Our Story

IUGO is a battle-tested veteran of the mobile gaming space with strong experience creating and operating large-scale free-to-play mobile games on iOS and Android.

2022
Kingpin Underworld

Kingpin Underworld

IUGO releases yet another game based on the original IP – Kingpin Underworld.

2020

IUGO Joins Embracer!

IUGO joins Embracer Group! Charting a new chapter as a mobile focused game developer within the greater Embracer family.

2019
PvPets-game

PvPets: Tank Battle Royale

IUGO brings their industry expertise to work on two new original IPs, PvPets: Tank Battle Royale and SCAR.

Free-to-Play mobile games created by IUGO had collectively grossed over half a billion dollars in lifetime revenue. IUGO is now over 100 strong.

2017
Middle-earth

Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Working with Warner Bros and Monolith Productions, IUGO created a unique Shadow of War mobile RPG experience with a brand new storyline that follows Talion’s conquest of Mordor.

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2015
Walking-dead

The Walking Dead

IUGO partnered with Scopely and Skybound to create the massive hit – The Walking Dead: Road to Survival. The game won Best Game of 2016 on Google Play!
IUGO expands to over 80 people.

2014
Rage-of-the-Immortals

Rage of the Immortals

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Battle
Hackers

Criminal-Legacy

Criminal
Legacy

IUGO works with GREE to develop Rage of the Immortals and Criminal Legacy, and debuts their own SciFi game, Battle Hackers.

2013
Knights-&-Dragons

Knights & Dragons

As an original IP created by IUGO, Knights & Dragons became a massive mobile success and wins Google Player’s Choice Awards.
IUGO expands to over 60+ people.

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2011-12
Summer-Camp

Animal Academy: Summer Camp

Fairytales

Animal Academy: Fairytales

Animal-Academy

Animal
Academy

Sunshine-Cruise-Lines

Sunshine
Cruise Lines

IUGO has expanded to 30 people while continuing to develop its voice in mobile games.

IUGO was selected by Apple as a launch partner for the original iPad with 4 games available on the groundbreaking device.

2010
Lil’-Pirates

Lil’ Pirates

Escape---Norm's

Escape - Norm's World XL

Lil’ Pirates wins Best Freemium Game

IUGO featured in their own “Best IUGO Game” Category on iTunes, the only developer or publisher to have done so to date.

2009
Implode

Implode!

Star-Hogs

Star Hogs

Implode! reaches #3 on the App Store

Star Hogs wins “Best of 2009” by Apple

Re-Volt wins “Most Advanced Mobile Phone Game” in Guinness World Records

Addictive Dumb Distractions

Addictive Dumb Distractions

Zombie

Zombie
Attack!

Zombie Attack! Second Wave X

Toy

Toy Bot Mini Missions

Cliffed

Cliffed XL

Spy

Spy Bot Chronicles Lite

Spy

Spy Mae's Alien Buffet

2008
Toy-Bot-Diaries-Free

Toy Bot Diaries Free

Toy-Bot-Dairies-2

Toy Bot
Diaries 2

Toy-Bot-Dairies-3

Toy Bot
Diaries 3

Shaky-Summit

Shaky Summit

Freeballin'-Lite

Freeballin'
Lite

The App Store was announced. IUGO started creating and publishing their own premium games. The first original IP, ToyBot, made clever use of both touch and tilt controls.

2006-07
Wheel-Of-Fortune

Wheel Of Fortune

Jeopardy

Jeopardy!

Tiger-Wood

Tiger Wood

Boom-Blox

Boom Blox

CE-LO

CE-LO

Tiger-Wood2

Tiger Wood

Boom Blox is one of the first games to have user-generated content on feature phones.
Tiger Woods 2007 became one of the most widely ported and played golf games on feature phones worldwide.

2004-05
Star-Wars-Puzzle-Blaster

Star Wars
Puzzle Blaster

Snood-Multiplayer

Snood®
Multiplayer

Marble-Madness

Marble
Madness

Neopets-Coco-Roll

Neopets
Coco Roll

Spider-Man

Spider Man

Snood Multiplayer was one of the first real-time multiplayer games!

2003
IUGO-Mobile-Entertainment

IUGO

Founded in Vancouver, Canada.

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About Us

about-us

Founded in 2003 by Hong Yee Wong to connect people through mobile games, IUGO takes its name from that vision, for the Latin word for ‘Connect’. When we first started, mobile phones had screens the size of a large postage stamp, but the vision continued to drive our development and our desire to create exceptional experiences in the mobile gaming space.

Over 16 years later, we are still connecting people through mobile games, as Canada’s longest-standing Mobile Games Company, and by being involved in our community, with Gamers Gather Grub Food Drive, BCIT Scholarships, and Extra Life. We are also proud members of DigiBC, working to promote the game industry here at home.

Our Vancouver-based studio has earned a solid reputation for producing chart-topping titles for major global publishing partners, as well as achieving success with our own self-published original games. IUGO is now paving the way for the next wave of mobile and tablet gaming!