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Contact Information
Digital Chocolate, Inc.
1855 S. Grant St., 2nd Fl.
San Mateo, CA 94402
CA Tel. 650-372-1600
Fax 650-345-1627

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.digitalchocolate.com
Employees: 65

Gaming company veteran Trip Hawkins' latest venture, Digital Chocolate, hopes cell phone users have a taste for all sorts of games, including those featuring cards, baseballs, babysitters, and ducks. The company develops games and other entertainment-oriented applications for mobile phones and PCs, including titles such as Rollercoaster Rush, Bubble Ducky, Santa's Rush Hour, and Monster Truck. Investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital. Digital Chocolate has secured relationships with more than 200 telecom carriers and strategic partners, including Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, and Vodafone.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $5.9M

Officers:
CEO: William M. (Trip) Hawkins III
COO: Jason Loia
VP Sales and Marketing: Mas Kaupp

Competitors:
Electronic Arts
Glu Mobile
THQ

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Game Company: Digital Chocolate
 

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Hailing from San Mateo California, Digital Chocolate develops games and applications for mobile phones. The company distributes products through more than 200 operators and distributors, such as Cingular, Orange, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and Vodafone.
~ Gracie Leach, All Game Guide

Developed/Manufactured

Johnny Crash Stuntman Does Texas (Mobile), MLSN Sports Picks (Mobile), Johnny Crash (Mobile), Pitfall: The Lost Expedition -- Glacier (Mobile), Pitfall: The Lost Expedition -- Caves (Mobile), Pitfall: The Lost Expedition -- Jungle (Mobile), Santa's Rush Hour (Mobile), Scarlotti's Mafia Wars 2 (Mobile), Mafia Wars (Mobile), Codename: Dark Snow (Mobile), Fantasy Warrior (Mobile), Fantasy Warrior 2: Evil (Mobile), Jumble Rumble (Mobile), Mole War (Mobile), The Sopranos Bada Bing! Manager (Mobile), Crazy Penguin Catapult (Mobile), Chocolate Shop Frenzy (iPhone), Crazy Penguin Catapult (iPhone), Nightclub Empire (Mobile), 24: Special Ops (iPhone)
 
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Digital Chocolate

Digital Chocolate is a video game developer headquartered in San Mateo, California. It was founded in 2003 by Trip Hawkins, the entrepreneur and founder of the video game publishing giant Electronic Arts and the ill-fated video game console developer 3DO. The company focuses on developing games for mobile phones, the iPhone OS, and Microsoft Windows, but also makes some non-entertainment titles.

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History

Digital Chocolate was founded in 2003 by Trip Hawkins. Digital Chocolate has won more than 10 awards in the last two years including "Best Game Developer of the Year" awards from both IGN and Mobile Entertainment[citation needed] and is included in The Red Herring Global 100.[citation needed]

Games

Digital Chocolate has developed scores of games, but some of the most popular include:

Applications

  • Atkins 2Go
  • BabySitter 2Go
  • DChoc BabySitter
  • MetroGirl
  • StarGazer 2Go

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