Insomniac Games, Inc.

Overview

Insomniac Games is an independent game development studio based in Burbank, California (USA) and founded in 1994. Prior to starting Insomniac Games, CEO/President Ted Price spent a few years as controller of a start-up medical company. Together with the two programmers Alexander Hastings and Brian Hastings the studio's first title was released in 1996: Disruptor.

All of Insomniac Games’ titles have been developed exclusively for the PlayStation platforms, with franchises such as Ratchet & Clank, Resistance and the first three Spyro the Dragon games.

Insomniac Games first received worldwide attention upon releasing Spyro the Dragon in 1998. Together with the follow-up titles Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (1999) and Spyro: Year of the Dragon (2000), more than 12 million units were sold globally.

In June 2008, the company announced plans to open a new studio in North Carolina by January 2009.

Trivia

Before shipping its first game, Insomniac used different names before settling on the current one. They previously used Planet X Software, Outzone Software and Xtreme Software to refer to the studio.

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• Insomniac Games, Inc. -- The Official homepage

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