Pengu is the first hit game from Slay.
Pengu is the first hit game from Slay.
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Pengu creator Slay raises $5M for social gaming platform

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Slay has raised $5 million to build its social gaming platform that already has a headstart thanks to its popular Pengu virtual pets game.

Slay’s games and apps have been well-received, collectively attracting more than 2.5 million monthly active users, 650,000 daily active users, and more than 10 million downloads. Slay’s revenues in 2024 to date are already 10 times 2023’s revenues, said Fabian Kamberi, CEO of Slay, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.