indiePub Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Zoo Entertainment, Inc.) was a publisher of video games based in

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, United States.

History

Zoo Games was a wholly owned subsidiary of Zoo Entertainment originally known as DFTW Merger Sub, Inc. In March 2007, DFTW merged with Green Screen Interactive Software, LLC to become Green Screen Interactive Software. Following the merger, Green Screen acquired

SuperVillain Studios SuperVillain Studios is an American video game development company that develops for the Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Portable. Company profile SuperVillain Studios (SVS) was f ...

in June 2007,

Destination Software Destination Software Inc., better known as DSI Games, was an American video game publisher and video game developer. Based in Moorestown, New Jersey, DSI is best known for publishing SNOOD. DSI published titles for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Game B ...

in December 2007 and

Zoo Digital Publishing 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 Nintendo DS, Wii, Game Boy Advanc ...

in April 2008. In August 2008, Green Screen was renamed Zoo Games, Inc., and Destination Software was renamed Zoo Publishing, Inc., with Zoo Publishing becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Zoo Games. SuperVillain Studios was sold back to the original owners in September 2008 and six months following the acquisition of Zoo Digital Publishing it was sold back to the original owners in order for the company to refocus on their Zoo Publishing operations. On May 7, 2009 it was announced by Zoo Publishing that the company had acquired the rights from

New World IP New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (No Doubt song), 19 ...

to publish and distribute

Empire Interactive Empire Interactive was a British video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher based in London. Founded in 1987 by Ian Higgins and Simon Jeffrey, it was acquired by Silverstar Holdings in 2006 and collapsed in 2009. History Empire ...

's entire catalog which includes titles such as ''

Big Mutha Truckers ''Big Mutha Truckers'' is an open world racing video game developed by British studio Eutechnyx and released in 2002. Set in fictional Hick County, the game revolves around completing trips between cities, delivering goods, and competing in races ...

'' and '' Flatout Head On''. The rights were acquired from New World IP who had recently purchased Empire's intellectual property as the company went into administration. In June 2009, Zoo Games created a wholly owned subsidiary, Zoo Entertainment Europe Ltd., in order to move into the European market however, operations were discontinued in December 2009. September 28, 2011, indiePub announced that it was a year into development of an indies-only game and application (apps) distribution or publishing platform. Developers will be able to create a "Pub" (online storefront) to sell their games and apps. The following week (October 7, 2011) indiePub revealed that it would give indie developers 75% of the revenues from their games sold through the service and that it would support games and other apps made for PC (Windows), Macintosh (OS X), Linux and Android devices (phones and tablets). iOS games, can be linked from a Pub. It also claimed that it would use distributed sales tools which never were elaborated on before it was shut down. May 15, 2012, Zoo Entertainment, Inc., officially became indiePub Entertainment, Inc. indiePub closed in 2013.

indiePub Games

Zoo Publishing is also the sponsor of indiePub Games, a community of independent video game developers. Zoo originally launched indiePub as 2Bee Games in 2009 but changed to indiePub in 2010 and periodically holds indie game development competitions with cash prizes for the best games. Mid 2010, indiePub held its 3rd Independent Game Developers' Competition when indiePub launched. (The first two developer competitions were under 2Bee Games). Winners were announced October 8, 2010, at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) Online in Austin, Texas (USA). The winners were: * Grand Prize: '' Dustforce!'' by Hitbox Team developers Woodley Nye, Matthew Bush and Alexander Dostal in Brisbane, Australia. * Technical Excellence: ''Hazard: The Journey of Life'' by Alexander Bruce. * Best Art: ''The Dream Machine'' created by Cockroach Inc. developers Anders Gustafsson and Erik Zaring from Denmark and Sweden. * Best Audio: ''Coma'' by Thomas Brush. * Best Design: ''Vanessa Saint-Pierre Delacroix and Her Nightmare'' by Bad Pilcrow. * Staff Pick: ''Catapult for Hire'' by developer Tyrone Henrie of PixelMega. Mid to late 2010, indiePub held a Mobile Game Competition. The winners were announced December 15, 2011: * Grand Prize: ''SteamBirds'' for Android (

Spry Fox Spry Fox is a video game producing company headquartered in Seattle, United States, that was founded in 2010 by David Edery and Daniel Cook. The company produced the games '' Triple Town'', a freemium strategy puzzle video game with city-buildin ...

and Radial Games) * Art: ''PLEXXR'' for iOS (Tactile Media) * Audio: ''Spark It Up'' for iOS(sumiguchi) * Design: ''SKWER'' for iOS (Alebrije Studios) * Technical Excellence: ''Hero Mages'' for Android (D20Studios) Early 2011 indiePub held an indie game developer competition called the Independent Propeller Awards and featured $150,000 in prizes, an award sponsored by Unity Technologies and an award sponsored by Intel AppUp developer program. Winners were announced on March 13, 2011, at the ScreenBurn Arcade, the gaming portion of the 2011 South by Southwest event in Austin, Texas (USA). The winners were: * Grand Prize: ''GLiD (Glid)'' by Spiderling Game Studios * Best Art: ''The Uncanny Fish Hunt'' by Uncanny Games * Best Audio: ''Skinny'' by Thomas Brush * Best Design: ''Chewy'' by Happy Candy Co. * Technical Excellence: ''Creo'' by Turtle Sandbox * Intel Innovation Award: ''Deep Sea'' by Robin Arnott of WRAUGHK Audio Design * Unity Development Award: '' Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers'' by Black Pants Game Studio Late in 2011 indiePub started their fifth indie game developer competition called the 2012 Independent Propeller Awards and featured $50,000 in prizes. Winners were announced on April 18, 2012. The winners were: * Grand Prize: Deity by DigiPen's Double++ (Ryan Chew, Caroline Sugianto, Michael Travaglione, Christopher Mingus, Ying Liu, Matt Frederick, Aariel Hall and Ryan Hickman) * Best Art: ''

The Bridge The Bridge may refer to: Art, entertainment and media Art * ''The Bridge'' (sculpture), a 1997 sculpture in Atlanta, Georgia, US * Die Brücke (''The Bridge''), a group of German expressionist artists * ''The Bridge'' (M. C. Escher), a lithograph ...

'' by Ty Taylor and Mario Castaneda * Best Audio: ''The Red Solstice'' by IronWard (Hrvoje Horvatek, Daniel Mandić, Marko Pintera, Vjeko Koščević, Danijel Ribić and Marko Kovačić with audio by Andy Mack, Cory Richards, Žarko Dragojević and Dominik Zorić) * Best Design: ''FYI'' by Digital Dreams (Geert Nellen, Thijmen Bink and Roy van de Mortel) * Technical Excellence: ''Nitronic Rush'' by DigiPen's Team Nitronic (Kyle Holdwick, Andy Kibler, Chris Barrett, Andrew "Angrew" Nollan, Jason Nollan, Laura Borgen, Eddie Peters, Ariel Gitomer, Nathan Aldrich, Jordan Hemenway and M.J. "The Quiggles" Quigley) * Mobile Game: ''CreaVures'' by MuseGames (Howard Tsao and Conrad Kreyling) In 2013, indiePub Games closed with all the subsidiaries of indiePub.

indiePub Mobile

February 1, 2011, Zoo Entertainment, Inc., announced that it launched indiePub Mobile to develop mobile games for iOS and Android. EA Mobile's former Development Director, Rob Cassidy, was named indiePub Mobile Director. Initially announced mobile games were: ''Fractal'', ''Blocks: The Devilish Delivery Game'' (renamed ''Kona's Crate''), ''Paper Venture'', ''Totem Destroyer Deluxe'' (HD) and ''Cargo Delivery''. According to the company, this was the first time an indie game publisher has expanded with a designated mobile division. In 2013, indiePub Mobile closed with all the subsidiaries of indiePub.

Games

This is a list of games published under the Zoo Games label and, further below, under indiePub. For the games published by

before it was acquired; see

List of Destination Software games This is a list of video games published, developed and/or distributed by Destination Software. 0-9 *''1 vs. 100 (Nintendo DS video game), 1 vs. 100'' (2008) Nintendo DS A *''The Aly & AJ Adventure'' (2007) Nintendo DS *''Arctic Tale (video gam ...

Released (Zoo Publishing)

2008 *'' Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune'' (2008) Nintendo DS,

PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October, in Europe on 24 Novembe ...

, Wii *'' Bigfoot: Collision Course'' (2008) Nintendo DS, Wii, Windows *''

Calvin Tucker's Redneck Jamboree ''Calvin Tucker's Redneck Jamboree'' is a minigame compilation video game developed by Canadian studio Humagade and published by Zoo Games for Nintendo's Wii. It was released in North America on December 19, 2008, and in Europe on March 27, 200 ...

'' (2008) Wii, Windows *''

Chrysler Classic Racing ''Chrysler Classic Racing'' is a racing game developed by British company Extra Mile Studios and published by Zoo Entertainment for the Wii and the Nintendo DS. It was released in North America on November 18, 2008. It is the first video game to ...

'' (2008) Nintendo DS, Windows *'' M&M's Adventure'' (2008) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii *'' Margot's Word Brain'' (2008) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows *'' NARC'' (2008) Windows *''

Order Up! ''Order Up!'' is a cooking simulation-styled mini-game compilation developed by SuperVillain Studios and published by Zoo Games and Funbox Media. It was released on July 22, 2008 in North America, October 23 in Australia, and October 24 in Eur ...

'' (2008) Wii *'' Puzzler Collection'' (2008) Nintendo DS, Wii *''

Skate City Heroes Skate or Skates may refer to: Fish *Skate (fish), several genera of fish belonging to the family Rajidae * Pygmy skates, several genera of fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae * Smooth skates or leg skates, several genera of fish belongin ...

'' (2008) Wii *'' Story Hour: Adventures'' (2008) Wii *'' Story Hour: Fairy Tales'' (2008) Wii *'' Twin Strike: Operation Thunder'' (2008) Wii *'' Wordmaster'' (2008) Nintendo DS 2009 *''

Animal Paradise Wild Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia (). With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, have myocytes and are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hol ...

'' (2009) Nintendo DS *''

Arcade Shooting Gallery Arcade most often refers to: * Arcade game, a coin-operated video, pinball, electro-mechanical, redemption, etc., game ** Arcade video game, a coin-operated video game ** Arcade cabinet, housing which holds an arcade video game's hardware ** Arcad ...

'' (2009) Wii *''

ATV Quad Kings ATV may refer to: Broadcasting * Amateur television *Analog television Television broadcaster * Andorra Televisió * Anguilla Television * Ayna TV, Afghanistan * ATV (Armenia) * ATV (Aruba), NBC affiliate * ATV (Australian TV station), Melbo ...

'' (2009) Wii *'' Build 'n Race'' (2009) Wii *''

'' (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii *''

Chicken Blaster The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated subspecies of the red junglefowl (''Gallus gallus''), originally native to Southeast Asia. It was first domesticated around 8,000 years ago and is now one of the most common and w ...

'' (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii *''

Deal or No Deal ''Deal or No Deal'' is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which (launching the format) was the Dutch '' Miljoenenjacht'' (''Hunt/Chase for Millions''). The centerpiece of this format is the final round (a ...

'' (2009) Wii *'' Diner Dash: Flo on the Go'' (2009) Nintendo DS *'' Dodge Racing: Charger vs. Challenger'' (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii *'' Dream Dance & Cheer'' (2009) Wii *''

Dream Dancer ''Dream Dancer'' is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer Janet Morris Janet Ellen Morris (May 25, 1946 – August 10, 2024) was an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her au ...

'' (2009) Nintendo DS *''

Dream Salon A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensation (psychology), sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around ...

'' (2009) Nintendo DS *''

Glacier 2 A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires d ...

'' (2009) Wii *''

Groovin' Blocks ''Groovin' Blocks'' is a puzzle video game for Wii by Empty Clip Studios. It was released in North America on September 8, 2008 as a downloadable WiiWare game. It was also released as an expanded retail of the game in North America on August 11, ...

'' (2009)

iPhone The iPhone is a line of smartphones developed and marketed by Apple that run iOS, the company's own mobile operating system. The first-generation iPhone was announced by then–Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, at ...

, Wii *'' Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams'' (2009) Nintendo DS *'' Jelly Belly: Ballistic Beans'' (2009) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii *'' Love Is... In Bloom'' (2009) Nintendo DS *'' Margot's Bepuzzled!'' (2009) Nintendo DS *'' M&M's Beach Party'' (2009) Wii *''

Monster Trucks Mayhem A monster is a type of imaginary or fictional creature found in literature, folklore, mythology, fiction and religion. They are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive, with a strange or grotesque appearance that causes terror and fear ...

'' (2009) Wii *''

Pacific Liberator The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

'' (2009) Wii *''

Puzzle Kingdoms ''Puzzle Kingdoms'' is a puzzle video game developed by Infinite Interactive for PC, Nintendo DS, and Wii. The PC version is available to download online through services such as IGN's Direct2Drive and Steam. Like Infinite Interactive's previous ...

'' (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii *''

Smiley World Island Challenge A smiley, sometimes called a smiley face, is a basic ideogram representing a smiling face. Since the 1950s, it has become part of popular culture worldwide, used either as a standalone ideogram or as a form of communication, such as emoticon ...

'' (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii *''

Ultimate Duck Hunting ''Ultimate Duck Hunting'' is a duck hunting video game developed by American studio Mid Carolina Media for Windows. The goal of the game is to shoot ducks and then collect them with hunting dogs, a concept similar to that of the classic NES gam ...

'' (2009) Wii *'' Wedding Dash'' (2009) Nintendo DS 2010 *''

Boot Camp Academy A boot is a type of footwear. Most boots mainly cover the foot and the ankle, while some also cover some part of the lower calf. Some boots extend up the human leg, leg, sometimes as far as the knee or even the hip. Most boots have a heel (shoe ...

'' (2010) Wii *''

Chocolatier A chocolatier ( ; ; ) is a person or company that makes and sells chocolate confections. Chocolatiers are distinct from chocolate makers, who create chocolate from cacao beans and other raw ingredients. Chocolatiers work artisanally with pre- ...

'' (2010) Nintendo DS *'' Color Cross'' (2010) Nintendo DS *'' Dream Chronicles'' (2010) Nintendo DS *'' The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna'' (2010) Wii *'' Glacier 3: The Meltdown'' (2010) Wii *''

Martian Panic Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, has appeared as a setting in works of fiction since at least the mid-1600s. Trends in the planet's portrayal have largely been influenced by advances in planetary science. It became the most popular celestia ...

'' (2010) Wii *'' Hello Kitty: Birthday Adventures'' (2010) Nintendo DS *'' Hall of Fame: Ultimate Hoops Challenge'' (2010) Wii *'' Jane's Hotel'' (2010) Nintendo DS *'' Let's Paint'' (2010) Wii *'' Monster Frenzy'' (2010) Nintendo DS *''

Speed In kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a non-negative scalar quantity. Intro ...

'' (2010) Wii *''

Minute to Win It ''Minute to Win It'' is an international game show franchise where contestants take part in a series of 60-second challenges that use objects that are commonly available around the house. The first version of ''Minute to Win It'' to air was t ...

'' (2010) Wii *''

Shawn Johnson Gymnastics Shawn may refer to: *Shawn (given name) *Shawn (surname) See also * Sean * Shaun Shaun is an Anglicized spelling of the Irish name Seán. Alternative spellings include Shawn, Sean, and Shawne. Along with spelling variants Shawn and Shaun, ...

'' (2010) Wii *''

Mathews Bowhunt Mathews may refer to: Places in the United States *Mathews, Alabama *Mathews, Louisiana *Mathews, Virginia *Mathews County, Virginia *Mathews Bridge over the St. Johns River, Jacksonville, Florida People * Matthew the Apostle * Sir David Mathew or ...

'' (2010) Wii *''

Hello Kitty Seasons Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is first attested in writing from 1826. Early uses ''Hello'', with that spelling, was used in publications in the U.S. as early as the 18 October 1826 edition of the ''Norwich Couri ...

'' (2010) Wii *''

Kevin VanDam's Big Bass Challenge Kevin is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; ; ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicised from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictiona ...

'' (2010) Wii *''

Silly Bandz Silly Bandz are rubber bands made of silicone rubber formed into shapes including animals, objects, numbers, and letters. They are normally worn as bracelets. Silly Bandz retail in packages with select themes, such as princesses or animals, and ...

'' (2010) Nintendo DS 2011 *'' Dino Strike'' (February 2011) Wii *'' Mayhem 3D'' (March 2011) Xbox 360 *'' Mayhem 3D'' (March 2011) PS3 *'' Photo Phantasy'' (February 2011) DS *'' ZombieZ Seeker'' (February 2011) DS *''

Minute to Win It for Kinect A minute is a unit of time defined as equal to 60 seconds. It is not a unit in the International System of Units (SI), but is accepted for use with SI. The SI symbol for minutes is min (without a dot). The prime symbol is also sometimes used in ...

(October 18, 2011) Xbox 360

Released (indiePub & indiePub Mobile & indiePub Entertainment)

2010 *''

'' (December 21, 2010) iPhone, iPad 2011 *'' Kona's Crate'' (June 23, 2011) iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), Windows, Mac *''

Fractal In mathematics, a fractal is a Shape, geometric shape containing detailed structure at arbitrarily small scales, usually having a fractal dimension strictly exceeding the topological dimension. Many fractals appear similar at various scale ...

'' (August 18, 2011) iPad *'' Totem Destroyer Deluxe'' (October 2011) Windows, Mac 2012 *'' Vessel'' (March 1, 2012) Windows *'' Fireburst'' (April 25, 2012) Windows *'' Diamond Trust of London'' (July 2012) DS *'' Pictago'' (October 26, 2012, Canada) iOS *'' Pictago'' (December 21, 2012, US) iOS *'' Turkey Stuffin''' (November 9–15, 2012) iOS, Android 2013 *''

Auditorium An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens. Auditoriums can be found in entertainment venues, community halls, and t ...

'' (January 9, 2013) PlayStation Network *'' Capsized+'' (February 28, 2013) iOS (iPad) *'' Pictago'' (February 13, 2013) iOS *'' Hungry Gows'' (March 7, 2013) iOS *'' Kona's Crate'' (March 7, 2013) Android *'' Bad Bots'' (May 17, 2013) Windows, Mac *''

Storm A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstor ...

'' (June 14, 2013) Xbox Live *'' Fireburst'' (June 14, 2013) Xbox Live *''

'' (June 18, 2013) PlayStation Network (US) *''

'' (June 27, 2013) Windows *'' Capsized'' (July 5, 2013) Xbox Live 2014 *'' Vessel'' (March 12, 2014) PlayStation Network Announced - Cancelled games *''Storm'' (2013) iOS *''Catapult for Hire (video game)'' (2013) Windows *''Bad Bots'' (2013) iOS, Android *''Stunt Flyer 3D'' (Unknown) 3DS

References

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