Zushi Games was a British video game publisher. Based in Sheffield, Zushi is the owner of the multi-million-selling ''Premier Manager'' series and best known for Alien Hominid. Zushi published titles for the

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, Game Boy Advance,

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, PC and Xbox.

History

Zoo Digital Publishing (original company)

The company was founded in 1999 by Ian Stewart, who was one of the three founders of Gremlin Interactive. In October 2003, the company acquired the ex-Gremlin assets from

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(ex-Infogrames). The purchase included the '' Actua Sports'' and ''

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'' series, alongside several other titles including ''

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'' and '' Judge Dredd''. Zoo would reissue the titles under the "Zoo Classics" budget range starting from late 2003.

Zushi Games

On 23 April 2008,

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announced the acquisition of the company which would be combined with Destination Software into the new Zoo Games label. In November 2008, only a few months as a subsidiary of GreenScreen Interactive Software, they regained independency through a management buyout. In March 2009, the company was renamed to Zushi Games. On 18 March 2010, Zushi went into administration and has a receivership action on at least one of its properties. Following the closure, Ian Stewart would then found a new company called Urbanscan Limited, who then purchased the ex-Gremlin Interactive assets from Zushi. Several employees of the company would found Funbox Media, who acquired several of Zushi's previous titles.

Selected games

*'' Alien Hominid'' (2005), Game Boy Advance, Mobile phone,

, Xbox *'' Lionel Trains: On Track'' (2007), Nintendo DS *'' Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed'' (2004), Game Boy Advance *'' Pac-Man World'' (2004), Game Boy Advance *'' Pac-Man World 2'' (2005), Game Boy Advance

References

Defunct companies based in Sheffield Video game companies established in 2006 Video game companies disestablished in 2010 Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom Video game publishers {{UK-videogame-company-stub