Company:ZeptoLab
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Short description: Multinational video game company
 Current studio logo since 2022 | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 10 January 2010 |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | , Russia |
Key people | Max Petrov (CEO) |
| Divisions | ZeptoLab Publishing[1] |
| Subsidiaries | ZeptoLab UK Limited[2] |
| Website | zeptolab.com |
ZeptoLab (stylised as zeptolab) is a Russian video game developer best known for developing the Cut the Rope series, which has been downloaded more than 2 billion times since its release,[3] and can be played on major platforms including Android, iOS, Windows Phone, HTML5 Internet browsers, macOS, Nintendo DSi and Nintendo 3DS .[4]
ZeptoLab has also announced licensing and merchandising partnerships for Cut the Rope and its popular character, Om Nom.[5]
History
ZeptoLab was founded in 2010 by self-taught twins Efim and Semyon Voinov, who have been making games since the age of ten.[6] “Zepto”, a math prefix meaning 10−21, was “meant to signify how truly boutique their operation was.”[7]
ZeptoLab has not received any external funding to produce their games.[8] It also owns a game studio subsidiary in the UK and started a publishing division in 2017.[9] Company's HQ was moved from Moscow to Barcelona in 2015.[10]
List of games released
- Cut the Rope (October 1, 2010)
- Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift (December 1, 2010)
- Cut the Rope: Experiments (August 23, 2011)
- Pudding Monsters (December 19, 2012 on iOS / December 21, 2012 on Android / February 25, 2022 on Nintendo Switch)
- Cut the Rope (April 18, 2013)
- Cut the Rope 2 (December 19, 2013 on iOS / March 28, 2014 on Android)
- King of Thieves (February 12, 2015 on App Store (iOS/iPadOS) / February 26, 2015 on Amazon Appstore / March 5, 2015 on Google Play).
- My Om Nom (December 18, 2014 on iOS / Android (August 17, 2015) (in collaboration with Dynamic Pixels).
- Cut The Rope: Magic (December 17, 2015)
- Om Nom Bubbles (December 18, 2015 / August 30, 2021 on Android devices)
- C.A.T.S - Crash Arena Turbo Stars (April 20, 2017)
- Om Nom Maya Papaya (January 22, 2018)
- Where's Om Nom (March 11, 2019)
- Om Nom: Merge (November 28, 2019)[11] (in collaboration with Amuzo Games)
- Om Nom: Run (February 20, 2020) (in collaboration with Koukoi Games Oy)
- Bullet Echo (May 27, 2020)
- Robotics! (August 5, 2020)
- Evo Pop (November 11, 2020)
- Cut The Rope Remastered (April 2, 2021 on Apple Arcade) (Developed and published by Paladin Studios)
- Downhill Smash (November 30, 2021 on Android / December 1, 2021 on iOS) (in collaboration with Hipster Whale)[12]
- Overcrowded: Tycoon (April 26, 2022 on Android / March 3, 2022 on iOS)
- Cut the Rope Daily (August 1, 2023 on iOS and Android for Netflix Games)[13]
- Cut the Rope 3 (October 13, 2023 on Apple Arcade) (Developed by Paladin Studios)[14]
References
- ↑ "Cut the Rope developer ZeptoLab opens publishing business to all submissions". http://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/65228/zeptolab-opens-publishing-business/.
- ↑ "ZEPTOLAB UK LIMITED - Overview (Free company information from Companies House)". https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07493468.
- ↑ Butcher, Mike. "New Cut the Rope 2 Game Drops On December 19, Check Out The Video Preview". https://techcrunch.com/2013/12/13/new-cut-the-rope-2-game-drops-on-19-december-check-out-the-video-preview.
- ↑ Lancet, Yaara. "Play Cut The Rope On Any Browser For Free, Courtesy Of Microsoft [News"]. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/play-cut-rope-browser-free-courtesy-microsoft-news/.
- ↑ "ZeptoLab(TM) Announces First Wave of Expansive Licensing and Merchandising Program". https://finance.yahoo.com/news/zeptolab-tm-announces-first-wave-150000533.html.
- ↑ Takahashi, Dean (2011-12-09). "DeanBeat: The iPhone fairy tale comes true for Russia's Cut the Rope developers". https://venturebeat.com/2011/12/09/deanbeat-iphone-cut-the-rope/.
- ↑ Loffe, Julia. "The Russian Twins Behind Hit iPhone App Cut the Rope". http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-russian-twins-behind-hit-iphone-app-cut-the-rope-09222011.html.
- ↑ Eler, Alicia. "Russia's Top 5 Web Startups Of 2011 Mostly Rip Off U.S.'s". http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/russias_top_5_web_startups_of_2011_mostly_rip_off.php.
- ↑ "Cut the Rope developer ZeptoLab opens publishing business to all submissions". http://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/65228/zeptolab-opens-publishing-business/.
- ↑ "zeptolab to create 100 jobs in barcelona". http://catalonia.com/newsletter_news/news/2015/zeptolab.jsp/.
- ↑ Om Nom: Merge - Release Trailer, https://m.facebook.com/cuttherope/videos/821923184904670/, retrieved 2020-01-07
- ↑ "ZeptoLab and Hipster Whale reveal Downhill Smash", https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/77571/zeptolab-hipster-whale-downhill-smash/, retrieved January 25, 2022
- ↑ "‘Cut the Rope Daily’ Is Out Now Bringing a New Logic Puzzle Daily to iOS and Android Through Netflix Games", https://toucharcade.com/2023/08/01/cut-the-rope-daily-is-out-now-bringing-a-new-logic-puzzle-daily-to-ios-and-android-through-netflix-games/, retrieved August 1, 2023
- ↑ "Cut the Rope 3" (in en-US). https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cut-the-rope-3/id997332884.
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