Beenox Inc. is a Canadian

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established in 2000 in

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. The studio became a wholly owned subsidiary of

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on May 25, 2005.

History

Between 2003 and 2007, the developer was essentially a

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house. They completed approximately 30 projects for

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and

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. In 2007, they returned to original game development with the console versions of '' Bee Movie Game'', inspired by the

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from

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. As part of Activision's E3 2007 media blitz, it was announced that Beenox was the developer behind the Windows version of Activision's

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game '' Spider-Man: Friend or Foe'', which was released in October 2007. They released the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Windows versions of ''

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'' and the console versions of '' Guitar Hero Smash Hits''. Beenox later developed the

games '' Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions'', '' Spider-Man: Edge of Time'', ''

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,'' and '' The Amazing Spider-Man 2''. After founder Dominique Brown's departure in December 2012, the studio's focus shifted from leading original game development to doing a number of support tasks on

's superbrands '' Skylanders'' and ''

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''. In 2015, Beenox worked in conjunction with Mercenary Technology on bringing '' Call of Duty: Black Ops III'' to

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and

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. In March 2022, Beenox announced that it would open a second office in

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, Quebec, led by Nour Polloni, increasing its staff count by 20%.

Games developed

Ports

Cancelled

*''The Vatz''

References

External links

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