In 2014, the company was acquired by Churchill Downs Inc. In August 2013, the company announced the closing of its cloud-based games service, Vancouver studio and Cork offices. In July 2010, the company passed one billion game downloads from its online portal. In 2009, it announced the opening of their European headquarters in Cork, Ireland. It was also the subject of a class action lawsuit over its app Big Fish Casino, resulting in a settlement of $155 million after a federal appeals court ruled that it constituted illegal online gambling. It has been accused of knowingly deceiving customers into signing up for monthly purchases without informed consent. It is a developer and distributor of casual games for computers and mobile devices.
Kinda frustrating, but there are plenty of titles in the genres at least.Big Fish Games is a casual gaming company based in Seattle, with a regional office in Oakland, California, owned by Aristocrat Leisure. Cross your fingers and hope they can help turn the tide. Positech Games is giving no-DRM a try, and I guess there are a couple of other companies around doing the same. Stolen software, or unhappy customers? I'd almost bet money that looser restrictions would actually net more gains for the industry, but they'll have to figure that one out before we can see any change for the better. So somewhere along the line there has be a compromise. It doesn't really make much of a difference. The other thing, too, is that for every measure the industry takes there is always a team out there that will break the protection. Why haven't the publishers figured that out yet? It should be the other way around with Team Haxor pulling their hairs out in frustration. Seems like the more pressure they put on the bad guys the louder we squeal.
I hope the industry does an about face before these protection schemes become too widespread, 'cuz I think you're right about that.
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