Infospace Games - IOMO studio
Moby ID: 6230
- IOMO (from 2000-04 to 2004-12-01)
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In April 2000 IOMO was founded as a European mobile game development and publishing studio by John Chasey and Glenn Broadway. Originally focusing on WAP and SMS titles, the industry moved on to J2ME and in May 2003 the studio acquired Covert Operations Ltd.
On 1st December 2004 the studio was acquired by InfoSpace and renamed Infospace Games - IOMO studio.
On 27th January 2007 InfoSpace announced that it had sold its own game division and that the IOMO studio would follow. It was closed on 6th August 2007.
The employees moved on to establish different new studios, such as FinBlade, TinRaven and the mobile middleware developer Metismo.
Credited on 13 Games from 2002 to 2008
| Activision Anthology (2008 on J2ME, Palm OS, Windows Mobile) |
| Thief: Deadly Shadows - Episode 2 (2006 on J2ME) |
| Thief: Deadly Shadows - Episode 1 (2005 on J2ME) |
| Pub Pool 3 (2005 on J2ME) |
| Snakes (2005 on N-Gage, Symbian) |
| Colin McRae Rally 2005 (2004 on J2ME) |
| Tomb Raider: Elixir of Life (2004 on J2ME, ExEn) |
| Tomb Raider: Quest for Cinnabar (2004 on J2ME, ExEn) |
| Pub Pool (2003 on J2ME) |
| Tomb Raider: The Osiris Codex (2003 on J2ME, ExEn) |
| Munkiki's Castles (2002 on J2ME) |
| Scooby-Doo! in Jeepers Creepers! (2002 on J2ME) |
| Sky Diver (2002 on J2ME) |
History +
- August 7, 2007
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Infospace closes the studio.
- December 1, 2004
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The IOMO studio is acquired by InfoSpace and renamed Infospace Games - IOMO studio.
- May 27, 2003
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The company acquires game development studio Covert Operations Ltd.
- April 2000
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The company is founded as IOMO.
Related Web Sites +
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Wikipedia: IOMO
article in the open encyclopedia
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 5 games with Square Enix Limited
- 3 games with Nokia Oyj
- 3 games with In-Fusio
- 3 games with BeTomorrow
- 2 games with Eidos Mobile
- 1 game with Handmark, Inc.
- 1 game with dbi Games
- 1 game with Oberon Media (UK) Limited
- 1 game with InfoSpace Mobile U.K. Limited
- 7 games with Chris Lipscombe
- 7 games with Paul Zimmer
- 6 games with Cameron Kerr
- 6 games with Glenn Broadway
- 5 games with Liam Hill
- 5 games with Marco Vernetti
- 5 games with Paul Sheppard
- 5 games with Caroline Simon
- 5 games with Ghulam Khan
- 5 games with Joaquín de Prado García
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