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Arkedo Studio was a French independent
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, founded in
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
by Camille Guermonprez and Aurélien Régard. The company released their first game, '' Nervous Brickdown'' for the
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, in
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
. They followed that game with
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
's '' Big Bang Mini''—also for DS, and then later ''OMG: Our Manic Game'' for
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. The company's founding goal was to be "as small as possible", while still creating "'real' games – in boxes, with a manual". The company's owners have sought to retain the rights to their
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; as of January 2010, they continue to hold them all. On February 23, 2013, it was announced that the studio was shutting down.


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