ZeptoLab
ZeptoLab (stylised as zeptolab) is an international video game developer best known for developing the Cut the Rope series, which has been downloaded more than 405 million 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]
Type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 10 January 2008 |
Founders |
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Key people | Misha Lyalin (chairman and CEO) |
Divisions | ZeptoLab Publishing[1] |
Subsidiaries | ZeptoLab UK Limited[2] |
Website | zeptolab.com |
ZeptoLab has also announced licensing and merchandising partnerships for Cut the Rope and its popular character, Om Nom.[5]
History
ZeptoLab was founded in 2008 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 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 20, 2012)
- Cut the Rope: Time Travel (April, 18th 2013)
- Cut the Rope 2 (December, 19th 2013 on iOS / March, 28th 2014 on Android)
- King of Thieves (February, 12th 2015 on App Store (iOS) / February, 26th 2015 on Amazon Appstore / March, 5th 2015 (Google Play).
- My Om Nom (December, 18th 2014 on iOS / Android (August, 17th 2015).
- 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]
- Om Nom: Run (February 20, 2020)
- 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]
References
- "Cut the Rope developer ZeptoLab opens publishing business to all submissions".
- "ZEPTOLAB UK LIMITED - Overview (Free company information from Companies House)".
- Butcher, Mike. "New Cut the Rope 2 Game Drops On December 19, Check Out The Video Preview". Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- Lancet, Yaara. "Play Cut The Rope On Any Browser For Free, Courtesy Of Microsoft [News]". Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- "ZeptoLab(TM) Announces First Wave of Expansive Licensing and Merchandising Program". Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- Takahashi, Dean (2011-12-09). "DeanBeat: The iPhone fairy tale comes true for Russia's Cut the Rope developers". Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- Loffe, Julia. "The Russian Twins Behind Hit iPhone App Cut the Rope". Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- Eler, Alicia. "Russia's Top 5 Web Startups Of 2011 Mostly Rip Off U.S.'s". Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- "Cut the Rope developer ZeptoLab opens publishing business to all submissions".
- "zeptolab to create 100 jobs in barcelona".
- Om Nom: Merge - Release Trailer, retrieved 2020-01-07
- "ZeptoLab and Hipster Whale reveal Downhill Smash", retrieved January 25, 2022