Oberon Media

{{Short description|Defunct casual games company}}

Oberon Media was a multi-platform casual games company, delivering casual games across online, social, mobile/Smartphone, interactive TV and retail categories. Oberon games were adopted by global digital and media companies, such as Acer,{{cite web|url=http://acer.oberon-media.com |title=Free Online Games | Play Android, iPhone, iPad, Tablet, PC, Mac games | iPlay Games |publisher=acer.oberon-media.com |access-date=2014-08-21}} Microsoft, AT&T, Yahoo!, Electronic Arts, and Orange France.

Oberon Media's game publishing division, I-play, worked with game developers to produce casual games across online, social, mobile/Smartphone, console and iTV platforms.

Founded in 2003, Oberon Media was headquartered in New York with offices in North America, Europe and Asia, and was backed by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Oak Investment Partners.[https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Oberon-Media-Adds-Bob-Hayes-bw-1610760057.html?x=0&.v=1 Oberon Media Adds Bob Hayes as Chief Operating Officer and Bob Sirmans as Senior Vice President of Business Development], Co-founder Jane Jensen is the designer of the popular and critically acclaimed Gabriel Knight adventure games.

Oberon Games developed a number of games for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7{{cite web|url=http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061216/if-microsoft-were-a-casino/ |title=If Microsoft were a casino… |publisher=istartedsomething |date=2006-12-16 |access-date=2014-08-21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gamezebo.com/2007/07/11/women-gaming-cara-ely-oberon/ |title=Women in Gaming: Cara Ely, Oberon |publisher=Gamezebo |date=2007-07-11 |access-date=2014-08-21}} such as Chess Titans, Purble Place, and Inspector Parker, some of which were later included in Windows 7 as well.

In 2013, the assets of Oberon Media were acquired by iWin, Inc.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwin.com/corp/press/iwininc-announces-the-acquisition-of-the-assets-of-oberon-media.html|title = IWin and Sony Pictures Consumer Products Inc. Announce a licensing partnership}}