Zipper Interactive

{{Short description|Defunct American video game developer}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Zipper Interactive

| logo = Zipper Interactive Logo.png

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| type = Subsidiary

| foundation = 1995

| defunct = 2012

| fate = Closed

| location = Redmond, Washington, United States

| key_people = {{ubl|Brian Soderberg|Jim Bosler|Mike Gutmann}}

| industry = Video games

| products = MechWarrior 3
Crimson Skies
SOCOM series
MAG

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| owner =

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| parent = SCE Worldwide Studios
(2006–2012)

| homepage =

}}

Zipper Interactive was an American video game developer based in Redmond, Washington and part of SCE Worldwide Studios. It was founded in June 1995 by Jim Bosler and Brian Soderberg.{{cite magazine|last=Sherman |first=Chris |title=NATO's Got Zip on these Guys |magazine=Next Generation|issue=18|publisher=Imagine Media|date=June 1996|page=22}} It is best known for developing the SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs series of games. SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs was created in collaboration with the Naval Special Warfare Command and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. On January 25, 2006, Sony announced that it had acquired Zipper Interactive to add it to its group of development studios.{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14265|title=Sony Announces further developer acquisitions|publisher=GamesIndustry|date=January 25, 2006|access-date=January 25, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210458/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14265|archive-date=2007-09-27|url-status=dead}}