Branching out from its Russian base, Cut the Rope outfit ZeptoLab has announced it is to make a move westwards by opening up a new studio in the UK.
The new outpost will be based in London and run by new director Zuy Spartak.
However, despite this expansion, publisher Chillingo which published Cut the Rope on iOS has moved to confirm said development will have no impact on the two parties' relationship.
Partner power
"Chillingo is proud to have made the original iOS version of Cut the Rope become such a worldwide, phenomenal success," said Chillingo's EMEA PR manager Daniel Tausney.
"Both Chillingo and ZeptoLab will continue to bring new content and updates to the original version of the game in the future. Our partnership is still going strong."
Cut the Rope has enjoyed immense success since it launched on iOS in October 2010, having clocked up 9 million paid downloads. The game also launched on Android in June, with series wide downloads now topping 45 million.
Still, as happened with Rovio and Angry Birds, Cut the Rope's just-released sequel has been released on the App Store by ZeptoLab alone, with no input from Chillingo.
Cut the Rope's Android release was also just handled by the developer.
And the new UK base isn't the only expansion ZeptoLab is pursuing. The studio recently signed a deal with Ape Entertainment to turn Om Nom into a comic book star.
[source: Develop]
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