Kuju Entertainment Ltd.

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Kuju Entertainment is a European games group. The company has been developing PlayStation 2 technology since September 1999 and Xbox specific code since April 2000. Kuju was started after a management buyout of Simis Limited from Eidos in March 1998. It was originally an umbrella brand that housed two labels: Simis for flight sims and Glass Ghost for more mainstream games. Later Kuju became the main company and development studio, and the two labels disappeared.

Kuju Entertainment PLC is the main name of the holding, while Kuju Entertainment Ltd. is considered one of the development studios, which was later diversified. The company currently consists of the following studios:

Headstrong Games (former Kuju London)
Zoë Mode (Brighton) (former Kuju Brighton/Wide Games)
Zoë Mode Guildford (previously NiK NaK)
Zoë Mode San Francisco

Former studios

Chemistry (former Kuju Sheffield - closed down in 2009)
Kuju America (closed down in 2009)
doublesix (mostly former Kuju Surrey, became independent in 2010)
Kuju Manila (formerly a Matahari Studios division - closed down in 2010).
Zoë Mode London (folded back into Zoë Mode Brighton in 2010)
VATRA Games s.r.o (became inactive in 2012)
Rail Simulator

Kuju was also active in the mobile industry, but Kuju Wireless Publishing was taken over in December 2005 and was later known as Finesse Mobile Limited.

Credited on 30 Games from 1999 to 2019

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Narcos: Rise of the Cartels (2019 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...)
Zumba: Burn It Up! (2019 on Nintendo Switch)
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 (Season Pass Edition) (2017 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 (2017 on Windows, Gloud, Blacknut)
All Zombies Must Die! (2011 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
RailWorks 3: Train Simulator 2012 (2011 on Windows)
Chime Super Deluxe (2011 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Now)
RailWorks 2: Train Simulator (2010 on Windows)
RailWorks (2009 on Windows)
Rock Revolution (2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii)
Nucleus (2008 on PlayStation 3)
Dungeons & Dragons Tactics (2007 on PSP)
GT-R Touring (2006 on PlayStation 2)
Buzz! The Sports Quiz (2006 on PlayStation 2)
Dark Messiah: Might and Magic (2006 on Windows)
Conspiracy: Weapons of Mass Destruction (2005 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
Crash Twinsanity 3D (2005 on J2ME)
GT-R 400 (2004 on Windows, PlayStation 2)
Crescent Suzuki Racing (2004 on PlayStation 2, Windows)
Judge Dredd (2004 on J2ME)

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July 2010: The company announces to have consolidated Zoë Mode London, moving all remaining staff into the Brighton studio.
January 13, 2010: The company announces to close down the Kuju Manila studio in the course of the first quarter of 2010.
June 1, 2009: A third Zoë Mode studio is opened: Zoë Mode San Francisco.
June 2009: Kuju's NiK NaK studio is renamed Zoë Mode Guildford.
June 2009: The Chemistry studio is closed.