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Greg Thomson

Co-founder, Big Viking Games

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Greg Thomson co-founded Big Viking Games with Albert Lai in 2011. The studio makes free-to-play social and mobile games and has offices in London and Toronto, Ontario. Company posts from 2014 and 2015 list him as chief product officer. Before that he made YoVille, a Facebook game he sold to Zynga in 2008.

Greg hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Greg co-founded Big Viking Games, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Who founded Big Viking Games with Greg Thomson?

The London Economic Development Corporation reported on 2014-02-11 that Big Viking Games was founded by industry veteran Greg Thomson and serial entrepreneur Albert Lai in 2011.

What role did Greg Thomson hold at Big Viking Games?

The Big Viking Games blog post of 2014-11-07 says the company was founded in October 2011 by CEO Albert Lai and CPO Greg Thomson, and a 2015-08-10 company post again calls him CPO and co-founder.

What game did Greg Thomson make before Big Viking Games?

A Big Viking Games post dated 2015-08-10 says Thomson sold his game YoVille (now YoWorld) to Zynga in 2008, when it was drawing more than 100,000 new installs a day with almost no marketing spend. Big Viking later bought the game back.

Where is Big Viking Games based?

Big Viking Games' about page, checked September 2026, says the company was founded in 2011 and has two studios, in Toronto and London, Ontario.

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