MumboJumbo
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 MumboJumbo Founded: 2001 # Employees: 50 full-time, ? part-time/contract |
MumboJumbo is a developer of casual games for online and retail distribution. The company's Luxor series of action-puzzle games is one of the top franchises in casual gaming. MumboJumbo is also a publisher of casual games for the retail channel. The company maintains distribution relationships with major retailers and publishing relationships with leading developers in the casual game industry.
MumboJumbo is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Developers, LLC, with offices in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles, California.
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[edit] History
MumboJumbo was founded in 2001 by industry veterans Mark Dochtermann and Ron Dimant to focus on innovative content for PC, Macintosh, and console platforms.
[edit] Company Timeline
- January 2001 - Ritual Entertainment splits into two companies, forming a new game company called Mumbo Jumbo, initially focused on developing a real-time strategy game (Myth III: The Wolf Age) and converting various PC and Console titles for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X for its sister company MacPlay. [1]
- Mid 2003 - MumboJumbo shifts its focus to casual games and converts all development efforts to align. [2]
- November 2003 - MumboJumbo teams with Astraware to bring popular casual titles to PDA devices. [3]
- September 2006 - Reflexive Entertainment partners with MumboJumbo to distribute their top casual titles at retail. [4]
- October 2006 - MumboJumbo announces plans to bring casual games franchises to the PSP system. [5]
- January 2007 - MumboJumbo acquires game development studio Ritual Entertainment [6] and enters into publishing partnership with Nickelodeon. [7]
[edit] Games
[edit] Titles Developed by MumboJumbo
- Luxor 2
- Luxor: Amun Rising
- Luxor MahJong
- Luxor
- UltraBall
- Twisty Tracks
- Equilibria
- 7 Wonders
- Chainz 2
- Chainz
- Gearz
- Snowball Run
- Power Chips
- High Roller
[edit] Retail Titles Published by MumboJumbo
- 7 Wonders
- Bejeweled 2
- Big Kahuna Reef
- Bookworm
- Jewel Quest
- Lemonade Tycoon 2
- Luxor
- Magic Match
- Mahjong Towers Eternity
- Poker Superstars 2
- Polar Games
- Slingo Deluxe
- Super Collapse! 3
- Zuma Deluxe
