Financially-troubled board game publisher CMON has sold its flagship IP Zombicide to Asmodee, stripping the company of a series which has raised more than $40m on Kickstarter since its 2012 launch.
Board game crowdfunding giant CMON is laying off staff and halting new game development and campaign launches, citing the ongoing unpredictability in US tariffs.
Board game crowdfunding giant CMON's long-serving senior manager David Preti has resigned as a non-executive director of the company with immediate effect, citing "other work commitments".
Crowdfunded board game major CMON has hired the CEO of tabletop gaming YouTube channel Man vs Meeple as its new global director of marketing, as it looks to continue expanding its player base beyond its traditional core market.
Zombicide publisher CMON is losing its chief operating officer David Preti after the 54-year-old handed in his resignation last week, citing unnamed "other work commitments".
Zombicide publisher CMON's mid-year revenue has fallen for the first time since the pandemic, with slumping wholesale earnings putting a dent into the company's H1 results.
CMON, the crowdfunded board game specialist which left Kickstarter for rival Gamefound earlier this year, saw its profits soar to over $23m in 2023 amid a hefty drop in its sales-associated costs.
Mythic Games, formerly one of the most successful crowdfunding-focused board game publishers of all time, has given up producing two of its outstanding Kickstarter projects worth $3.2m in favour of selling the intellectual property rights to CMON.
