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With ex-Zynga developer carrying the flag, Kixeye invades Canada

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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kixeye canadaKixeye has invaded Canada. And it has hired a former Zynga developer to lead the charge.

The San Francisco maker of social games for hardcore gamers — known best for its kick-ass recruiting video and hardcore social games like Battle Pirates –is opening an office in Victoria, British Columbia. It has also hired a former Zynga developer Clayton Stark as the general manager for Kixeye Canada. That’s not going to help relations with Zynga, which sued Kixeye and former employee Alan Patmore for trade secret theft after he joined Kixeye.

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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.