Zushi Games was a British

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. Based in

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, 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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, PC and

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History

Zoo Digital Publishing (original company)

The company was founded in 1999 by Ian Stewart, who was one of the three founders of

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. In 2002, the company merged with Digital Worldwide, who distributed the titles of Destination Software for the European market. In October 2003, the company acquired the ex-Gremlin assets from

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(ex-Infogrames). The purchase included the '' Actua Sports'' and '' Premier Manager'' series, alongside several other titles including '' Hogs of War'' and ''

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''. 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

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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),

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*'' Lionel Trains: On Track'' (2007), Nintendo DS *'' Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed'' (2004), Game Boy Advance *''

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'' (2004), Game Boy Advance *''

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References

{{reflist 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