{"id":32342,"date":"2025-11-25T07:25:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T07:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32342"},"modified":"2025-11-25T07:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T07:26:00","slug":"co-creator-acquires-health-fitness-game-zombies-run-to-prevent-its-sunset","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-11-25\/co-creator-acquires-health-fitness-game-zombies-run-to-prevent-its-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-creator acquires Health &amp; Fitness game Zombies, Run! to prevent its sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Co-creator acquires Health &amp; Fitness game Zombies, Run! to prevent its sunset<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zombies-Run.png\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"Co-creator acquires Health &amp; Fitness game Zombies, Run! to prevent its sunset\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zombies-Run.png 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zombies-Run.png 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zombies-Run.png 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zombies-Run.png 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Zombies, Run!. 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class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>The co-creator of Zombies, Run!, Naomi Alderman, has bought the game to prevent it from closing down.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Earlier this year, every person but two was laid off from Six to Start by OliveX, the company that bought it in 2021.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Alderman also wrote about the purchase on The Observer, saying that she\u2019s excited about it.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>Naomi Alderman, the co-creator of <strong class=\"game\">Zombies, Run!<\/strong>, bought the game, preventing its closure. In a post <a href=\"https:\/\/zombiesrungame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">published<\/a> on the game\u2019s website, Alderman mentioned that she is \u201cdelighted to be taking ownership of the game,\u201d and that \u201cit\u2019s me buying back the game I made and love so I can look after it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"game\">Zombies, Run!<\/strong> is a Health &amp; Fitness app that was developed for both iOS and Android. It was released back in 2012 and became the highest-grossing app in the category within two weeks at its launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-facade__wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.20%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"youtube-facade__img js-activate\" \n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WIWzyddcAZ8\/hqdefault.jpg\" \n\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WIWzyddcAZ8\/hqdefault.jpg 658w, https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WIWzyddcAZ8\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w\" \n\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 659px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display:block;\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Zombies, Run! 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Season 11\"\n\t\t\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The game\u2019s troubles started when the developer, Six to Start, was bought by OliveX in 2021 after the studio\u2019s success. Earlier this year, OliveX <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/629678\/zombies-run-marvel-move-six-to-start-layoffs-fitness-tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">laid off<\/a> everyone at Six to Start except for two people and said that the company couldn\u2019t afford to keep Six to Start afloat and would be shut down if the company couldn\u2019t find a buyer, which will eventually lead to <strong class=\"game\">Zombies, Run!<\/strong> Closing down with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Verge published a report regarding the situation, including comments from anonymous Six to Start employees claiming that working with OliveX has been \u201cagony.\u201d The staffers also said that there were disagreements between OliveX and its owner, Animoca Brands, regarding the game\u2019s anti-capitalist themes clashing with the parent companies\u2019 aims of creating NFT and crypto projects. The report also claimed that there might already be interested buyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the announcement, fans of the game on Reddit are finally at ease, calling the purchase good news. 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