Iomo

IOMO was a European mobile game developer and publisher. IOMO was founded by John Chasey1 and Glenn Broadway in 2000. Initially a developer, the company was very successful in the early stages of the mobile game industry and also began to publish many of their own titles.

IOMO is based in Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK.2

On 29 May 2003 IOMO acquired mobile game studio Covert Operations for an undiclosed sum.3

In January 2004 the Vodafone Top 10 games charts included five titles developed by IOMO; Tomb Raider: The Quest for Cinnabar, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf, Pub Pool, Tomb Raider: The Osiris Codex and Monopoly.4

In November 2004 the Orange UK Top 10 games charts included five titles developed by IOMO; Pub Fruity, Colin McRae Rally 2005, Monopoly, Golf Club and Pub Darts.5

On 1 December 2004 it was announced that InfoSpace had acquired IOMO for approximately $15million in cash. 6

In January 2005 an N-Gage version of the classic Snakes, developed by IOMO was launched.

On 25 January 2007 InfoSpace announced it was exiting the content space and had sold its US games studio to Twistbox Games with IOMO to follow.7

On 6 August 2007 IOMO was closed and staff from IOMO formed a new mobile game developer Finblade 8

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