Snail Games Opens U.S. Branch, Names Miller As CEO

Chinese MMO developer Suzhou Snail Electronic Co. (Snail Game) opened a new U.S. office, Snail Games USA, which will serve as the company's regional headquarters for North America and Latin America. The Los Angeles-based studio named online gaming industry veteran Scott Miller as its CEO. The new 15,000 square-foot facility will oversee the company's MMO/free-to-play game development, licensing, marketing, operations, and community management in the area. Snail Games USA's opening follows the recent establishment of another international branch by its parent company in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 2000 and based in Suzhou, China, Snail Games has developed a number of titles currently distributed worldwide, including 5 Street, Age of Armor, Voyage Century and Heroes of Gaia. Snail Games USA's first announced title it's chosen to publish is Heroes of Gaia, which the company notes reached a userbase of more than 1 million players in just a few months after launching. Snail Games USA's CEO Scott Miller, who most recently was chief operating officer at mobile gaming/networking firm MojoBaby, says the new branch has "a full pipeline of games" scheduled to launch in North American and Latin American markets in 2010-2011. "With the rapidly growing number of Snail Games customers in the North American and Latin American markets, Snail Games is making a major commitment to support and service our gamers in this region," says Miller. "Our offices in Los Angeles will provide an efficient and convenient base of operations for us and our partners in the Americas."