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Electric Manta is a new game studio started by PopCap alumni

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Manta rays are some of the most amazing creatures on our planet and if an electric one existed, it would be rare and awe inspiring. That’s why a team of former PopCap game makers called their firm Electric Manta.

Started by founder and CEO Mark Cochrane, the new free-to-play mobile game studio is based in London, and it hopes to bring games to billions of players.

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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.