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APRIL 27th, 2011
Inside Social Games Feature story on UFC Game

APRIL 22nd, 2011
UFC Game #3 in Appdata Top Gainers

FEBRUARY 25th, 2011
Socialtimes article on UFC, THQ and Embassy

FEBRUARY 3rd, 2011
THQ and UFC press release announcing UFC: Undisputed Fight Nation

 

About

Embassy was formed in 2008 by Sebastiaan Reinarz, former creative lead at EALA with funding provided by Embassy VFX, an industry-renowned visual effects studio with credits including Iron Man, District 9 and Cowboys and Aliens. The concept; to utilize the collective talents of gaming and film veterans in exploring the potential of emerging forms of converging media.

Gary Kanazawa,
CEO

Gary has over 20 years in software including 10 years in social, online and mobile games at companies including EA, THQ, Microsoft and MGA Entertainment. Most recently, Gary served as VP Product Management and Strategy at EA Interactive. Previous to this, Gary was GM, Electronic Games at MGA Entertainment (Bratz, Little Tikes) and VP Product Development for THQ Wireless. Gary has an MBA from University of Washington and undergraduate degree in Business-CS from San Jose State University.

Ryan Donaldson,
Chief Product Officer

Ryan is co-founder of Embassy and has been involved in social games since the Facebook platform was launched. Previously, Ryan conducted industry research and analysis for EA executives and also worked as a product/strategy consultant for Microsoft Games. Ryan has a B. Comm. Degree in Finance from the University of Calgary.

Sebastiaan Reinarz,
Chief Visual Officer

Sebastiaan is founder of Embassy and an industry veteran with over 18 years of experience. He has held lead creative roles in many of the world's biggest and most renowned game studios including EA Canada, Hasbro, Black Box, Cryptologic, EA Los Angeles and Relic. Sebastiaan's many diverse positions over the years have given him an enormous wealth of knowledge and experience in the industry.