The game's developer, SuperPlus Games, is a Finnish development company that was founded by three former Rovio employees who were part of the team that developed the mega mobile game sensation, "Angry Birds." Meanwhile, Pocket Starships is a free-to-play cross-platform MMO where players can build and pilot numerous starships in real-time space battles, recruit players, form strong alliances, and battle with and against thousands of other players on a quest for galactic domination. Spectacle Games will continue the development of Pocket Starships to provide regular updates and new content within the game while SPYR, through its subsidiary SPYR APPS, will take over the publishing and marketing of the game with its focus being on increasing the game's visibility, acquiring more users, and increasing user retention and monetization.