is an award winning 1 online game development studio specializing in social games and mobile games based on major motion pictures . 2 funtactix was acquired by playtech in march 2016 and rebranded as ftx games . 3 contents 1 history 2 products and timeline 2.1 power rangers unite 2.2 hot tub time machine tap that 2.3 the league daily fantasy football 2.4 the hunger games adventures 2.5 mission impossible the game 2.6 new boyz the world 2.7 rango the world 2.8 moondo 2.9 acrobatix 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit funtactix was founded in israel in 2006 by yaron leifenberg and ilan graicer backed by jerusalem venture partners jvp and benchmark capital . in 2008 the current ceo sam glassenberg ex directx lead program manager joined the company . the company released moondo an online world of 3d web browser based multi player action games . in 2009 the company was reset . co founder ilan graicer left the company and funtactix completely rebuilt its technology as a flash and html5 platform used to create ip based online worlds and games . 4 in 2011 paramount and funtactix announced a multi title deal to create social games for select paramount brands . 5 the partnership resulted in the release of titles based on rango march 2011 and mission impossible november 2011 . in 2012 lions gate entertainment and funtactix announced the hunger games adventures 6 which was released on facebook march 23 2012 ipad september 2012 and iphone february 7 2013 7 in 2015 funtactix announced the creation of ftx games a new publishing division focused on pairing third party developers and film television properties 8 in 2016 funtactix was acquired by playtech and officially rebranded as ftx games 3 products and timeline edit power rangers unite edit on january 6 2015 funtactix announced a partnership with saban brands to create a new mobile card battle game based on the power rangers named power rangers unite 9 hot tub time machine tap that edit the official mobile game of the hot tub time machine films hot tub time machine tap that was announced on december 22 2014 10 and then launched on facebook google play store and app store on january 15 2015 11 the league daily fantasy football edit the official fantasy football game for the league the league daily fantasy football was launched on september 18 2014 12 the hunger games adventures edit the official social network game for the hunger games film and novel was released in closed beta for fans concurrently with the theatrical release of the film on march 23 2012 13 the game was then released to the public a week later on march 30 2012 . 14 the hunger games adventures was then released on ipad on september 13 2012 15 and iphone ipod touch on february 7 2013 with a release on the kindle fire following on october 18 2013 . 16 mission impossible the game edit the official social network game for the mission impossible film series was launched on november 21 2011 17 shortly before the theatrical release of mission impossible ghost protocol . new boyz the world edit the official social network game for the hip hop duo the new boyz was launched on may 2 2011 18 shortly before the release of the group s second album too cool to care . rango the world edit launched day and date with and based on the animated movie rango rango the world is a flash based mmo virtual world for kids . this online game is one of several planned games as part of a multi title deal with paramount to produce virtual worlds and games for selected paramount brands . 4 19 20 moondo edit moondo a virtual world of online multi player 3d games was one of the first full 3d action games in the browser and the first to introduce the cross gaming concept of a single avatar used in multiple games . moondo was up for a year 2008 2009 and had over 150 000 active players over that period . as part of the company reset in 2009 moondo was taken down . acrobatix edit acrobatix is a rendering and animation system that enables a high fidelity representation of animated characters and items on low end non hardware accelerated user platforms like flash mobile devices and netbooks . the system is optimized for item based economies and enables a swift pipeline with a lean distribution system that is highly cost efficient . one of the major benefits of acrobatix is the use of motion capture data for ultra high resolution characters . awards edit 2013 webby best social game on tablet and other devices 1 2013 webby people s voice award 1 2013 variety best entertainment ip based mobile game 21 2012 forbes top 10 tech company in israel 22 references edit a b c webby awards . may 21 2013 . 1 gamasutra . february 14 2012 a b 2 venturebeat . may 31 2016 . a b 3 venturebeat . february 10 2011 . 4 pr newswire . november 21 2011 . 5 business wire . february 1 2012 . cult of mac . february 13 2013 . 6 ad week . january 15 2015 . 7 adweek . january 6 2015 . 8 adweek . december 22 2014 . 9 appadvice . january 15 2015 . 10 the league official facebook page . september 18 2014 . 11 inside social games . february 1 2012 . 12 games.com . march 28 2012 . 13 slidetoplay.com . september 18 2012 . 14 the hunger games adventures official blog . october 18 2013 15 hollywood reporter . november 21 2011 16 aol games.com . may 2 2011 17 gamasutra . february 10 2011 18 variety . february 10 2011 . 2013 variety best entertainment ip based mobile game forbes top 10 tech company in israel external links edit ftx games site funtactix corporate site the hunger games adventures game site mission impossible the game site rango the world game site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title funtactix & oldid 742545949 categories video game development companiesmultiplayer online gamesinternet companies of israelhidden categories articles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search 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