Zeuz cofounders

Improbable acquires the ‘backend badasses’ at multiplayer gaming service Zeuz

Improbable has acquired German-managed hosting company Zeuz to expand its multiplayer services for online games.

Zeuz, which is used to host online games such as Scum and Conan Exiles, will become part of Improbable’s suite of multiplayer services for game developers. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed.

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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.