HOW WE STARTED

Thirty years ago, Dave Yonamine and John Libby founded Upstanding, a communication software company that integrated mainframe computer systems. While the software was highly successful, they discovered that innovation was in the company’s DNA, and knew they had to leverage it for the next frontier- gaming. In July 2008, the App Store launched, and MobilityWare led the way with several exciting games ready to go on day one, including Solitaire. The rest is history!

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1990
UPSTANDING FOUNDED

Started by five founding partners who were formerly Unisys employees. Some companies sideline development to the garage; for Upstanding, the entire house was used.

1991
MAINFRAME PRODUCTS LAUNCHED

The core products are still in use.

1999
LAUNCHED CLIENT-SERVER PRODUCT

Moved out of the house into an office.

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2003
MOBILITYWARE FORMED

Bet big on mobile applications with mobile products for Palm, Windows Mobile and Symbian.

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2008
IOS APP STORE OPENED

Launched 13 titles on Day 1 of the App Store launch, including Solitaire and Blackjack.

2011
ANDROID APPS ON GOOGLE

Launched 3 Android apps on the Google Play Store, including Solitaire.

Was the top-ranked Solitaire app on both the App Store and Google Play.

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2014 
NEW OFFICE & NEW HIRES

Outgrew office space, moved to a new 17,000 sqft. office, and reached 50 employees.

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2015 MAY
250 MILLION DOWNLOADS

Hit 250 million downloads milestone across portfolio of mobile games.

2015 JULY
COMPANY ANNIVERSARY

Celebrated 25th anniversary of MobilityWare with company trip to Hawaii.

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2015 NOVEMBER
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Named one of the best places to work in Orange County by the Orange County Register: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.

2015 DECEMBER
ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL

Named one of the best places to work in Orange County by the Orange County Business Journal: 2015, 2016, 2018.

2015 DECEMBER
MORE HIRES

Reached 100 employees.

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2016 NOVEMBER
CRITICAL HIT ACQUISITION

Acquired Critical Hit Software which has more than 20 million downloads for its Jigsaw and ColorArt games.

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2017 OCTOBER
FIRST FACEBOOK INSTANT GAME LAUNCH

Worldwide Launch of Jigsaw Puzzle on Facebook’s new Instant Game platform led by the Game Labs team.

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2018 APRIL
400 MILLION DOWNLOADS

Reached 400 million downloads across our portfolio of mobile games.