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October, 2015
Eight Pixels Square go All Guns Blazing with new investment round
Leading mobile games studio Eight Pixels Square is pleased to announce it has secured a new funding round to fuel the next phase of its growth.
The latest investment has been made by an external investment partner, alongside games entrepreneur Chris Lee and the founding management team of Mat Sneap, Tim Rogers, Ian Sneap and Hugh Binns.
Global Leisure Partners, acted as exclusive corporate financial advisors to Eight Pixels Square, and have also taken an equity stake in the studio.
“Eight Pixels Square is an incredibly talented, experienced and ambitious studio. They’ve already demonstrated great traction with All Guns Blazing and Cartel Kings, achieving impressive reach, metrics and reviews with each title. I’ve also been fortunate enough to see what’s in the works for 2016 and am very excited to see those products come to market and disrupt the grossing charts”, said Chris Lee.
“We are thrilled to close this investment round, which will help enable us to create and scale top grossing F2P titles in 2016 and beyond. We have a number of major titles due for launch next year and look forward to announcing further details on the IP soon”, said Hugh Binns, Director.
David Bains, Managing Director at Global Leisure Partners, said “The mobile F2P market is showing strong, sustained growth, and we are delighted to advise and invest in Eight Pixels Square as they target global success”
About Eight Pixels Square
Eight Pixels Square (EPS) is a leading independent mobile free-to-play studio based in Derby, UK. The company was founded in January 2013 with the aim of creating AAA free-to-play games for a worldwide audience.
The team comprises of 43 industry veterans, averaging 19 years in games and technology development. The Directors and founding employees have previously developed over 70 hit games between them, generating in excess of $2 Billion USD from retail or digital storefronts.
The studio is best known for its crime themed shooters All Guns Blazing and Cartel Kings. All Guns Blazing was awarded Editors’ Choice in the USA and key western markets, and Cartel Kings received excellent support in China, Korea and Japan.
Eight Pixels Square’s games have demonstrated strong monetization metrics and high user ratings, and have been downloaded by over 6 million players worldwide so far on the Apple, Google Play and Amazon App Stores.
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