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Beatshapers Games
Beatshapers Ltd. is a Ukrainian video game developer based in Kyiv. It has rebranded and is now known as Fortell Games as of 2022. Fortell Games Fortell Games, Inc. is a Ukrainian-American video game developer based in Kyiv, Ukraine and Santa Monica, CA. It is a spinoff studio of Beatshapers, founded by game industry veteran Alexey Menshikov who previously ran the studio. The company is best known for its unexpected acquisition of the 2012 sandbox game ''Blocksworld'' in 2023 and Mixed Reality Game (now in Beta) Holotanks History Fortell Games, Inc. was filed and created on 24 May 2022 in Wilmington, Delaware. It headquartered in Santa Monica in August that same year. Acquisition of Blocksworld Fortell first made a splash in late 2023 when rumors started circulating among online fan communities that Linden Lab's 2012 sandbox game ''Blocksworld'' had been sold to Fortell Games. The game, originally developed by Swedish company BoldAI AB, had shut down in 2020 after a steady ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in PAL regions on September 1, 2005, and is the first handheld installment in the PlayStation line of consoles. As a Seventh generation of video game consoles, seventh generation console, the PSP competed with the Nintendo DS. Development of the PSP was announced during E3 2003, and the console was unveiled at a Sony press conference on May 11, 2004. The system was the most powerful portable console at the time of its introduction, and was the first viable competitor to Nintendo's handheld consoles after many challengers such as Nokia's N-Gage (device), N-Gage had failed. The PSP's advanced graphics capabilities made it a popular mobile entertainment device, which could connect to the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, any computer with a USB int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game Development Companies
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) systems, which, in turn, were replaced by flat-panel displays of several types. Video systems vary in display resolution, aspect ratio, refresh rate, color capabilities, and other qualities. Analog and digital variants exist and can be carried on a variety of media, including radio broadcasts, magnetic tape, optical discs, computer files, and network streaming. Etymology The word ''video'' comes from the Latin verb ''video,'' meaning to see or ''videre''. And as a noun, "that which is displayed on a (television) screen," History Analog video Video developed from facsimile systems developed in the mid-19th century. Early mechanical video scanners, such as the Nipkow disk, were patented as early as 1884, however, it took sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayFirst
PlayFirst, Inc. is a Delaware based American publisher of casual games founded in 2004 by industry veterans. PlayFirst produced the ''Diner Dash'' series, which won the 2008 Annual Casual Game Awards. and has seen over 550 million downloads. The popularity of ''Diner Dash'' series prompted spin-off series like '' Wedding Dash'' and ''Cooking Dash''. The company’s game portfolio also includes the retro-style strategy-based ''Chocolatier'' series, and the adventure/ hidden object-mixing ''Dream Chronicles'' series. From 2005 to mid-2011, PlayFirst have released 72 casual games for PC and Mac, counting extra 7 Collector's Editions and Strategy Guides, thus they have 79 games in total in their game categories. History 2004–2010: Early days, breakthrough, and maintaining the success of ''Dash'' series PlayFirst’s biggest commercial success was its first game, '' Diner Dash'', which was released for the first time on PC/Mac platforms in late 2004. ''Diner Dash'' was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IndieCade
IndieCade is an international juried festival of independent games. Game types include video games, live-action games, and tabletop games. Independent game developers are selected to demo, screen, and promote their work at the annual IndieCade festival and showcase events.Leigh AlexandeIndieCade Announces Call For Submissions March 7, 2008 Gamasutra/ref> IndieCade also includes a conference track featuring classes, panels, workshops, and keynotes. Since 2020, the annual festival has taken place online under the name IndieCade Anywhere & Everywhere. The IndieCade festival is the only stand-alone festival open to the public in the United States for exclusively independent games. Games are submitted for consideration to the IndieCade festival jury in the early spring and a selection of finalists for the culminating annual IndieCade festival is determined and announced by the fall. Additional games from the pool of IndieCade submissions are showcased at a variety of events each year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Housemarque
Housemarque Oy (or Housemarque Inc.) is a Finnish video game developer based in Helsinki. The company was founded by Ilari Kuittinen and Harri Tikkanen in July 1995, through the merger of their previous video game companies, Bloodhouse and Terramarque, both of which were founded in 1993 as Finland's first commercial developers. Housemarque is the oldest active developer in Finland and has about 110 employees as of 2023. It was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment in June 2021, becoming a part of PlayStation Studios. History Bloodhouse and Terramarque (1993–1994) Bloodhouse and Terramarque were founded in 1993, becoming Finland's first commercial video game developers. Bloodhouse was led by Harri Tikkanen, and released their first game, '' Stardust'' in 1993, with a version updated for the Amiga 1200, titled '' Super Stardust'', released the following year. Terramarque was founded by Ilari Kuittinen and Stavros Fasoulas, and hired Miha Rinne in 1994. Fasoulas, at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alawar
Alawar Entertainment is an international developer and publisher of video games. Founded in Novosibirsk, Russia, it is based in Lewes, Delaware, United States. Its main areas of activity are free-to-play games. The company's games have sold more than 200 million copies. History The company was founded in 1999 by Novosibirsk State University students Alexander Lyskovsky and Sergey Zanin. Game development was the first department of the company. Alawar released two games: ''Puzzle Rally'' and ''Bubble Bobble Nostalgie''. In 2001, the company released ''Magic Ball'', a 3D arkanoid-style game developed by Dream Dale in Irkutsk. ''Magic Ball'' was ported to PlayStation consoles and iOS. In 2006, Alawar became one of the first companies to support SMS payments in Russia for its products. In 2008, the first games in the '' Farm Frenzy'' and ''The Treasures of Montezuma'' franchises were released. In August 2009, Alawar and Oleg Kuvaev signed a cooperation agreement that gave Alawar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jetpack Joyride
''Jetpack Joyride'' is a side-scrolling endless runner action video game created by Halfbrick Studios. It was released for iOS devices on the App Store on September 1, 2011 and has been ported to other systems. It was released online as a Flash version on May 11, 2012; on Android on September 28; on PlayStation Portable (via PlayStation Network, ported by Beatshapers) on November 20 in North America and November 21 in Europe; on BlackBerry PlayBook on December 13, 2012; on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita (via PlayStation Network, ported by Big Ant Studios) on December 21 in Europe and December 31 in North America; on BlackBerry 10 on March 6, 2013; and on Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 on June 5. It was also released on PlayStation 4 on April 26, 2016. A mobile version using the keypad was released in 2021 for KaiOS devices. The game features the same protagonist from ''Age of Zombies'' and '' Monster Dash'', Barry Steakfries, who the player controls as he steals a bullet-power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canabalt
''Canabalt'' is a one-button endless runner designed by Adam Saltsman for the Experimental Gameplay Project in 2009. The 2D side-scrolling video game was originally written as a Adobe Flash, Flash game, then ported to iOS, Android (operating system), Android, PlayStation Portable, Ouya, and HTML5. An authorized version for the Commodore 64 was released on cartridge. ''Canabalt'' has been credited with popularizing the endless runner subgenre. Gameplay The player controls an unnamed man fleeing from an unknown threat. As the game begins, the player character jumps from the window of an office building onto the roof of a neighboring building. He then proceeds to run forward automatically, continually accelerating as he moves. The only control the player has over the character is through a single button, which makes him jump; either from building to building or over obstacles. Missing a jump to another building will cause him to fall to his death, while colliding with a crate or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galcon
''Galcon'' is a series of real-time strategy video games for Android, iPhone, webOS, Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Flash, which were developed by Phil Hassey. It is set in space and involves maneuvering fleets of ships to capture enemy planets. History The ''Galcon'' series was inspired by ''Galactic Conquest'' by Rick Raddatz, a text-based multiplayer computer game released in 1987. This game was based on a game called ''Stellar Invasion'' by Bearbyte Software. ''Galcon Classic'' was released for the desktop in late 2006 for Ludum Dare, a game development contest. It was then developed into a more advanced video game. ''Galcon Classic'' features dozens of single-player game modes and full multiplayer. In July 2008, ''Galcon'' was publicly released on InstantAction, a web browser game platform released by GarageGames. This is the first time ''Galcon'' was released with campaign sort of gameplay. A couple months later, Galcon was released for the iPhone, frequently called '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Age
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere. Ice Age may also refer to: Science * Last Glacial Period, the most recent glacial period (115,000 to 11,700 years ago) * Penultimate Glacial Period, the glacial period that occurred before the Last Glacial Period * Late Cenozoic Ice Age, the geologic period of the last 33.9 million years * Little Ice Age, a period of relative cold in certain regions from roughly 1450–1480 * Pleistocene, a geologic epoch, often colloquially referred to as the "Ice Age", that includes the world's most recent repeated glaciations (2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago) * Plio-Pleistocene, a geological pseudo-period * Quaternary glaciation, the geologic period of the last 2.58 million years Film * ''Ice Age'' (franchise), an American media franchise ** ''Ice Age'' (2002 film), the first film in the franchise ** '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'', a 2006 sequel ** '' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'', a 2009 seque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayStation VR
The PlayStation VR (PS VR) is a virtual reality headset developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, which was released in October 2016. The headset works with the company's PlayStation 4 video game console and is forward compatible with PlayStation 5. Sony released its successor, PlayStation VR2, in 2023, having sold at least 5 million PlayStation VR units worldwide. The PlayStation VR has a 5.7 inch OLED panel, with a display resolution of 1080p. The headset also has a processor box which enables the Social Screen video output to the television, as well as process the 3D audio effect, and uses a 3.5mm headphone jack. The headset also has nine positional LEDs on its surface for the PlayStation Camera to track 360 degree head movement. In certain games and demos for the VR, the player wearing the headset acts separately from other players without the headset. The PlayStation VR system can output a picture to both the PlayStation VR headset and a television simultaneously, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
