Gamelab
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Eric Zimmerman Peter Seung-Taek Lee |
| Defunct | 2009 (assets acquired by Arkadium) |
Key people | Eric Zimmerman (co-founder, chief executive) Peter Seung-Taek Lee (co-founder, president) Frank Lantz (director of game design) Nicholas Fortugno (director of game design) Katie Salen |
Number of employees | 40 |
Gamelab was an independent game studio in New York City, New York founded by game designer Eric Zimmerman and Peter Seung-Taek Lee in 2000. It is best known for creating Diner Dash, one of the most downloaded games of all time (over half a billion times across multiple platforms in its first six years), as well as its two spin-off companies, the non-profit Institute of Play and the online game and community site Gamestar Mechanic.