King.com has revealed that it has surpassed one billion gameplays a month. King.com also announced that it is strengthening its footing in the U.S. and worldwide with the opening of offices in San Francisco and Romania and the appointment of former Gamelab President, Jong Woo, as King.com’s senior business development director of U.S.

Top 10 Facebook Developer
Over the last month, King.com’s popular “Saga” games – Bubble Saga and Bubble Witch Saga – have generated over 600 million gameplays on Facebook alone. Additionally, with its 17.6 million monthly active users (AppData, Oct. 25, 2011), King.com has become one of the top 10 Facebook developers across all application categories.

Expansion in the US in Focus
“We are ecstatic to have not only reached a billion monthly gameplays, but to also become a top 10 Facebook developer. It’s rewarding to see our games gain so much interest and excitement among our players – across all platforms,” said Riccardo Zacconi, CEO, King.com. “We are taking this recent momentum and expanding our reach through North America by adding an office in San Francisco and new employees to that region so we can more closely connect with our partners and gamers there.”

Romanian Office to Lead Moblie Development Operations
The new U.S. office is located in downtown San Francisco, CA and will act as the operations center for North American business development initiatives for the company. King.com’s new Romanian office will be the center of their mobile game development operations.