Zooba is one of Wildlife Studios' big hits.
Zooba is one of Wildlife Studios' big hits.
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Zooba maker Wildlife Studios raises $60 million to expand its mobile game empire

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Wildlife Studios has quietly reached more than 2 billion mobile game downloads in the past eight years, and that’s one of the reasons it is announcing today it has raised $60 million in funding.

Wildlife Studio’s mobile game hits include titles such as Zooba, Tennis Clash, and Castle Crush. They’re among a half-dozen big hits among more than 60 that the company has released since Victor and Arthur Lazarte started the company in Sao Paolo in 2011. It’s an example of how it’s still possible to build a mobile gaming empire without having well-known brands.

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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.