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American video game publisher

indiePub Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Zoo Entertainment, Inc.) was a publisher of video games based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

2007Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersCincinnati1
  • Websitewww.indiepubentertainment.com
  • Incorporated inDE5
  • Business address3805 Edwards Road,, Suite 400, Cincinnati,, Oh 452095

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indiePub Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Zoo Entertainment, Inc.) was a publisher of video games based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.3

The story

Zoo Games was a wholly owned subsidiary of Zoo Entertainment originally known as DFTW Merger Sub, Inc. In March 2007, DFTW merged with Green Screen Interactive Software, LLC to become Green Screen Interactive Software. The GreenScreen company was co-founded by former Take-Two Interactive founders Ryan Brant and Mark E. Seremet and Take-Two executive Susan Cummings. Following the merger, Green Screen acquired SuperVillain Studios in June 2007, Destination Software in December 2007 and Zoo Digital Publishing in April 2008. In August 2008, Green Screen was renamed Zoo Games, Inc., and Destination Software was renamed Zoo Publishing, Inc., with Zoo Publishing becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Zoo Games. Ron Chaimowitz, the founder of GT Interactive was appointed CEO during the acquisitions. SuperVillain Studios was sold back to the original owners in September 2008 and six months following the acquisition of Zoo Digital Publishing it was sold back to the original owners in order for the company to refocus on their Zoo Publishing operations.

On May 7, 2009 it was announced by Zoo Publishing that the company had acquired the rights from New World IP to publish and distribute Empire Interactive's entire catalog which includes titles such as Big Mutha Truckers and Flatout Head On. The rights were acquired from New World IP who had recently purchased Empire's intellectual property as the company went into administration. In June 2009, Zoo Games created a wholly owned subsidiary, Zoo Entertainment Europe Ltd., in order to move into the European market however, operations were discontinued in December 2009.

September 28, 2011, indiePub announced that it was a year into development of an indies-only game and application (apps) distribution or publishing platform. Developers will be able to create a "Pub" (online storefront) to sell their games and apps. The following week (October 7, 2011) indiePub revealed that it would give indie developers 75% of the revenues from their games sold through the service and that it would support games and other apps made for PC (Windows), Macintosh (OS X), Linux and Android devices (phones and tablets). iOS games, can be linked from a Pub. It also claimed that it would use distributed sales tools which never were elaborated on before it was shut down.

May 15, 2012, Zoo Entertainment, Inc., officially became indiePub Entertainment, Inc.

indiePub closed in 2013.

From Wikipedia’s article on IndiePub, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Leadership

Who has led indiePub, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Robert S. Ellin2007–2008
  2. Mark E. Seremet2009–2011
  3. Ray Schaaf2013

President

  1. Robert S. Ellin2007
  2. Mark E. Seremet2008–2011
  3. Susan J. Kain-Jurgensen2008
  4. David W. Rosenbaum2010
  5. Ray Schaaf2013

Chief financial officer

  1. Charles Bentz2007–2008
  2. David J. Fremed2008–2010

Chief operating officer

  1. Steve Buchanan2010
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Board members and other officers (13)

Products and brands

indiePub Games

Zoo Publishing is also the sponsor of indiePub Games, a community of independent video game developers. Zoo originally launched indiePub as 2Bee Games in 2009 but changed to indiePub in 2010 and periodically holds indie game development competitions with cash prizes for the best games.

Mid 2010, indiePub held its 3rd Independent Game Developers' Competition when indiePub launched. (The first two developer competitions were under 2Bee Games). Winners were announced October 8, 2010, at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) Online in Austin, Texas (USA). The winners were:

Grand Prize: Dustforce! by Hitbox Team developers Woodley Nye, Matthew Bush and Alexander Dostal in Brisbane, Australia.

Technical Excellence: Hazard: The Journey of Life by Alexander Bruce.

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Best Art: The Dream Machine created by Cockroach Inc. developers Anders Gustafsson and Erik Zaring from Denmark and Sweden.

Best Audio: Coma by Thomas Brush.

Best Design: Vanessa Saint-Pierre Delacroix and Her Nightmare by Bad Pilcrow.

Staff Pick: Catapult for Hire by developer Tyrone Henrie of PixelMega.

Mid to late 2010, indiePub held a Mobile Game Competition. The winners were announced December 15, 2011:

Grand Prize: SteamBirds for Android (Spry Fox and Radial Games)

Art: PLEXXR for iOS (Tactile Media)

Audio: Spark It Up for iOS(sumiguchi)

Design: SKWER for iOS (Alebrije Studios)

Technical Excellence: Hero Mages for Android (D20Studios)

Early 2011 indiePub held an indie game developer competition called the Independent Propeller Awards and featured $150,000 in prizes, an award sponsored by Unity Technologies and an award sponsored by Intel AppUp developer program. Winners were announced on March 13, 2011, at the ScreenBurn Arcade, the gaming portion of the 2011 South by Southwest event in Austin, Texas (USA). The winners were:

Grand Prize: GLiD (Glid) by Spiderling Game Studios

Best Art: The Uncanny Fish Hunt by Uncanny Games

Best Audio: Skinny by Thomas Brush

Best Design: Chewy by Happy Candy Co.

Technical Excellence: Creo by Turtle Sandbox

Intel Innovation Award: Deep Sea by Robin Arnott of WRAUGHK Audio Design

Unity Development Award: Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers by Black Pants Game Studio

Late in 2011 indiePub started their fifth indie game developer competition called the 2012 Independent Propeller Awards and featured $50,000 in prizes. Winners were announced on April 18, 2012.

The winners were:

Grand Prize: Deity by DigiPen's Double++ (Ryan Chew, Caroline Sugianto, Michael Travaglione, Christopher Mingus, Ying Liu, Matt Frederick, Aariel Hall and Ryan Hickman)

Best Art: The Bridge by Ty Taylor and Mario Castaneda

Best Audio: The Red Solstice by IronWard (Hrvoje Horvatek, Daniel Mandić, Marko Pintera, Vjeko Koščević, Danijel Ribić and Marko Kovačić with audio by Andy Mack, Cory Richards, Žarko Dragojević and Dominik Zorić)

Best Design: FYI by Digital Dreams (Geert Nellen, Thijmen Bink and Roy van de Mortel)

Technical Excellence: Nitronic Rush by DigiPen's Team Nitronic (Kyle Holdwick, Andy Kibler, Chris Barrett, Andrew "Angrew" Nollan, Jason Nollan, Laura Borgen, Eddie Peters, Ariel Gitomer, Nathan Aldrich, Jordan Hemenway and M.J. "The Quiggles" Quigley)

Mobile Game: CreaVures by MuseGames (Howard Tsao and Conrad Kreyling)

In 2013, indiePub Games closed with all the subsidiaries of indiePub.

Games

This is a list of games published under the Zoo Games label and, further below, under indiePub. For the games published by Destination Software before it was acquired; see List of Destination Software games.

Released (Zoo Publishing)

2008

Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune (2008) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii

Bigfoot: Collision Course (2008) Nintendo DS, Wii, Windows

Calvin Tucker's Redneck Jamboree (2008) Wii, Windows

Chrysler Classic Racing (2008) Nintendo DS, Windows

M&M's Adventure (2008) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii

Margot's Word Brain (2008) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows

NARC (2008) Windows

Order Up! (2008) Wii

Puzzler Collection (2008) Nintendo DS, Wii

Skate City Heroes (2008) Wii

Story Hour: Adventures (2008) Wii

Story Hour: Fairy Tales (2008) Wii

Twin Strike: Operation Thunder (2008) Wii

Wordmaster (2008) Nintendo DS

2009

Animal Paradise Wild (2009) Nintendo DS

Arcade Shooting Gallery (2009) Wii

ATV Quad Kings (2009) Wii

Build 'n Race (2009) Wii

Chrysler Classic Racing (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii

Chicken Blaster (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii

Deal or No Deal (2009) Wii

Diner Dash: Flo on the Go (2009) Nintendo DS

Dodge Racing: Charger vs. Challenger (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii

Dream Dance & Cheer (2009) Wii

Dream Dancer (2009) Nintendo DS

Dream Salon (2009) Nintendo DS

Glacier 2 (2009) Wii

Groovin' Blocks (2009) iPhone, Wii

Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams (2009) Nintendo DS

Jelly Belly: Ballistic Beans (2009) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii

Love Is... In Bloom (2009) Nintendo DS

Margot's Bepuzzled! (2009) Nintendo DS

M&M's Beach Party (2009) Wii

Monster Trucks Mayhem (2009) Wii

Pacific Liberator (2009) Wii

Puzzle Kingdoms (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii

Smiley World Island Challenge (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii

Ultimate Duck Hunting (2009) Wii

Wedding Dash (2009) Nintendo DS

2010

Boot Camp Academy (2010) Wii

Chocolatier (2010) Nintendo DS

Color Cross (2010) Nintendo DS

Dream Chronicles (2010) Nintendo DS

The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna (2010) Wii

Glacier 3: The Meltdown (2010) Wii

Martian Panic (2010) Wii

Hello Kitty: Birthday Adventures (2010) Nintendo DS

Hall of Fame: Ultimate Hoops Challenge (2010) Wii

Jane's Hotel (2010) Nintendo DS

Let's Paint (2010) Wii

Monster Frenzy (2010) Nintendo DS

Speed (2010) Wii

Minute to Win It (2010) Wii

Shawn Johnson Gymnastics (2010) Wii

Mathews Bowhunt (2010) Wii

Hello Kitty Seasons (2010) Wii

Kevin VanDam's Big Bass Challenge (2010) Wii

Silly Bandz (2010) Nintendo DS

2011

Dino Strike (February 2011) Wii

Mayhem 3D (March 2011) Xbox 360

Mayhem 3D (March 2011) PS3

Photo Phantasy (February 2011) DS

ZombieZ Seeker (February 2011) DS

Minute to Win It for Kinect (October 18, 2011) Xbox 360

Released (indiePub & indiePub Mobile & indiePub Entertainment)

2010

Silly Bandz (December 21, 2010) iPhone, iPad

2011

Kona's Crate (June 23, 2011) iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), Windows, Mac

Fractal (August 18, 2011) iPad

Totem Destroyer Deluxe (October 2011) Windows, Mac

2012

Vessel (March 1, 2012) Windows

Fireburst (April 25, 2012) Windows

Diamond Trust of London (July 2012) DS

Pictago (October 26, 2012, Canada) iOS

Pictago (December 21, 2012, US) iOS

Turkey Stuffin' (November 9–15, 2012) iOS, Android

2013

Auditorium (January 9, 2013) PlayStation Network

Capsized+ (February 28, 2013) iOS (iPad)

Pictago (February 13, 2013) iOS

Hungry Gows (March 7, 2013) iOS

Kona's Crate (March 7, 2013) Android

Bad Bots (May 17, 2013) Windows, Mac

Storm (June 14, 2013) Xbox Live

Fireburst (June 14, 2013) Xbox Live

Storm (June 18, 2013) PlayStation Network (US)

Storm (June 27, 2013) Windows

Capsized (July 5, 2013) Xbox Live

2014

Vessel (March 12, 2014) PlayStation Network

Announced - Cancelled games

Storm (2013) iOS

Catapult for Hire (video game) (2013) Windows

Bad Bots (2013) iOS, Android

Stunt Flyer 3D (Unknown) 3DS

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Former names

  • Zoo Entertainment, IncDec 8, 2008 to Aug 2, 20125
  • Driftwood Ventures, Inc.May 12, 2005 to Nov 19, 20085

Timeline

  1. Jan 8, 2013New chief executive Ray Schaaf becomes CEO7
  2. Jan 16, 2009New chief executive Mark E. Seremet becomes CEO8
  3. Oct 9, 2007New chief executive Robert S. Ellin becomes CEO9
  4. 2007Founded Founded1

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