PlayFirst

Infobox Company
company_name = PlayFirst
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company_type = Private
foundation = San Francisco (2004)
location_city = San Francisco, California
location_country = United States
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industry = Video game industry
products = Casual games
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homepage = [http://www.playfirst.com/ http://www.playfirst.com]

PlayFirst is a San Francisco-based publisher of casual games. The company was founded in 2004. PlayFirst's biggest commercial success to date has been the "Diner Dash series" with its spin-off "Wedding Dash", as well as "Chocolatier" and "Dream Chronicles".

PlayFirst has published games by developers including Big Splash Games, Gamelab, KatGames, Mind Control Software, PiEyeGames, Mystery Studio, Say Design and Foundation 9 Entertainment.

"Diner Dash" was originally created by Gamelab. Due to its success, PlayFirst covered the other three sequels and finally launched spin-offs. The company also has an internal game development studio that created "Mystery of Shark Island" and "Wedding Dash".

Developed and/or published games

* "Chessmaster Challenge" (PlayFirst)
* "Chocolatier", "" (Big Splash Games); "The Great Chocolate Chase" (Zemnott, Inc.)
* "Connect 4 Cities" (PlayFirst)
* "Cooking Dash" (Aliasworlds Entertainment)
* "Dairy Dash" (Absolutist Ltd. & Merscom, LLC)
* "Diner Dash" (Gamelab)
* "Diner Dash 2", ', ' (PlayFirst)
* "Doggie Dash" (Viqua Games)
* "Dream Chronicles", "Dream Chronicles 2" (KatGames)
* "Dress Shop Hop" (Pronto Games)
* "Egg Vs. Chicken" (Gamelab)
* "Fashion Dash" (Funlime)
* "Fashion Fable" (Creatrix Games)
* "Mahjong Roadshow" (Zemnott, Inc.)
* "Mystery of Shark Island" (PlayFirst)
* "The Nightshift Code" (Black Hammer)
* "Oasis" (Mind Control Software)
* "Pet Shop Hop" (Mean Hamster Software)
* "Pirate Poppers" (Mystery Studio)
* "Plantasia" (Gamelab)
* "Poker Pop" (Say Design, Inc.)
* "SandScript (Viqua Games)
* "Solitaire Pop" (Say Design, Inc.)
* "Spellagories" (Mind Control Software)
* "SpongeBob Diner Dash", "SpongeBob Diner Dash 2" (Snap2Play)
* "Subway Scramble" (Gamelab)
* "Sweetopia" (PiEyeGames)
* "Trijinx" (PlayFirst)
* "Wedding Dash", "Wedding Dash 2" (PlayFirst)
* "Zenerchi" (Red Rocket Games)

External links

* [http://www.playfirst.com/ PlayFirst Official Website]
* [http://www.playfirst.com/blog/grapevine Official PlayFirst Blog]
* [http://www.playfirst.com/category/playfirstGames Listing of PlayFirst-published Games]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/playfirst-inc PlayFirst company profile] from MobyGames