Magenta Software was a

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developer based in

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History

It was founded in 1994. The company specializes in developing family friendly video games based on various films as well as the '' Buzz! Junior'' and '' Invizimals'' series for

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. It went on an indefinite hiatus since 2015, during which they purchased Cosmonaut Studios, whose game ''Eternal Threads'' was released by Secret Mode in 2022.

List of Games

Awards

In October 2007, Magenta Software won the Children's Jury Giga Maus award for '' Buzz! Junior: Robo Jam'' and, a month later, won a British Academy Children's

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for '' Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party''.

References

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