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Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, MumboJumbo LLC is a publisher, developer and mass marketer of casual games for PCs and game consoles including those manufactured by Nintendo, Sony Computer Entertainment and Microsoft Corporation. Established in January 2001 they originally focused exclusively on games for the Mac. In March 2003 they partnered with GameHouse to publish their popular online games for both the PC and the Mac.
MumboJumbo is a United Developers Company that has acquired other development companies such as Zono, Ritual Entertainment[1] and Hot Lava Studios.[2]
On June 11, 2008, MumboJumbo entered an agreement with Valve Software to release software on Steam.[3]
On January 25, 2010, a jury in the 193rd Civil District Court in Dallas County, Texas awarded MumboJumbo $4,600,000 in damages resulting from a breach of contract on the part of their former business partner PopCap Games. MumboJumbo had previously held a North American retail distribution agreement with the casual games developer. According to MumboJumbo, the relationship was violated when PopCap Games began to develop its own strategies for selling at retail, thereby cutting MumboJumbo out of the loop. During the 12-day trial, MumboJumbo's law firm Rose-Walker showed that PopCap's actions "severely damaged" their business relationship with Wal-Mart.[4]
Games developed
- Luxor, Luxor 2, Luxor 3, Luxor Amun Rising and Luxor 4 , Luxor 5th Passage , Luxor HD
- The Office
- Neopets: Codestone Quest
- Myth III: The Wolf Age
- Reaxxion
- Chainz, Chainz 2 Relinked, Chainz Galaxy
- 7 Wonders Treasures of Seven
- Discovery! A Seek and Find Adventure
- Little Farm
- Luxor Adventures
- Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy
- Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials
- Midnight Mysteries: Devil on the Mississippi
- Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena
- Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch
- Samantha Swift and the Mystery from Atlantis
- Samantha Swift and the Fountains of Fate
- Unlikely Suspects
References
- ^ Ritual Entertainment Acquired By Casual Games Developer January 24th 2007, archived from the original
- ^ MumboJumbo Acquires Casual Dev Hot Lava July 31st 2007
- ^ CGC: MumboJumbo and Valve Team Up
- ^ Gamezebo: MumboJumbo awarded $4.6 million in PopCap lawsuit
External links
Categories:- Casual games
- Companies established in 2001
- Video game companies of the United States
- Video game developers
- Companies based in Dallas, Texas
- United States video game company stubs
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