Zombies, Run! and Marvel Move Maker Six to Start Lays Off Nearly All Staff
Six to Start, the creator of Zombies, Run! and Marvel Move, has laid off nearly all employees as parent company OliveX seeks a buyer.
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Zombies, Run! and Marvel Move Maker Six to Start Lays Off Nearly All Staff
Six to Start, the company behind Zombies, Run! and Marvel Move, has laid off all but two of its staff.The news was delivered last week to staffers in a Zoom call, in which they were told that parent company OliveX could no longer afford to keep Six to Start afloat and would shut down the company if they can’t find a buyer. Laid-off staffers were also served redundancy notices. Image:Google The ZRX: Zombies, Run! app is an immersive fitness game that plops walkers and runners into audio-based storytelling. When enemies, be they the undead or Marvel villains, “chase” you, you’re encouraged to pick up speed. At the end of an episode, you can also collect items to trade for badges or in-game buildings. First founded in 2012, the app says it has about 10 million users worldwide. Such immersive storytelling games, especially Marvel Move, are expensive to produce. They involve writing storylines, hiring voice actors to perform the material, and artists to create graphics. One source with know…
