Our goal is to wow people with creativity and technology. We like making stuff that seems impossible. The thrill of achieving this together in a team – and seeing the result played by millions is what makes us tick. Our hit games include CSR2 and Dawn of Titans, we’re currently developing our first Star Wars game for mobile and Nintendo Switch, Star Wars: Hunters™. NaturalMotion was founded in 2001 and has three studios in the UK: London, Brighton & Birmingham. For the past five consecutive years (2018 - 2022), NaturalMotion studios have been listed as one of the Best Places To Work in the UK video games industry, at the Gamesindustry.biz Awards. NaturalMotion is proud to be a Zynga studio. Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. With massive global reach in more than 175 countries and regions, Zynga has a diverse portfolio of popular game franchises that have been downloaded more than four billion times on mobile including CSR Racing™, Empires & Puzzles™, FarmVille™, Golf Rival™, Hair Challenge™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, High Heels!™, Merge Dragons!™, Merge Magic!™, Toon Blast™, Toy Blast™, Words With Friends™ and Zynga Poker™. With Chartboost, a leading mobile advertising and monetization platform, Zynga is an industry-leading next-generation platform with the ability to optimize programmatic advertising and yields at scale. Founded in 2007, Zynga is headquartered in California with locations in North America, Europe and Asia.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 201-500
Total raised: $11M
Founded date: 2001
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 21.06.2012 | - | $11M | - |
Mentions in press and media 23
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| 19.09.2024 | The Rising Tide of Innovation: UK Spinouts and Türkiye's Tech Boom | In the world of innovation, two regions are making waves: the UK and Türkiye. Each has its unique landscape, yet both are ripe with opportunity. The UK is nurturing its university spinouts, while Türkiye is experiencing a tech renaissance. ... |
| 17.09.2024 | The state of equity investment into UK university spinouts | A report from Parkwalk, the UK's most active investor in university spinouts, asserts that spinouts will increasingly define much of the UK’s economic standing in the world, our levels of productivity, advancements in public services and th... |
| 13.12.2019 | Zynga starts a new racing game studio in United Kingdom | Mobile gaming publisher Zynga has announced the opening of a new studio located in the heart of Birmingham, United Kingdom, which will add to its long-standing racing division at NaturalMotion. Zynga didn’t say what game this new dev house ... |
| 13.12.2019 | Zynga starts a new racing game studio in United Kingdom | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Mobile gaming publisher Zynga has announced the opening of a new studio located in the heart of Birmingham, United Kingdom, which will ... |
| 17.11.2017 | Zynga lets you show off your CSR 2 race cars with augmented reality | CSR Racing 2 has been popular as a mobile game because it offers car racing fans the fantasy of collecting and owning their own cars. And now game publisher Zynga is announcing an augmented reality feature that allows players to bring those... |
| 17.11.2017 | Zynga lets you show off your CSR 2 race cars with augmented reality | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. CSR Racing 2 has been popular as a mobile game because it offers car racing fans the fantasy of collecting and owning their own cars. A... |
| 14.05.2015 | $475M fund will help commercialize Oxford University’s spinout tech firms | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! The University of Oxford has produced some of Bri... |
| 14.05.2015 | $474M Fund Will Support Oxford University Spinouts | A new £300 million U.K. fund has been set up to support high tech startups looking to spin out of the University of Oxford. The fund is being raised by Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI), a newly formed company that is working in partnership ... |
| 14.05.2015 | $475M fund will help commercialize Oxford University’s spinout tech firms | The University of Oxford has produced some of Britain’s greatest minds, and to help in its quest to stay at the forefront of technological innovation, the institution’s commercial arm has set up a £300 million ($475 million) fund to develop... |
| 02.04.2015 | Tech Nation Cluster Profile: Oxford | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website. Following the recent launch of Tech Nation, we are running a series of profile pieces on each of the digital clusters featured in the report. Oxford has witnessed incredible ... |
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