ZeptoLab explained

ZeptoLab
Type:Private
Industry:Video games
Hq Location City:Barcelona
Hq Location Country:Spain
Key People:Efim Voinov (CEO)
Divisions:ZeptoLab Publishing[1]
Subsid:ZeptoLab UK Limited[2]

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] The company’s HQ was moved from Moscow to Barcelona in 2015.[10]

List of games released

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cut the Rope developer ZeptoLab opens publishing business to all submissions.
  2. Web site: ZEPTOLAB UK LIMITED - Overview (Free company information from Companies House).
  3. Web site: Butcher. Mike. New Cut the Rope 2 Game Drops On December 19, Check Out The Video Preview. 13 December 2013.
  4. Web site: Lancet. Yaara. Play Cut The Rope On Any Browser For Free, Courtesy Of Microsoft [News]]. 25 September 2012.
  5. Web site: ZeptoLab(TM) Announces First Wave of Expansive Licensing and Merchandising Program. 25 September 2012.
  6. Web site: Takahashi. Dean. DeanBeat: The iPhone fairy tale comes true for Russia's Cut the Rope developers. 25 September 2012. 2011-12-09.
  7. Web site: Loffe. Julia. The Russian Twins Behind Hit iPhone App Cut the Rope. https://web.archive.org/web/20110926214757/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-russian-twins-behind-hit-iphone-app-cut-the-rope-09222011.html. dead. September 26, 2011. 25 September 2012.
  8. Web site: Eler. Alicia. Alicia Eler. Russia's Top 5 Web Startups Of 2011 Mostly Rip Off U.S.'s. 25 September 2012.
  9. Web site: Cut the Rope developer ZeptoLab opens publishing business to all submissions.
  10. Web site: zeptolab to create 100 jobs in barcelona.
  11. Web site: Cut the Rope 3 . 2023-10-11 . App Store . en-US.
  12. Web site: Apple announces more than 600 new apps built for Apple Vision Pro . 2024-02-26 . en-US.