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 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, 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 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 headquarters 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 of CATS: Crash Arena and King of Thieves for Rs 660,000,000.{{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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