Luxoflux Corp. was an American

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founded by Peter Morawiec and Adrian Stephens in January 1997, and based in

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History

Luxoflux was founded in January 1997 by former

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developers Adrian Stephens and Peter Morawiec, both of whom had left Sega after STI was closed the previous month. Originally, the studio's name was planned to be Alpha Channel, until that name was discovered to already have been in use. The name "Luxoflux" was conceived from a mixture of syllables, and was selected as it meant "movement of light". Luxoflux had a relatively small-sized development team for its first few titles. The two founders were joined by Jeremy Engelman, David Goodrich and Edvard Toth, and released their first title ''

Vigilante 8 ''Vigilante 8'' is a 1998 vehicular combat game developed by Luxoflux and published by Activision for PlayStation (console), PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Color. Although officially it has no connection to Activision's ''Interstate '76'' ...

'' to great success. The game was ported to the

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, and was followed by the sequel '' Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense'' in 1999. In October 2002,

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announced it had purchased Luxoflux for an undisclosed price. At the time, the studio was working on '' True Crime: Streets of LA''. The studio delivered the game and its sequel, '' True Crime: New York City'', before working on licensed titles ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''. On February 11, 2010, Activision announced it had shut down Luxoflux,

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and Underground Development as part of a widespread staff reduction.

Games

Cancelled

''King'' (2003)

Isopod Labs

After leaving Luxoflux, Morawiec and Stephens founded Isopod Labs in January 2007 and announced '' Vigilante 8 Arcade'', released on

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in November 2008.

Games

*'' Vigilante 8 Arcade'' *'' Jimmie Johnson's Anything with an Engine'' *''Keep Off My Hill''

References

External links

Archived Luxoflux pageIsopod Labs page
Defunct Activision subsidiaries Companies based in Santa Monica, California Video game companies established in 1997 Video game companies disestablished in 2010 Defunct video game companies of the United States Former Vivendi subsidiaries 1997 establishments in California 2010 disestablishments in California Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles {{Activision-stub