MumboJumbo

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Game Development Company
MumboJumbo Founded: 2001 # Employees: 50 full-time, ? part-time/contract

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.

1 History
- 1.1 Company Timeline
2 Games
- 2.1 Titles Developed by MumboJumbo
- 2.2 Retail Titles Published by MumboJumbo
3 Official Site
4 External Links

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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.

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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]