Mr.Goodliving Explained

Mr.Goodliving
Type:	Private (subsidiary of RealNetworks)
Foundation:	1999
Location:	Helsinki, Finland
Homepage:	www.mrgoodliving.com

Mr.Goodliving Ltd. was a Finnish video game developer and a video game publisher based in Helsinki, Finland. It was founded in 1999, and acquired by RealNetworks on 6 May 2005.^[1] Mr.Goodliving was focused on games for mobile phones, the iPhone and other high-end portable devices.

The company was best known for the casual sports game franchise Playman Sports,^[2] spanning numerous incarnations such as Playman Summer Games, Playman Winter Games and Playman World Soccer. Along with original intellectual property, the company worked with several high-profile licenses such as Trivial Pursuit,^[3] South Park,^[4] Scrabble,^[5] and the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.^[6]

In addition to its games, Mr.Goodliving developed EMERGE, a proprietary development platform which enables rapid and scalable publishing of games to more than 2000 handsets in 20 languages.

On February 9, 2011, Real unexpectedly announced to close Mr.Goodliving.^[7]

External links

• Official Mr.Goodliving website
• Mr.Goodliving, Pocket Gamer

Notes and References

1. Web site: REALNETWORKS ENTERS MOBILE GAMES MARKET: ACQUIRES EUROPEAN-BASED MR. GOODLIVING LTD . investor.realnetworks.com . 2010-02-03 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195533/http://investor.realnetworks.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1299933-05-2342 . dead .
2. Web site: Playman Sports . www.playmansports.com .
3. Web site: Trivial Pursuit: Deluxe Edition Review . www.pocketgamer.co.uk .
4. Web site: South Park Mega Millionaire Review . www.pocketgamer.co.uk .
5. Web site: Scrabble Mobile Review . www.pocketgamer.co.uk .
6. Web site: Vancouver 2010 Review . www.pocketgamer.co.uk .
7. Web site: Real sulkee suomalaisen Mr. Goodliving -pelikehittäjän - potkut 44:lle. 2011-02-09.