Arkadium bounces back with interactive infographics for news publications

Arkadium went through a tough time in 2014, when the casual game company had to slash the size of its studio in Ukraine and move the rest of them to Russia. Russia occupied Crimea, where the studio was, and took part in the Ukraine civil war. As the Obama administration put sanctions on companies in Crimea, Arkadium had to get out, and its studio went from 100 people to 50.

As geopolitics tore a hole in its side, the husband-and-wife team running the company — Kenny Rosenblatt and Jessica Rovello — switched roles, where she stepped into the CEO job for the first time. They pulled back from making free-to-play mobile games and refocused on making casual games for news web sites such as USA Today and CNN. These products have more than 500 customers and 44 million unique users.