ZeptoLab
{{Short description|Multinational video game company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = ZeptoLab
| logo = File:ZeptoLab 2020 logo.svg
| logo_caption = Current studio logo since 2022
| type = Private
| industry = Video games
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2008}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Semyon Voinov|Efim Voinov}}
| defunct =
| hq_location_city = Moscow Russia
Barcelona Spain
London, England
| key_people = Efim Voinov (CEO)
| num_employees =
| num_employees_year =
| divisions = ZeptoLab Publishing{{Cite web | url=http://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/65228/zeptolab-opens-publishing-business/ |title = Cut the Rope developer ZeptoLab opens publishing business to all submissions| date=March 7, 2017 }}
| subsid = ZeptoLab UK Limited{{Cite web | url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07493468 | title=ZEPTOLAB UK LIMITED - Overview (Free company information from Companies House)}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.zeptolab.com/|zeptolab.com}}
}}
ZeptoLab (stylised as zeptolab) is a video game developer founded in 2008. It created the Cut the Rope series.
History
ZeptoLab was founded in 2008 by self-taught twins Efim and Semyon Voinov, who have been making games since the age of ten.{{cite web|last=Takahashi|first=Dean|title=DeanBeat: The iPhone fairy tale comes true for Russia's Cut the Rope developers|url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/12/09/deanbeat-iphone-cut-the-rope/|access-date=25 September 2012|date=2011-12-09}} Its name originates from “Zepto”, a math prefix meaning 10−21, which was “meant to signify how truly boutique their operation was.”{{cite web|last=Loffe|first=Julia|title=The Russian Twins Behind Hit iPhone App Cut the Rope|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-russian-twins-behind-hit-iphone-app-cut-the-rope-09222011.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926214757/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-russian-twins-behind-hit-iphone-app-cut-the-rope-09222011.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 26, 2011|access-date=25 September 2012}}
ZeptoLab has not received any external funding to produce their games.{{cite web|last=Eler|first=Alicia|author-link=Alicia Eler|title=Russia's Top 5 Web Startups Of 2011 Mostly Rip Off U.S.'s|url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/russias_top_5_web_startups_of_2011_mostly_rip_off.php|access-date=25 September 2012}} It also owns a game studio subsidiary in the UK and started a publishing division in 2017.{{Cite web | url=http://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/65228/zeptolab-opens-publishing-business/ |title = Cut the Rope developer ZeptoLab opens publishing business to all submissions| date=March 7, 2017 }} The company’s HQ was relocated from Moscow to Barcelona in 2017.{{Cite web | url=http://catalonia.com/newsletter_news/news/2015/zeptolab.jsp/ |title = zeptolab to create 100 jobs in barcelona}}
In January 2025, Nazara Technologies acquired the intellectual property (IP) of CATS: Crash Arena and King of Thieves for Rs 66.6 crore.{{Cite web |last=SN |first=Vikas |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Nazara Technologies secures Rs 495 Cr funding from Mithun Sacheti & Arpit Khandelwal-led entity; open offer launched |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/nazara-technologies-to-raise-rs-495-crore-from-axana-estates-buy-gaming-titles-from-zeptolab-12914728.html |website=Moneycontrol.com}} The games will be published under Nazara Publishing.
List of games released
- Cut the Rope (October 4, 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: Time Travel (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 cooperation 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){{Citation|title=Om Nom: Merge - Release Trailer|url=https://m.facebook.com/cuttherope/videos/821923184904670/|access-date=2020-01-07}} (in cooperation with Amuzo Games)
- Om Nom: Run (February 20, 2020) (in cooperation 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 cooperation with Hipster Whale){{Citation|title="ZeptoLab and Hipster Whale reveal Downhill Smash"|date=November 17, 2021 |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/77571/zeptolab-hipster-whale-downhill-smash/|access-date=January 25, 2022}}
- 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){{Citation|title="'Cut the Rope Daily' Is Out Now Bringing a New Logic Puzzle Daily to iOS and Android Through Netflix Games"|date=August 2023 |url=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/|access-date=August 1, 2023}}
- Cut the Rope 3 (October 13, 2023 on Apple Arcade and February 2, 2024 on Apple Vision Pro) (Developed by Paladin Studios){{Cite web |title=Cut the Rope 3 |url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cut-the-rope-3/id997332884 |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=App Store |language=en-US}} {{Cite web |title=Apple announces more than 600 new apps built for Apple Vision Pro |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/02/apple-announces-more-than-600-new-apps-built-for-apple-vision-pro/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.zeptolab.com/|Official website}}
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Category:Video game companies established in 2009
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