WiMi5 unveils platform so developers can easily make and publish HTML5 web games

Spanish startup WiMi5 is launching its own HTML5 cloud-based video game platform today as part of an effort to allow more amateur developers to reach more gamers.

Bilbao, Spain-based WiMi5 wants to make game publishing easier for new developers. Its platform allows developers to create games in the HTML5 format, or the lingua franca of the web, so that the games can run on just about any platform.

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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.