Zombot Studio aims to make console-quality games for smartphones and tablets

Lots of startups say they want to make console-quality mobile games. But Zombot Studio is announcing its Project Galaxy game today with some eye-catching scenes that the company says it can reproduce on mobile devices.

The new San Francisco company is made up of former game designers from companies such as Bungie (the folks who made the first Halo games), Rockstar (Grand Theft Auto), 2K Games, and Kabam. Their goal is to bridge the gap between console and mobile games, which still struggle to make experiences of the same ambition and scope as what many play in their living rooms.

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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.