Licensing portfolio
Monte has licensed celebrity IP into games and taken games from one market to another, in both directions. These are the deals and titles he has worked on as a licensing and business development lead. Rights belong to their owners.
Case studies
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Celebrity IP into a mobile game
Gordon Ramsay: Chef Blast
- The challenge
- One of the most famous chefs in the world had no mobile game of his own, and a name that could not afford a weak one.
- What Monte did
- Monte licensed Gordon Ramsay's IP through CAA, then brought in Outplay Entertainment in Scotland, the studio behind Castle Creeps, a game he had already licensed. He co-designed the game with Outplay, which developed and published it, under a three-party agreement put together in about six months.
- The result
- Chef Blast shipped as a puzzle game built around Gordon Ramsay, and its revenue came to roughly ten times the license fee.
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Licensing a legend, twice
Bruce Lee
- The challenge
- Bruce Lee is one of the most recognized names on earth, and the family business that manages his legacy is careful about how he appears.
- What Monte did
- Monte negotiated directly with Bruce Lee Enterprises. Around 2017, while at iDreamSky, the exclusive China publisher of Temple Run, he brought Bruce Lee into Temple Run across all of its global versions. In 2026 he licensed Bruce Lee to Hunan Caohua Interactive for 《街机快打》.
- The result
- Bruce Lee ran in Temple Run worldwide, and the 2026 license brings him into a new game with new gameplay and his endorsement in its advertising.
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Cross-border licensing and market entry
Global hits, new markets
- The challenge
- A game that succeeds in one market needs the right licensing partner, local publishing and approvals before it can reach players somewhere else.
- What Monte did
- Monte licensed titles including Toy Blast, EverMerge, Monument Valley, Gardenscapes, Homescapes and Sonic Dash into the Chinese market, finding the partners and negotiating the agreements.
- The result
- These games reached a new audience, some under local names such as 快乐点点消 (Toy Blast) and 合并童话国 (EverMerge), part of more than fifty titles licensed across borders.
Highlights
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Bruce Lee
Negotiated directly with Bruce Lee Enterprises. Brought Bruce Lee into Temple Run across its global versions around 2017, and in 2026 licensed him to Hunan Caohua Interactive for 《街机快打》, with new gameplay and advertising endorsement.
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Gordon Ramsay: Chef Blast
Licensed Gordon Ramsay's IP through CAA, then brought in Outplay Entertainment in Scotland, which developed and published the game. Revenue came to roughly ten times the license fee.
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Monument Valley
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Sonic Dash and Sonic Dash 2
Sonic Dash and Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom, licensed from SEGA in 2022 as the exclusive mainland China license, announced in March 2022.
Now listed on the App Store as Sonic Dash Run.
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Toy Blast
Monte stayed in Istanbul until the deal was done and came home with a signed licensing agreement.
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Gardenscapes
Negotiations with Playrix began in 2016, the deal was announced in July 2017, and the game launched in China in 2018.
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Homescapes
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War Robots
More licensed titles
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EverMerge
Brought to mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan with Big Fish Games and Aidian Network.
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C.A.T.S.
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Dungeons & Dragons Online
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Crash of Cars
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Horizon Chase
Art shown is from Horizon Chase Turbo.
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Castle Creeps
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Guardian Kingdoms
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Mekorama
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Super Animal Royale
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Nonstop Knight
Art shown is from Nonstop Knight 2.
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Beat Street
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Mushroom Wars
Licensed Mushroom Wars 2.
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Art of War 2
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Buddyman Run
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Family Hotel
Monte helped a Chinese mobile publisher license this title.
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Homestead
Monte helped a Chinese mobile publisher license this title.
Game art comes from Monte's original licensing gallery, mostly the China release artwork. Titles without it show official store artwork from the App Store, Google Play or Steam. Rights belong to their owners.
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