Company:Pixelberry Studios

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Short description: American game development company
Pixelberry Studios
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryGame Developer
FounderOliver Miao, Keith Emnett, Winston She
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA
,
United States
ParentNexon

Pixelberry Studios is a mobile game development company based in Mountain View, California, United States .[1] Founded in 2013 by Oliver Miao, Keith Emnett, and Winston She, Pixelberry aims to create "games with heart,"[2] beginning with Surviving High School and Cause of Death, which deals with themes of bullying, eating disorders and capturing serial killers.[3][4] Since then, the company has fully released three more mobile games: Hollywood U, High School Story.[1][5][6][7] In November 2017, Pixelberry was acquired by Nexon.[8]

Pixelberry launched Choices: Stories You Play in August 2016. Since the shutdown of their other games, Choices is the flagship game and primary focus for the studio.[9] In 2020, a planned plot line in one of Choices' most popular titles was leaked, leading to fan backlash and further criticism of racial insensitivity in Choices stories. Pixelberry's CEO issued a personal apology and pledged $100,000 to Black Girls Code, the Black Writers Collective, and the Latinx Writers Collective. He also committed the company to enact more representative writing and hiring practices.[10] In 2022, Pixelberry launched a sister app to Choices, called StoryLoom which features creator-made, interactive stories.[1]

On July 15, 2022, Pixelberry Studios announced that High School Story will have its servers permanently shut down on August 10, 2022.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mobile game takes a stand against cyberbullying". San Francisco Chronicle. http://m.sfgate.com/technology/article/Mobile-game-takes-a-stand-against-cyberbullying-5065326.php. Retrieved 19 September 2017. 
  2. ↑ Strauss, Karsten. "Mobile Games With Heart? Pixelberry In 2015" (in en). Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2015/02/02/mobile-games-with-heart-pixelberry-in-2015/. 
  3. ↑ "Inside The Game: Why Oliver Miao almost left gaming". pocketgamer.biz. http://www.pocketgamer.biz/comment-and-opinion/60428/inside-the-game-why-oliver-miao-almost-left-gaming/. 
  4. ↑ "After bullying, High School Story tackles body image and eating disorders". Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/2014/6/12/5787172/after-bullying-high-school-story-tackles-body-image-and-eating. Retrieved 19 September 2017. 
  5. ↑ "Pixelberry Studios Tackles Teenagers' Body-Image Issues With A New Mobile Game". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/12/high-school-story/. Retrieved 19 September 2017. 
  6. ↑ "16 percent of teens consider suicide before graduation. This quest is for them". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/12/13/16-percent-of-teens-consider-suicide-before-graduation-this-quest-is-for-them/. Retrieved 19 September 2017. 
  7. ↑ "Ex-EA devs add cyberbullying-themed quests to High School Story to teach players how to deal with the issue themselves". Pocket Gamer. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/High+School+Story/news.asp?c=56030. Retrieved 19 September 2017. 
  8. ↑ "Nexon acquires High School Story developer Pixelberry Studios" (in en-US). VentureBeat. 2017-11-10. https://venturebeat.com/2017/11/09/nexon-acquires-pixelberry/. 
  9. ↑ Ray, Somdyuti Datta. "Pixelberry's 'Choices' Was the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Escape I Needed" (in en-US). Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. https://www.wired.com/story/pixelberry-choices-game-escape-alternate-lives/. 
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". https://www.pixelberrystudios.com/blog/2020/6/15/representation-at-pixelberry. 

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