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Zoonami Announces Licensed PSP Developer Status

2005-05-10

CAMBRIDGE, England - 10th May 2005 - UK-based video game developer, Zoonami Ltd, today announced their status as an official licensed developer for the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) platform.

This announcement marks Zoonami?s first foray into the portable gaming market. Zoonami has confirmed that development of internal middleware tools and technology for PSP has been underway at their Cambridge studio since February 2005.

?We?re very excited to expand our development strategy to include this new and innovative platform,? says Martin Hollis, Zoonami?s founder and director. ?The PSP?s wireless and networking capabilities offer many intriguing possibilities for handheld game design in every game genre.?

Zoonami has not yet released any details for upcoming PSP products but has confirmed their commitment to becoming a key developer of quality content for the PSP platform.

 

[SantaC]

so they are alive and kickin

 

[wobedraggled]

Tell me when they make something, I'm sick of waiting

 

[StephaneC]

source please

 

[Scrow]

TRAITORS!

 

[BuzzJive]

Well - given how fast they've pumped out games since they became Gamecube developers, I think we have a good five years before they produce any PSP software.


In all seriousness, I expect a PSP version of FunkyDilla


Here's a good source too:
http://www.zoonami.com/briefing/2005-05-10.php

 

[StephaneC]

nintendo owned

 

[Shard]

No, not really considering that Zoonami has done jack shit in its entire existence.

 

[Shiggy]

No, not really considering that Zoonami has done jack shit in its entire existence.

False.

 

[radioheadrule83]

Funkydilla was slated for multiplatform, this shouldn't really come as a surprise. It could be Funkydilla in fact... it's a music game which mightn't go over or work as well on DS if it uses high quality samples (and lots of them) etc.

I wouldn't be surprised to see such a small team do something on DS down the line though. Especially with the Hollis connection.

 

[Shard]

Oooooh, yet another rythem game that hasn't even come out yet, color me impressed

 

[FortNinety]

So, when will they annouce the games move to PSP2?

 

[Gchaime]

nintendo owned

They haven't even released anything for nintendo yet. Hardly a nintendo-exclusive developer, or a developer at all.

 

[suaveric]

Who does a company like this get money from? Haven't they been in existence since 1999? Who is paying them to make games at the speed of Rare?

 

[ourumov]

Who cares about Zoonami ? They are ass compared to Zaapcom and Zaamco.

 

[djtiesto]

Who cares about Zoonami ? They are ass compared to Zaapcom and Zaamco.

:lol

 

[sprsk]

have these guys actually ever made a game

 

[johnjohnson]

have these guys actually ever made a game

No. They have announced a rythm game called Funkydilla last year in april. But since then there was complete silence.

Nintendo Fans will cry today

 

[sprsk]

No. They have announced a rythm game called Funkydilla last year in april. But since then there was complete silence.

Nintendo Fans will cry today

why?

these guys havent even made anything, who cares?

 

[wobedraggled]

No. They have announced a rythm game called Funkydilla last year in april. But since then there was complete silence.

Nintendo Fans will cry today

Maybe when they produce something, until then I'll still be waiting for "game zero" what a waste of time, they need to break from the "Rare school of timely game design"

 

[megateto]

why?

these guys havent even made anything, who cares?

Well, there are some big minds in there, so just let see what they can come across.

 

[johnjohnson]

why?

these guys havent even made anything, who cares?

IIRC zoonami was seen as the messiah after Nintendo sold Rare to Microsoft, because - so they said - the good people left Rare and joined zoonami to develop only for mother Nintendo. And now, almost 3 years later Zoonami not only hasn't delivered anything for a Nintendo console, but also has become licensed PSP developer.

 

[Prine]

so they said

Clearly damage control

 

[John Harker]

IIRC zoonami was seen as the messiah after Nintendo sold Rare to Microsoft, because - so they said - the good people left Rare and joined zoonami to develop only for mother Nintendo. And now, almost 3 years later Zoonami not only hasn't delivered anything for a Nintendo console, but also has become licensed PSP developer.

Thats beacuse they've been working on a Revolution launch title for a whiiiiile now.

 

[FoneBone]

They have implied in interviews that they're working with Nintendo on something, but I have no idea whether that's still the case.

 

[acidviper]

No, not really considering that Zoonami has done jack shit in its entire existence.

Well now they can do jackshit under the guise of a PSP publishing possibility.