Sarbakan is a Canadian video game studio based in
Quebec City
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,
Quebec
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. Ten years after its foundation in 1998 by Guy Boucher, Sarbakan had delivered over 600 games, mostly web-based, and started shifting its focus from flash game development to console digital download gaming.
In 2010, Sarbakan began collaborating with
Disney Interactive Studios
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and other studios to make games for
iOS
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and
Android platforms.
Where's My Water
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won multiple awards including 'Game of the Year' by Pocket Gamer., and in 2012 the iPhone "Apple Design Award" during
WWDC
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. In 2013 the company would be acquired by Adrenaline Amusements,
but was later split off in 2016 and acquired by Japanese holding company YE&U Corporation the following year.
Games developed & co-developed
2012-2016
2011
: Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty (iOS/Android)
: Scene It? - Movie Night (XBLA/PSN)
: iCarly: iSock it to 'Em (iOS)
: Johnny Test (Nintendo DS)
: Dora's Creativity Center (iOS)
2010
:
Wizards of Waverly Place: Spellbound (Nintendo DS)
: Little Noir Stories – The Case of the Missing Girl (Downloadable)
:
Lazy Raiders (XBLA)
2009
: Wedding Dash: Ready, Aim, Love! (Downloadable): Star Fever Agency (Social MMO)
: Dora's Lost and Found Adventure (Downloadable)
: Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey (Nintendo DS)
2008
: The Game of Life – Path to Success (Downloadable)
: The Game of Life – Classic (Downloadable)
: Monopoly – SpongeBob SquarePants Edition (Downloadable)
: The Game of Life – SpongeBob SquarePants Edition (Downloadable/Retail)
: Wedding Dash 2 – Rings Around the World (Downloadable/Retail)
: Fitness Dash (Downloadable)
: School House Shuffle (Downloadable)
: Wordmaster (Nintendo DS)
: Horseland (Nintendo DS)
: Huru Humi – Huru High (Online community)
: Slimeball Multiplayer (Downloadable)
: Scrabble (Downloadable)
: Yahtzee Texas Hold’em (Downloadable)
: NightMares the Adventures (Online)
: Mickey and Friends in Pillow Fight! (Online)
2005
: Operation Victory (Downloadable)
2004
: FireChild (Online)
2002
: Houdini: Master of the Extraordinary (Online)
2001
: Steppenwolf: The X-Creatures Project (Online episodic game – 24 episodes)
1999
: Good Night Mr. Snoozleberg (Online episodic game – 8 episodes)
: Arcane – Online Mystery Serial (Online episodic game – 12 episodes)
References
External links
Official website{{Authority control
Video game development companies
Video game companies established in 1998
1998 establishments in Quebec
Companies based in Quebec City
Video game companies of Canada