The Sandlot Games portfolio consisted of franchises like Cake Mania, Westward, Kuros, Super Granny, Slyder, and Tradewinds. Although most of its products were downloadable PC games, it offered other titles for PlayStation 2, Mac, iPhone, iPod, Wii, Nintendo DS, Palm OS and PSP.
In August 2011, Sandlot Games was acquired by Digital Chocolate[1] as a fully owned subsidiary.
In September 2013, Ubisoft completed the acquisition of Digital Chocolate's Barcelona studio along with its entire portfolio of intellectual property,[2] as well as the rights to the titles developed by Sandlot Games.[3]
Distribution channels
On January 7, 2009, Intenium, Germany's leading distributor of casual games, announced that it entered into a distribution partnership with Sandlot Games.[4] A total of 12 titles from Sandlot Games launched to several European regions.
In July 2009, Sandlot Games entered into a distribution partnership with Steam,[5] Valve's digital distribution platform. Its games were part of Steam's foray into a family games category.[6]
Awards
"Best Casual Game of the Year 2006: Cake Mania" by Logler.com.
"Best of 2008: Best Use of Accelerometer - Snail Mail" by IGN.[7]
"Most Successful Developer/Publisher 2006" (2nd Place) by Logler.com.
"Longest Run in Top 10 2006: Cake Mania" by Logler.com.[8]
"Casual Game of the Year 2006: Cake Mania" by Yahoo! Games.
Games
Since its inception in 2002, Sandlot Games developed and published the following games:
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