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develop 100 UK RETAIL REVENUE IN 2011


£33.50m


PIPEWORKS«


10 ABOUT AGILE DEVELOPMENT


As well as Zumba, Pipeworks developed the Xbox boot ROMs STUDIO’S 2011 BESTSELLERS


ZUMBA FITNESS


UDRAW STUDIO


UDRAW STUDIO: INSTANT ARTIST


WHEEL OF FORTUNE


NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2


WII XBOX 360 WII


TOTAL WII


WII


PLAYSTATION 3 TOTAL


505 GAMES 505 GAMES 505 GAMES


THQ XBOX 360


TOTAL WII


TOTAL


PLAYSTATION 3 TOTAL


THQ THQ THQ


THQ MAJESCO


MAR 2011 £24.15m NOV 2010 £4.14m APR 2011 £0.71m £29.00m


MAR 2011 £3.17m £3.17m


NOV 2011 £0.68m NOV 2011 £0.35m NOV 2011 £0.22m £1.25m


NOV 2010 £0.08m £0.08m


MAY 2009


£0.01m £0.01m


Founded: 1999 Independent (part of Foundation 9) Location: Eugene, Oregon, USA www.pipeworks.net


Pipeworks is today most famous for the first Zumba Fitness game, which held onto a number one spot in the UK charts for six weeks straight and returned to the top a number of times. But look past Zumba and


Pipeworks does have a notable past. Over the year the studio has worked across a wealth of genres, covering platformers, brawlers, driving and rhythm titles, even board games. It was also one of the first indies making a Wii game, with Rampage: Total Destruction which has sold over one million units to date. Most exciting: it contributed to the early development of a number of consoles, having created boot ROMs for the Xbox and the Xbox 360, and devised several early Xbox demos designed to show off the capabilities of system.


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