Big Fish Games is a video game producer and provider which develops inexpensive, non-violent video games aimed mainly at family audiences, and at women between the ages of 35 and 60.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9PIMcjAvWg&eurl=http://www.mahalo.com/Big_Fish_Games Games are available as downloads on the company's official site and many can also be purchased in stores. The Big Fish website offers free online games and free previews of the downloadable games, as well as a gaming forum and online community. To access some services and games, users may have to sign up for a free account.http://www.bigfishgames.com/

Despite the recession, which began in 2008, continued into the next year and resulted in heavy job and financial losses for many companies, Big Fish Games continued to expand. Company representatives reported that the company grew 70% in 2008 and over 400 million games were downloaded throughout the year. In early 2009, Big Fish Games announced that it was looking to expand its staff of approximately 350 by hiring 35 new employees.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9PIMcjAvWg&eurl=http://www.mahalo.com/Big_Fish_Games

• 2002: Founded by Paul Thelen
• 2003: First games from an external developer released
• 2004: Became a "top sales channel" for game developers
• 2005: Acquired Ion Thunder game site and launched "A New Game Every Day"; online web games added; German version Big Fish Games Deutshland launched