Movaya Explained

Movaya
Type:	Mobile Content Distribution & Services
Foundation:	2004
Location:	Seattle, WA
Industry:	Wireless
Num Employees:	19

Movaya was a Seattle-based technology company that developed mobile game distribution and management solutions. It was formed in 2004 by John Calian, Phil Yerkes and Stanley Wang. Movaya also operated a wholly owned subsidiary in Chengdu, China.^{[1] [2]}

Movaya's client and distribution relationships included: Capcom, Walmart, Gamehouse, RealArcade, RealNetworks, Reaxion, Superscape, COM2US, GOSUB 60, Kingston Technology and Mobliss.

History

Movaya launched PlugNPlay - a mobile game ecommerce network - in March 2007

Movaya launched TryNBuy - a mobile game free trial download service - in February 2008

Movaya was purchased by Digby Mobile Commerce in late 2009. Digby was itself acquired by Phunware in May 2014.^[3]

Mobile Game Title Examples in Movaya Network

• 1942 (video game)
• Bejeweled
• Cake Mania
• Mega Man (video game)
• Solitaire
• Street Fighter (video game)
• Tetris
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
• Tony Hawk's Underground
• Yetisports

Notes and References

1. http://www.mobilephoneblog.org/2007/03/movaya-launches-mobile-game.htm Movaya Launches Mobile Game Distribution Web Service
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080208110930/http://prweb.com/releases/freemobilegame/movaya_trynbuy/prweb680664.htm Movaya Launches Free Trial Download Service for Mobile Games
3. News: Hawkins . Lori . Austin software maker Phunware buys mobile developer Digby . 16 April 2022 . Gannett . 6 May 2014.