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Gamevice
Gamevice is a Simi Valley, California hardware company that makes attachable gamepad controllers which clamp onto an iPhone, iPad, or Android phone and turn it into a handheld console. Born from the Wikipad gaming tablet project, the company shipped its controller through hundreds of Apple Retail stores, raised a $12.5M Series A in 2017, and built its newer Flex line as an official 'Designed for Xbox' accessory tuned for Xbox Cloud Gaming and other cloud services. It is also known for a long-running patent fight against Nintendo over the Switch's detachable Joy-Con design.
Phillip Hyun
Phillip Hyun is the CEO of Gamevice, the Simi Valley hardware company (formerly Wikipad) that builds clip-on game controllers for phones and tablets, and the co-founder and vice chairman of the esports organization Gen.G. He has spent a decade running an eight-person hardware shop that has repeatedly taken Nintendo to court over the Switch's detachable controllers, a David-and-Goliath patent fight that reached the Federal Circuit in 2026. A UC Berkeley cognitive science graduate, Hyun has built and sold companies (Enterprise Technology Group to Nexstar Broadcasting), helped launch a top-tier global esports brand, and more recently turned investor in the Italian football club Venezia FC.