Magenta Software is a Video Games Developer based in Liverpool

Liverpool

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England

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In October 2007, Magenta Software won the Children’s Jury Giga Maus award for Buzz! Junior: Robo Jam

Buzz! Junior: Robo Jam

Buzz! Junior: Robo Jam is a 2007 family game for the Sony PlayStation 2, and is the second game in the Buzz! Junior series of games. Robo Jam was co-developed by Magenta Software and FreeStyleGames. Magenta supplied the engine and nineteen of the twenty five mini-games while Freestyle supplied the...

. In November 2007, Magenta Software won a British Academy Children’s BAFTA for Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party

Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party

Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party is the first game in the Buzz! Junior series of party games.Jungle Party comprises forty different mini-games...

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It was founded in 1994. In recent years it has specialised in the production of Buzz Controller based party games. These games have proven successful winning several awards and going on from their initial European release territories to be released in North America.

Prior to their work on multi-player party games Magenta Software created a series of licenses for some of the industries largest producers including Sony, Disney, Vivendi and Atari. These high-profile licenses included Stuart Little, Cat in the Hat, Treasure Planet and the Muppets.

Magenta Software produces its own engine technology at their TFHQ based at Albert Docks Liverpool.