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TinyBuild

tinyBuild Inc. is an American publisher and developer of indie games based in Bellevue, Washington. The company was established by Alex Nichiporchik and Tom Brien in 2011 to expand Brien's game No Time to Explain into a commercial release. Building from the success of the game's Steam release in 2013, tinyBuild partnered with DoubleDutch Games for the development and release of SpeedRunners, which landed tinyBuild further publishing deals. Between March 2020 and 2023, tinyBuild acquired or established a number of new studios as part of an expansion strategy. However, since 2023, due to the poor performance of many of its subsidiaries in addition to financial difficulties, tinyBuild has closed multiple studios as part of a restructuring and downsizing effort, laid off employees at others and sold off 2 subsidiaries. No further M&A activity has taken place after 2023. It became a public company on the Alternative Investment Market in March 2021.

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Article summary

tinyBuild Inc. is an American publisher and developer of indie games based in Bellevue, Washington. The company was established by Alex Nichiporchik and Tom Brien in 2011 to expand Brien's game No Time to Explain into a commercial release. Building from the success of the game's Steam release in 2013, tinyBuild partnered with DoubleDutch Games for the development and release of SpeedRunners, which landed tinyBuild further publishing deals. Between March 2020 and 2023, tinyBuild acquired or established a number of new studios as part of an expansion strategy. However, since 2023, due to the poor performance of many of its subsidiaries in addition to financial difficulties, tinyBuild has closed multiple studios as part of a restructuring and downsizing effort, laid off employees at others and sold off 2 subsidiaries. No further M&A activity has taken place after 2023. It became a public company on the Alternative Investment Market in March 2021.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 2011 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "2011". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376141378

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.