Vyk Games, Inc.

Moby ID: 12557

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  • Vykarian, Inc. (from 2006 to 2008-09-24)

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Vyk Games, Inc., formerly known as Vykarian, was a video game art, design and development studio headquartered in Shanghai, China, with regional offices in Nanjing, China, and Portland, Oregon. The company was founded in 2006 by Xin Chung, American McGee and Wu Dong Hao, and Matt Orlich as a founding partner. Services include 2D/3D art, concepts & design, modeling, texture UV, rigging and weighting, level design, virtual world building, and full game development. The company assisted Spicy Horse with the artwork and animation in the Grimm series. Other partners include Activision, EA, Eidos, Disney, Vivendi, Turbine, Foundation 9, THQ, Sony Online Entertainment, SEGA, and Gearbox.

In September 2008 Vyk Games announced to launch a full casual game development team, mostly to co-develop titles with Games2Win.

In February 2009 the company merged with Digini to form Blade Games World.

Credited on 17 Games from 2007 to 2009

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009 on Windows, Xbox 360, Macintosh...)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009 on PSP)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Ultimate Edition (2009 on PlayStation 3)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (2008 on Windows, Xbox 360, Macintosh...)
Fracture (2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
American McGee's Grimm: Beauty and the Beast (2008 on Windows)
American McGee's Grimm: The Devil and His Three Golden Hairs (2008 on Windows)
American McGee's Grimm: Godfather Death (2008 on Windows)
American McGee's Grimm: The Girl Without Hands (2008 on Windows)
American McGee's Grimm: Puss In Boots (2008 on Windows)
American McGee's Grimm: The Fisherman and His Wife (2008 on Windows)
Space Siege (2008 on Windows)
American McGee's Grimm: Little Red Riding Hood (2008 on Windows)
American McGee's Grimm: A Boy Learns What Fear Is (2008 on Windows)
Silent Hill: 0rigins (2007 on PlayStation 2, PSP)
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (2007 on Windows, OnLive)
Stuntman: Ignition (2007 on PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...)

History +

February 2009

The company merges with Digini to form Blade Games World.

September 28, 2008

The company announces to deploy a casual development team.

September 24, 2008

The company changes its name to Vyk Games, Inc.

July 15, 2006

Company founded as Vykarian.

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The company website was formerly located at www.vykarian.com

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