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'''In-Fusio''' was a French video game developer and publisher that specialized in mobile games. They published ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Mobile]]'' and developed ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Missions]]'' on behalf of [[Rare Ltd.]] and [[Microsoft]].

Originally founded in 1998 by Gilles Raymond, In-Fusio was an early developer in the mobile market, with their first title being ''007 Ice Racer'' in 2003. They would eventually grow to be the largest mobile developer in Europe during their peak, realesing 25 games in 2003 and 26 games in 2004. The company's portfolio includes licensed applications based on Microsoft's Halo franchise, games based on Microsoft's Age of Empires, Midtown Madness and Zoo Tycoon, Neopets, Twentieth Century Fox's I-Robot and Die Hard, Canal Studio Images The Terminator, Suzuki, Etch-A-Sketch, Golden Tee, and original titles such as the award winning Shado Fighter and the IF Racing series.<ref>https://www.insightpartners.com/portfolio/in-fusio</ref> They would also make downgraded ports of [[Game Boy Advance]] titles, including several Rare games. Microsoft allowed this because they had no equivalent in the mobile market and wanted to test the waters to see if mobile games were viable at the time.  

In-Fusio would eventually run into financial trouble, with the mobile market growing to the point of major studios taking notice. No longer wanting to outsource development of their games, these studios would establish in house developers dedicated to mobile games. This meant less and less contracts for studios like In-Fusio, and the studio's parent company, Zenops, would go into compulsory liquidation on July 29, 2009 when it could no longer sustain itself.