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-Naughty-
Offices: Santa Ana, California
Naughty Dog was founded in 1986 by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin, they were
only 16 at the time. The company started as JAM software. The first game
Jam Software sold was Ski Crazed, an Apple II video game. It took two years,
16-18 hours a day, to create the first Crash Bandicoot. Due to a “quirk”
in the PlayStation developers contract, Naughty Dog managed to keep Crash
secret until just before E3, 1996. At that point, Sony insisted that they
see the game.
Offices: Louisville, Colorado
NetDevil was founded in 1997 as an independently owned and operated game
development company dedicated to the construction of massively multiplayer
universes. NetDevil is committed to creating immersive, interactive virtual
worlds in unique settings outside the typical fantasy genre. NetDevil has
steadily grown from 3 part-timers to over 40 full time developers. At NetDevil
they love exploring worlds, different from the everyday world they are used
to... a passion they carry into their game world designs.
Offices: Los Angeles, California & Moscow, Russia
Nival Interactive is an international game developer of high quality computer,
video and mobile games for consumers, and a proven development and asset
outsourcing partner that combines US-based creative and management resources
with Eastern European-based development talent to deliver superior games
in a low-cost, effective manner. Nival was founded by Sergey Orlovskiy in
1996, and over the past nine years the company has developed 15 internationally
successful PC games, including Blitzkrieg, Etherlords, Rage of Mages, Silent
Storm, and Night Watch. Many of the company's titles are critically acclaimed
and have been awarded “Game of the Year” and “Game of the Month” honors.
Offices: Calabasas, California & London, England
Founded in 1985, NovaLogic is a developer and global publisher of games
for the PC, PlayStation® game console and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment
system and Xbox™ video game system. Key game franchises include Delta Force®,
Delta Force® - Black Hawk Down®, Joint Operations ™, Comanche® and F-22
Lightning®. The name NovaLogic, meaning New Logic, represents a vision of
designing and developing games from a new perspective.
Offices: Reunion island, France
NP Cube was founded in August 2002 by a group of veterans of the game, telecommunications
and internet provider industries. The members of the management team have
previously been involved with four successful start-up companies. The company's
employees are a tight knit team who have extensive backgrounds of working
together at previous companies and projects. NP Cube's core strengths include
the thorough know-how of real-time 3D graphics technologies, optimizing
for the hardware configurations of new generation game platforms and the
development of high quality games.-Obsidian-
Offices: Santa Ana, California
Obsidian Entertainment is an entertainment software development company
passionately dedicated to making high quality, next generation games for
PC and console systems. Obsidian Entertainment was founded in 2003 by five
game development veterans who've produced, programmed, and/or designed award-winning
role playing games for the PC, Xbox and PlayStation®2 systems. Many of Obsidian's
talented employees have worked on award winning products for companies such
as Black Isle Studios, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Neversoft,
and others.
Offices: San Luis Obispo, California
Formed in 1994 by special effects and computer animation veterans Sherry
McKenna and Lorne Lanning, Oddworld Inhabitants is dedicated to creating
the next generation of interactive entertainment. Beginning with its debut
products, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee® and Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus®, Oddworld
mixed a potent brew of Hollywood artistry with rock solid gameplay to produce
experiences rich in emotionality, empathy and entertainment value. Combined
sales of the company's first products are in excess of three million units
and climbing.
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