Foundation 9 Entertainment, Inc.
Moby ID: 6240
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Foundation 9 Entertainment is a group of development studios founded through the merger of The Collective, Inc. and Backbone Entertainment on 29th March 2005. Foundation 9's studio are especially focused on handheld games and ports for Microsoft's XBLA platform.
The following studios are, or have been, part of the Foundation 9 group of companies:
- Backbone Entertainment (2005)
- Circle of Confusion (2005)
- The Collective (2005-2007, merged with Shiny Entertainment into Double Helix Games)
- Digital Eclipse Software, Inc. (Backbone Vancouver - 2005)
- ImaginEngine Corp. (2005)
- Pipeworks Software (2005)
- Amaze Entertainment (2006-2009, merged into Griptonite Games)
- Backbone Charlottetown Ltd. (2006-2007, spun off into Other Ocean Interactive Ltd.)
- The Fizz Factor (2006-2009, closed)
- Griptonite (2006)
- Shiny Entertainment (2006-2007, merged with The Collective into Double Helix Games)
- Double Helix Games (2007, formed through the merger of The Collective and Shiny Entertainment)
- Sumo Digital (2007)
- Backbone Emeryville
Credited on 18 Games from 2008 to 2011
| Gremlins: Gizmo (2011 on Nintendo DS) |
| DreamWorks Puss in Boots (2011 on Nintendo DS) |
| Monster High: Ghoul Spirit (2011 on Nintendo DS, Wii) |
| Doctor Who: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (2010 on Windows, Macintosh) |
| Pictionary (2010 on Nintendo DS) |
| Wheel of Fortune (2010 on Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360...) |
| Rock Band 3 (2010 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii) |
| Front Mission Evolved (2010 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) |
| Doctor Who: TARDIS (2010 on Windows, Macintosh) |
| Deadliest Warrior: The Game (2010 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Now) |
| Doctor Who: Blood of the Cybermen (2010 on Windows, Macintosh) |
| Doctor Who: City of the Daleks (2010 on Windows, Macintosh) |
| Dungeon Solitaire (2010 on iPhone) |
| Where the Wild Things Are (2009 on Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3) |
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - The Video Game (2009 on Xbox 360, Wii, OnLive) |
| Ben Stein: It's Trivial (2008 on iPhone) |
| Silent Hill: Homecoming (2008 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...) |
| Diner Dash (2005 on Windows, BREW, J2ME...) |
History +
- August 20, 2007
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The company acquired Sumo Digital Ltd.
- May 2007
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The company spins off its Prince Edward Island, Canada-based studio Backbone Charlottetown. The new entity is from then on known as Other Ocean Interactive; F9E does not retain any interest in the studio.
- November 14, 2006
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The company acquires Amaze Entertainment and all of its studios.
- October 2, 2006
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The company acquires Shiny Entertainment.
- February 6, 2006
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The company opens a new studio in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada: Backbone Charlottetown.
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Trivia +
Company location and contact information (Jan. 2008):
Foundation 9
17600 Gillette Ave.
Irvine, California 92614
Company phone: 949.698.1500
Related Web Sites +
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Foundation 9 Entertainment, Inc.
official site
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 4 games with Sumo Digital Ltd (Sheffield)
- 4 games with ImaginEngine
- 4 games with Igloo Digital Arts Ltd.
- 4 games with Bang Post Production Ltd
- 4 games with British Broadcasting Corporation
- 4 games with Griptonite, Inc.
- 4 games with THQ Inc.
- 3 games with Babel Media Ltd.
- 3 games with House of Moves, Inc.
- 3 games with Pipeworks, Inc.
- 12 games with Jack Brummet
- 11 games with Edwin Maynard
- 11 games with Jeff Clinton
- 11 games with Bill Schneider
- 9 games with Alan Heller
- 7 games with Teresa Thiessen
- 6 games with David Mann
- 6 games with Keith Miyahara
- 5 games with James North-Hearn
- 5 games with Steven Kovensky
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