Infinity Plus Two, previously Infinite Interactive, is a

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with headquarters in St Kilda,

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History

The company was founded by

Steve Fawkner Steve Fawkner is an Australian video game designer, programmer, and composer. He created the ''Warlords'' game series, first released in 1989, and the '' Puzzle Quest'' series which began in 2007. Career In 2003, after a long alliance with S ...

in 1989. After a long alliance with SSG, resulting in the development of the ''

Warlords Warlords are individuals who exercise military, economic, and political control over a region, often one without a strong central or national government, typically through informal control over local armed forces. Warlords have existed throug ...

'' series of games, Steve moved on to make Infinite totally independent in 2003. Infinite Interactive was one of the first developers to port a full custom game engine to the iPhone in 2009. However due to Publisher issues it was not until much later that any properties were released on the iOS platform. In 2011, the company was acquired by fellow Australian developers Firemint, creators of ''

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'' and ''

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'' - however, in late 2012 Infinite Interactive announced their return as an independent developer. Infinite has continued to produce ''Warlords'' games ('' Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria'' and ''

Warlords Battlecry III ''Warlords Battlecry III'' is a real-time strategy game developed by Infinite Interactive and published in 2004. It is the third installment in the ''Warlords Battlecry'' series and the sequel to ''Warlords Battlecry II''. Gameplay While ''Warlo ...

''), but has recently branched out into the more casual marketplace. They have also released '' Puzzle Quest'' for the

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and PC. ''

Galactrix ''Puzzle Quest: Galactrix'', or ''Galactrix'', is a puzzle video game developed by Infinite Interactive for the PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade, and PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network service. The game offers a full-featured camp ...

'', another match-3-based puzzle game in the '' Puzzle Quest'' series, this time with a science fiction setting and hexagonal tiles. May 2009 saw the release of ''

Puzzle Kingdoms ''Puzzle Kingdoms'' is a puzzle video game developed by Infinite Interactive for PC, Nintendo DS, and Wii. The PC version is available to download online through services such as IGN's Direct2Drive and Steam. Like Infinite Interactive's previous ...

'', a

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iteration of the successful ''Puzzle Quest'' franchise. In September 2012, it was announced that a new game, "heavily inspired by our previous hit game, Puzzle Quest", was in development with a projected release of 2013. The game in question, Gems of War, a free-to-play roleplaying puzzle game similar to their previous titles, was launched on November 19, 2014. In 2019 the company rebranded itself as Infinity Plus Two. The company was acquired by

505 Games 505 Games S.p.A. is an Italian video game publisher based in Milan. It was founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of Milan-based Digital Bros. History 505 Games was founded in 2006 in Milan as a subsidiary of Digital Bros. The company found its earl ...

in January 2021.

Games

* '' Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria'' * ''

'' * '' Puzzle Quest'' (series) ** '' Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords'' ** ''

Puzzle Quest 2 ''Puzzle Quest 2'' is a video game developed by Infinite Interactive for the Nintendo DS, Xbox Live Arcade, iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7, and Microsoft Windows. It was released on June 22, 2010, by D3 Publisher. A version for the PlayStation Po ...

'' ** ''Puzzle Quest 3'' ** '' Puzzle Quest: Galactrix'' ** '' Gems of War'' * ''

Neopets Puzzle Adventure ''Neopets Puzzle Adventure'' is a Neopets video game. Published by Capcom, the Nintendo DS version of the game was developed by Griptonite Games and the other two platforms (Wii and PC) were developed by Infinite Interactive. It could best be des ...

'' * ''

'' * ''Puzzle Chronicles'' * ''Tiny Quest''

References

External links

* 505 Games Companies based in Melbourne St Kilda, Victoria Video game companies of Australia Video game development companies Video game companies established in 2003 Australian companies established in 2003 2021 mergers and acquisitions Australian subsidiaries of foreign companies {{Australia-videogame-company-stub