Donut Labs' Kids vs Zombies is in soft launch.
Donut Labs' Kids vs Zombies is in soft launch.
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Donut Lab raises $2.3M in funding for Kids vs Zombies mobile shooter

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Donut Lab has raised $2.3 million in a new funding round for its Kids vs Zombies mobile shooter.

The game is an example of taking something potentially violent and serious and transforming it with cartoon art so that it’s suitable for young folks to play. The game has already been soft-launched in several countries, with a global release expected early in 2022.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.