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GO ROGUEEmpowering developers. Engaging players.
YOUR ALLY IN PUBLISHING
Making great games is your business. Bringing them to market is ours. Let us help you launch the next indie hit, tap into new audiences with your latest blockbuster, or optimize and revitalize the aging classic. Armed with unparalleled experience and relationships, we ensure your games always find the players they deserve.
STAY FOCUSED AND REST ASSURED
Need some backup? Don’t worry—we got you. We fight by your side from concept to execution with actionable qualitative feedback, quantitative benchmarks, market intelligence, roadmap guidance, and more. We also tackle every facet of the publishing process from initial performance testing and platform management to launch and post-release promotion.
OUR WEAPONS OF CHOICE
- Business development
- Platform management (Apple, Google, Steam, Switch, more)
- UI / UX optimization
- Gameplay systems / flow optimizations
- Content / culture / sensitivities guidance
- Localization
- Regulatory updates
- Hardware / software standardization
- Monetization loops / flow optimizations
- Analytics
- In-game advertising
DISTRIBUTION
- Global publishing
- Continued marquee featuring (Apple, Google, Steam, Switch, more)
- User Acquisition (UA)
- App Store Optimization (ASO)
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Store best practices
- A/B Tests
- Cross promotion
- Marketing
- Public relations
- Partnerships
WE ALSO SPECIALIZE IN:
M&A / Corporate Development, Outbound licensing, IP / brand licensing, Strategic partnerships (work for hire, co-dev, etc.)
OUR GAMES
THE ROGUE TEAM
Rogue has the most robust base of knowledge and set of relationships in the industry.
We’ve been working with various companies and platform providers for over 20 years, and can help you scale your business to new heights.
Mike DeLaet
Founder & CEO
Rogue Games, Inc.
Eric Williams
Co-Founder & COO
Rogue Games, Inc.
Matt Casamassina
Co-Founder & CSO
Rogue Games, Inc.
Chinmay Banker
Director of Technology
Rogue Games, Inc.
Chris Archer
Studio Head
Rogue Games, Inc.Mike is a seasoned content executive with over 18 years of experience in content, games, mobile, partnerships, executive leadership, sales, marketing, licensing, M&A and digital distribution. Prior to Rogue, Mike spent the last 4 years at Kabam running the Worldwide Business Development & Licensing team (Business Development, Hollywood IP Licensing, In-Game Advertising, Digital Distribution, Strategic Partnerships, Corporate Development / M&A, etc…) which was acquired by Netmarble Games in February 2017 and by FOX (Aftershock) shortly thereafter.
Prior to Kabam Mike spent 3 1/2 years as a Senior Vice President of Global Publishing (Business Development, User Acquisition (UA) Marketing, Product Marketing, In-Game Advertising, Monetization, Revenue, Asia Expansion, etc…) at Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU). Prior to Glu Mobile, Mike spent 10 years at Sprint Corporation holding various roles such as running the games business, working in the innovation team handling business development and finally working as a next-generation wireless R&D engineer in Sprint’s advanced technology lab. Mike holds an MBA in technology management and a BS in Management from Baker University.
Eric’s 18 year telecommunications and technology industry expertise includes, product innovation and development, digital media content delivery and distribution, corporate strategy and business development. Eric’s most recent position was with NextRadio (a division of Emmis Communications, NASDAQ: EMMS).
In his tenure, Eric successfully led all business development efforts developing and executing all agreements within Tier 1 Operators and device OEM’s. Prior to Next Radio, Eric held positions within Aio-TV, a OTT video distribution platform provider and Sprint Corporation (NASDAQ: S).
Spanning over a decade with Sprint, Eric’s early-in-career focus was within Sprint IT where he built a technology acumen that has been the foundation of his expertise in content delivery and distribution. His most recent position within Sprint, Eric managed the core music and video products, taking lead on product development, distribution and vendor contract management.
Matt’s robust games, technology and industry expertise includes product discovery, qualitative guidance and development, digital media content delivery and distribution, corporate strategy, business development and monetization.
His most recent position was with Apple, where he built the App Store’s Games Editorial team from scratch and managed it for more than eight years. During that time, the games vertical transformed from a small portion of Apple’s digital services into a multi-billion dollar business behemoth.
Prior to Apple, Matt was a cofounder of IGN Entertainment, one of the biggest networks on the internet with more than 68 million monthly users. Over his illustrious 13-year tenure with the company, he served as editor-in-chief and editor-at-large, where he published countless articles and videos about games and technology.
Chinmay is a 11 year veteran of the mobile gaming industry with expertise in technical requirements for appstore platforms and 3rd party SDK integrations, app submission processes and project management.
Prior to Rogue, Chinmay spent 4 years at Kabam as a Technical Project Manager where he streamlined and centralized the app submission process for iOS, Google Play, Amazon and Samsung AppStores across Kabam’s Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles and China development studios. Kabam was acquired by Netmarble Games in February 2017 and by FOX (Aftershock) shortly thereafter.
Prior to Kabam, Chinmay spent 5 years at Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) holding various roels such as Device Manager & QA Engineer ensuring app compatibility with every newly introduced smartphone and feature phone and finally working as a Release Engineer/Technical Project Manager handling the app submission process for all Glu Mobile games for all platforms.
Chinmay holds a Masters Degree in Business Management from Golden Gate University and a Bachelors in Computer Science from UMass Lowell.
Chris Archer
THE ROGUE REPORT
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