!
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The final match was intense and filled with skill and the utmost...
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Now Introducing Fruit Mania!
Fruit Mania is available to download from the App Store!
Fruit Mania is the latest game from TeamLava, the Storm8 brand behind hit apps Bubble Mania and Jewel Mania. Following the exotic travels of protagonist Harrison the mouse, the game debuts two new modes! Color Mode lets players focus on matching a particular type of fruit, while Digging Mode challenges players to navigate through the puzzle...
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More from Storm8 at GDC 2013
After an awesome industry pre-party thrown by Storm8 at Harlot in San Francisco to kick-off GDC week, the main conference commenced the following day and Stormies were back in action.
Our recruiting team set up shop at the Career Pavilion in a decked out Storm8 booth. Those who stopped by got a chance to play some games in our specially-installed mobile devices, were treated to limited edition...
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Career Spotlight: Storm8's GDC Pre-Party!
What do game developers do when they’re done having fun working on great games? They take the fun on the road to a local lounge with fellow industry enthusiasts! After an exciting day at the Game Developers Conference, Storm8 hosted an invitation-only extravaganza at Harlot SF. The boutique lounge is a jewel in the heart of San Francisco, just steps from the Moscone Center where GDC was being...
March 2013
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Career Spotlight: Storm8's 'Epic' AHGL Victory!
Zerg, Protoss, and Terran. These are more than just types of races in a game. They are part of a lifestyle, especially here at Storm8. There are daily lunch gatherings to watch game footage of live and past matches to learn new strategies and always stay one step ahead of your opponent.
Hot on the heels of a decisive victory in a 5-player Free For All match to determine the 8th seeded team in...
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Career Spotlight: Crowning the King of Tokyo!
Storm8 recently held an epic tournament of wits and might for the “King of Tokyo” board game. With over 20 Stormies throwing their hats into this tournament, it was sure to be a beast of a match. We love games and competition here at Storm8, and this is just one of many examples on how we spend our free time.
In the King of Tokyo game, players must choose their favorite gigantic...
Stormies are coming to GDC next week!
GDC is just around the corner; that time of year when game developers from all over the world gather in San Francisco to discuss - what else - games. Held at the Moscone Center, GDC 2013 starts Monday, March 25 and goes on through Friday, March 29. The conference brings out the biggest names in the world of gaming and this year is no different with...
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Career Spotlight: Storm8’s 4-Year Anniversary!
Last week, we celebrated our 4-year Anniversary here at Storm8. It was a great time to reflect on where we’ve come from and where we’re going. From the early beginnings of iMobsters and Kingdoms Live to the recent hits of Bubble Mania and Jewel Mania, the progression has been astounding to say the least! To help commemorate this remarkable achievement, our CEO sent the company back through time...
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Storm8 Anniversary Flashback
This month will mark Storm8’s 4 year anniversary. To appreciate how far we’ve come, we delved into the past to discover how Storm8 rose above its challenges to succeed. We recently sat down with our Engineering Manager, and long time Stormie, Justin. He provided his insights about the rise of Storm8 from a small group of kids with laptops to become a highly successful mobile gaming...
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The Writing On The Walls!
We’re all kids at heart. We all want to run around outside, have water gun battles, eat mac ‘n’ cheese, and fingerprint every wall within reach.
Now that we’ve matured a bit, it doesn’t look like our favorite childhood activities have changed - rather, they’ve evolved. We run outside when we can, but we pretty much run around inside the office all day. Water...
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Career Spotlight: Billiards Tournament Preview
Is there a Doctor in the house? We have an item in need of a little bit of TLC: with a capital ‘T’ and that rhymes with ‘P’ and that stands for Pool. We have a fully-functional pool table, but it could use a little bit of elbow grease to make it perfect. We could have simply had everyone chip in for the finishing touches, but what fun would that be? In the true spirit of...
February 2013
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Career Spotlight: The Beginning Of The Storm
“Every long journey begins with a single step.”
Words could not ring more true than when talking about Storm8! From our meager beginnings that started with an impassioned group of game-lovers in the minuscule closet-of-an-office on Twin Dolphin Drive, Storm8 has graduated into becoming an industry player, bolstered by our bustling clockwork army of artist, engineers, and all-around...
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Lights, Camera, Action! Harlem Shake (Storm8...
Have you all been anxiously awaiting the reveal? Well, here it is! See if you can identify all the costumes we used. We definitely had a lot of Pikachus! What else can you spot?
While this video is definitely not the first of its kind, we feel it’s a way to creatively express ourselves. With everyone, including management, on board with the idea, we were able to have fun in planning and...
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Vote for Bubble Mania for Best Game!
The tribe has spoken. Except in this case, it’s not exactly a tribe but our wonderful community of Bubble Mania fans. Thanks to everyone’s votes, Bubble Mania is a finalist and is one of only 5 mobile games vying for Best Game in About.com’s 2013 Readers’ Choice Awards.
We know that you enjoy blasting those bubbles to rescue baby critters and defeat the Evil Bubble Wizard. Why not show us...
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Career Spotlight: Harlem Shake Preview
With tons of videos beginning to pop-up with people putting their spin on the “Harlem Shake” craze, we felt it only appropriate that we put together a Stormies version. A quick search on YouTube reveals that well over 30,000 videos have been uploaded. The craze has definitely gone viral!
Our lobby is looking fantastic after the recent renovations, so we decided that it was the best place to...
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All's Fair In Love and Crafting
At Storm8, we have so many creative and talented people. We began the Valentine’s Day festivities by gathering in the cafeteria to decorate Valentine’s Day bags. We took a trip through time back to elementary school, and crafted from a pile of construction paper, scissors, pots of glitter, glue, flowers, and more. With the variety of colorful decorations our creative juices were...
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Chinese New Year: Year of the Ssssstorm8!
Welcome to the Year of the Snake! Chinese New Year is a time for cleaning, prosperity, and celebration. People gather to feast and have fun with friends and family. Because many of us think of our co-workers like family, we decided to have a potluck celebration along with a Red Envelope Lottery. While not all of us may be Chinese or even celebrate the Lunar New Year, the spirit of the Holiday was...
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Career Spotlight: Brace Yourselves. A Storm is...
Teamwork is important to us at Storm8, but that doesn’t mean all work and no play. StarCraft enthusiasts from a variety of departments have teamed together to compete against other Tech companies in Season 3 of the After Hours Gaming League.
Winners of each match are determined by the best of 5 games. The games are played on StarCraft II: HOTS beta maps, like Star Station. Playing on...
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Career Spotlight: Just Desserts!
Working at Storm8, we are provided with tons of snacks and goodies. Recently, the members on one of our teams received an extra decadent surprise, courtesy of their manager. Because of the extraordinary job the team had been doing, the manager treated them to these delectable desserts out of her own pocket!
This special assortment of goodies goes way beyond cookies and donuts. These elegant...
January 2013
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Career Spotlight: Goodbye White Walls!
The Storm8 Headquarters are still under construction and we wanted to make it a little more like home even with all the dust clouds and construction workers coming and going. So our very talented artists collaborated on a design to create two fantastic feature walls that add a vibrant pop of color to our lobby.
You probably knew that Storm8 is our company, but did you know that we have four...
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We've hit 10M daily users and 200M players...
2012 was an amazing year full of milestones for Storm8 and we’re kicking off 2013 with a bang. Today we announced that we’ve surpassed 10 million daily active users (DAU) and that our private mobile gaming network now consists of 200 million devices.
This means that more than 200 million players worldwide now play a Storm8 game, with more than 10 million playing our games everyday.
How did we do...
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Career Spotlight: Meet the Product Team
In a world filled with boredom, seven game-lovin’ strangers have joined together to rid the world of idle hands and abysmally long waits at the DMV! This world… this world needs games to survive. And this band of catalytic heroes is here to deliver us from tedium, forever!
Jacks of all trades and masters of some, our Senior Product Managers are the organizers and catalysts for all of...
Storm8 Gives Back
We at Storm8 value the local community and we appreciated the opportunity to get involved and give back. We partnered with San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising private funds to support patient care and comfort at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) and Trauma Center.
SFGH is considered one of the finest public hospitals in the US....
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Career Spotlight: Super Chill
Not too long ago showed you our amazing new cafeteria, but there was one thing missing…
And that one thing was a refrigerator. We needed something to keep all our beverages chilled and our leftovers preserved. And, as usual, we went big and got 2 massive machines that are plugged in and ready to get to work!
We like to have a variety of different beverages and tasty treats for all of the...
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Career Spotlight: From Work to Work Out
Now that the Holidays are over and 2013 is here, now is the time for many of us to come up with some New Year’s Resolutions. Will you cut out a bad habit? Take up a new skill? Maybe you will chose what most people do for their resolutions - lose weight!
You’ve read about our extravagant catering and special surprises on a daily basis here at the office. All of that over-indulging sometimes...
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Happy New Year from Storm8!
Happy New Year from Storm8! We wish everyone a fun and safe New Year!
2012 has been a blast, but we’re looking forward to counting down the clock into 2013! Some of us will be watching the ball drop on TV, others will count down out loud between sips of sparkling cider in fancy glasses, some will gather at their favorite local hang out, and maybe some of us with venture into the cold...
December 2012
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Storm8's Big Holiday!
Shopping, eating, gifting - just a few of the activities we cherish around the holidays. But guess what? Based on all the activity we saw here at Storm8, it turns out gaming is yet another one to add to that list. The infographics below show what the Storm8 mobile gaming network was up to last week, which illustrates some key takeaways for mobile developers.
2 Million Downloads on December 25!
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Career Spotlight: Construct Additional Pylons!
You’ve seen and read how our Storm8 lobby was recently under construction. No renovation would be complete without including one of the most important things to us Stormies - food! Our old digs was a makeshift eatery in the corner of our second floor. Nothing too fancy, but with great people and our casual culture, we didn’t really need it.
Construction workers sequestered off parts of our...
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Happy Holidays from Storm8!
From all of us at Storm8, we wish you a Happy Holidays!
We will be enjoying the holidays as well! Enjoying the lights displays, holiday dinners, sipping delicious cups of hot cocoa piled high with whipped cream, and spending time with family and friends. During the holidays we will have limited Support.
If you receive a new device over the holidays and need to transfer your game progress, you...
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Career Spotlight: A Picturesque Secret Santa!
The Art team decked the halls with holiday art for their Secret Santa event! The participants drew names from a hat and created a personal and meaningful art piece for the person they picked. The pieces were limited to a canvas of 2x3 inches each. They made the most of the small space with unique pieces and decorative frames.
No one was allowed to tell who they selected until the big reveal....
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White Elephant Gifts!
As a gaming company, we sure do love games - even those that don’t involve a screen or controller.
Despite all the hustle and bustle of the Holidays, several Stormies got into the spirit by hosting a White Elephant Gift Exchange, where a typical exchange could involve laughter, suspense, and just a little bit of treachery.
With all our gifts spread across the table, we all drew numbers from a...
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Storm8
Some might think that Mountain Dew fuels the video game industry, but our team at Storm8 begs to differ.
One of our favorite beverages is boba and as a treat for the company’s tireless work in creating and maintaining our top-notch games, gallons of delicious milk tea (and the Boba Guys too) were carted in to quench our collective thirst.
They quickly set up and began handing out boba...
Anonymous asked: hi, i've just upgraded to iphone 5 but after sync all my old game data are gone. How to do go back to my game leves?
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CAREER SPOTLIGHT: STORM8 HOLIDAY PARTY!
30+ awesome games, over 400 million downloads, tons of new friends, and so much delicious food.
Our team here at Storm8 has put in a lot of hard work into 2012, and we felt like it was about time to kick back a bit and cut loose a lot… so we had a BIG OL’ Storm8 Holiday Party!
This year’s festivities destination took us to the beautiful Mer in the Terra Gallery, located in San...
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Say hello to Bean Dog!
Jewel Mania was an exciting project for the art team here at Storm8. The artists really got to run wild with the theme, content, and art style. We started off with some pretty crazy ideas and slowly distilled them down to create a final look for the game. Concept art is never wasted time. Even if a design doesn’t surface in the final game, every doodle helps inform the final art style.
Read...
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The Beautification of the Storm8 HQ Lobby! [Career...
It’s amazing what a splash of color can do for your spirits.
The joy of any given workday starts when we get to our desks (for some, it is as soon as we hit the kitchen for morning snacks). Lately, however, the day gets exciting as soon as we step into the newly renovated lobby!
Taking a cue from some of our biggest games, we recently gave the Storm8 lobby a makeover with some new...
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Karaoke Night - Is this thing on? [Career...
We have never been very shy about the talent that we have within the walls of Storm8. Our engineers, game designers, artists - ALL of our departments are truly awesome. But apparently the talent doesn’t stop with their vocations, as the singers, dancers, and performers were showcasing their entertainment chops in spades the other night! Put a group of friends and coworkers in a room with a...
November 2012
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Happy Thanksgiving!
From all of us at Storm8, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! Many of us will be spending the holiday with friends and family, filling our bellies with delicious food and cherishing this special occasion with everyone we hold dear.
There will be limited support available during the holiday break. We will try to assist you as soon as possible, but during this time, you can also check out the...
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Storm8 Forum Event: Autumn Photos!
Fall is almost coming to an end! As a way to remember this wonderful season of colorful foliage, relaxing weather, and hearty meals, we are hosting a photo sharing event on our Storm8 games forums! Want to share beautiful photos of Autumn scenery in your neighborhood and win some Storm8 games Points at the same time? Then come check out our forum event HERE!
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Storm8: A team of game lovers, AND food...
It all starts with food.
In some of our biggest games, it’s the foods you make that bring your guests in for that first sale. In everyday life, it’s the foods you eat that drive your mornings. With your body and mind all fueled up, you’re ready to seize the day!
When it comes to food, Storm8 doesn’t mess around. We’ve waxed poetic about our love and passion for...
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Storm8 celebrates 400+ million game downloads with...
2012 has been a remarkable year for Storm8. Not only have we released many hit titles such as Dragon Story, Bubble Mania, City Story Metro, Castle Story, and Slots, we have also reached many important milestones:
Integrating with Amazon’s Appstore for Android was a huge success for many of our titles on the Kindle Fire (news).
In May, we announced that Storm8 games had exceeded 300 million...
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Storm8 at Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco!
The 5th annual Open Mobile Summit returned to San Francisco last week. The 3-day conference featured leaders of the mobile Internet economy discussing key trends and issues affecting the mobile space. From the future of devices and platforms to new apps and services created at the intersection of SoLoMo (social, location and mobile), to mobile commerce and payments, to the future of TV and the...
