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Firebrand Games
Firebrand Games Limited is a British video game developer based in Glasgow, Scotland. The company was founded by chief executive officer Mark Greenshields in 2006 and has operated a second office in Merritt Island, Florida, since September 2007. History Firebrand Games was founded by Mark Greenshields in 2006, after his previous venture, DC Studios, closed its operations in the United Kingdom earlier that year. He became the new company's chief executive officer. In September 2007, the company announced the opening a second office in Merritt Island, Florida. This office replaced DC Studios' only remaining studio, which was based in Montreal. In September 2009, Firebrand Games' headquarters were moved into new, larger office spaces within Glasgow. By August 2010, primarily due to the cost of doing business in Scotland, the Meritt Island office had grown larger in headcount than the Glasgow headquarters. Firebrand Games has primarily worked on Nintendo DS versions of third-part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. 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 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Network Racing
''Cartoon Network Racing'' is a racing video game developed by Eutechnyx for PlayStation 2 and Firebrand Games for Nintendo DS, published by Danish video game developer The Game Factory, and released on December 4, 2006, in North America, and on February 9, 2007, in Europe. The gameplay is similar to Nintendo's 2003 game '' Mario Kart: Double Dash'', but the characters and racetracks are all from 6 of Cartoon Network's original animated television series: ''Courage the Cowardly Dog'', ''Cow and Chicken'', '' Dexter's Laboratory'', ''I Am Weasel'', ''Johnny Bravo'', and ''The Powerpuff Girls''. Gameplay There are two characters the player must choose: a driver, who drives a go-kart, and a co-driver, who uses all weapons and has two "toon powers". There are tournaments which players must race a series of races and win with the most points. Battle modes in arenas let two teams battle in different modes, and Cartoon Eliminators are endurance races where last kart in each lap is elimin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted the designers and programmers responsible for its games as "software artists." EA published numerous games and some productivity software for personal computers, all of which were developed by external individuals or groups until 1987's ''Skate or Die!''. The company shifted toward internal game studios, often through acquisitions, such as Distinctive Software becoming EA Canada in 1991. Currently, EA develops and publishes games of established franchises, including ''Battlefield'', ''Need for Speed'', ''The Sims'', ''Medal of Honor'', ''Command & Conquer'', ''Dead Space'', ''Mass Effect'', ''Dragon Age'', ''Army of Two'', ''Apex Legends'', and '' Star Wars'', as well as the EA Sports titles '' FIFA'', ''Madden NFL'', ''NBA Live'', ''NHL'', an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undercover
To go "undercover" (that is, to go on an undercover operation) is to avoid detection by the object of one's observation, and especially to disguise one's own identity (or use an assumed identity) for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization in order to learn or confirm confidential information, or to gain the trust of targeted individuals to gather information or evidence. Undercover operations are traditionally employed by law enforcement agencies and private investigators; those in such roles are commonly referred to as undercover agents History Law enforcement has carried out undercover work in a variety of ways throughout the course of history, but Eugène François Vidocq (1775–1857) developed the first organized (though informal) undercover program in France in the early 19th century, from the late First Empire through most of the Bourbon Restoration period of 1814 to 1830. At the end of 1811 Vidocq set up an informal plainclothes unit, the ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlus USA
Atlus West, formerly known as Atlus U.S.A., Inc., is the North American publishing branch of Japanese video game company Atlus, primarily known for localizing games for both them and other third-party developers. Its first original role-playing game was '' Revelations: Persona'' on the PlayStation, described by staff as an attempt to break into the Western role-playing game market and establish the company's ''Megami Tensei'' franchise through its ''Persona'' sub-series. The company was officially founded in 1991 as a North American publishing branch for Atlus to break into the role-playing video game market at the time. In November 2013, Atlus USA was restructured to be governed under Sega of America after Sega Sammy acquired their parent company through Index Corporation. Despite the publishing divisions merging, Sega and Atlus continued to operate as separate entities, with all existing Atlus franchises remaining under their pre-established Atlus brand. Atlus West is not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Focus Home Interactive
Focus Entertainment (formerly Focus Home Interactive) is a French video game developer and publisher based in Paris, France. Founded in 1996, Focus has published and distributed original titles such as ''Sherlock Holmes'', ''TrackMania'', '' Runaway'', and sports games like ''Cycling Manager'' and ''Virtual Skipper''. History On 25 June 2010, it was announced that Focus had acquired the '' Cities XL'' franchise from now defunct Monte Cristo. In 2012, Focus began working with Giants Software, creator of ''Farming Simulator''. In April 2018, then-CEO Cédric Lagarrigue left the company after 20 years. In June 2020, the company acquired Deck13 for €7.1 million. In April 2021, Focus also acquired Streum On Studio. In August 2021, the company acquired Dotemu Dotemu SAS (originally DotEmu SAS) is a French video game developer and publisher based in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, founded in 2007 by Xavier Liard and Romain Tisserand. History Dotemu was founded by X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TrackMania DS
''TrackMania DS'' is a racing video game developed by Firebrand Games. It was published by Focus Home Interactive in Europe and released for the Nintendo DS on November 14, 2008, and in the United States by Atlus on March 17, 2009. The game received generally favorable reviews from critics. Gameplay ''TrackMania DS'' features gameplay similar to that of the other titles in the TrackMania series and also features a comprehensive track editor. It supports single-player and multiplayer play and contains more than 100 tracks and three game modes ("Race", "Platform" and "Puzzle"). Of the seven environments available in the PC version only three are featured in the DS version: "Rally", "Desert" and "Stadium". With ''TrackMania DS'', players can share tracks with other game owners, but there is no online connectivity. Reception The game received an aggregate score of 75/100 on Metacritic Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grid
Grid, The Grid, or GRID may refer to: Common usage * Cattle grid or stock grid, a type of obstacle is used to prevent livestock from crossing the road * Grid reference, used to define a location on a map Arts, entertainment, and media * News grid, used in communications/public relations Fictional entities * Grid (comics), a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe * Grid (Jotun), Gríðr, a giantess in Norse mythology * The grid, the virtual environment of the game ''Second Life'' * ''The Grid'', the computerized virtual world in which the Tron franchise exists Games and gaming * Nvidia GRID, a cloud gaming platform for Nvidia Tegra products * ''Power Grid'', the English-language edition of the multiplayer German-style board game ''Funkenschlag'' * Grid (series), a series of racing video games developed by Codemasters * Spooks 3 Games - ''The Grid'', a video game based on the television show ''Spooks'' * ''The Grid'' (video game), a 2001 third-person shooter Music * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
System 3 (company)
System 3 Software Limited (known as System 3 Software Ltd. until 1991 and Studio 3 Interactive Entertainment Ltd. from 1999 to 2003) is a British independent video game developer and publisher founded in 1982 by Mark Cale. They created such games as ''The Last Ninja'', '' Myth: History in the Making'', ''International Karate'', ''Putty'', '' Constructor'' and its 1999 sequel '' Street Wars: Constructor Underworld'' (also known as ''Mob Rule'') as well as dozens of other games. Studio 3 was the internal development arm of System 3. Games Games developed Games published References External links *System 3 Software Limitedat MobyGames MobyGames is a commercial website that catalogs information on video games and the people and companies behind them via crowdsourcing. This includes nearly 300,000 games for hundreds of platforms. The site is supported by banner ads and a small ... Video game companies of the United Kingdom Video game development companies V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trofeo Pirelli
The Pirelli Cup was an annual friendly football tournament sponsored by the Pirelli Tyre company. The competition was started in 1996 as a single 90-minute friendly match between Pirelli-sponsored Internazionale and another invited team. Since 1996, 14 editions of the one-match tournament have been held. The latest edition of the competition was held in 2010 in Baltimore, featuring Inter Milan and Manchester City. The match ended 3–0 as Inter won the trophy. Winners List of finals Titles by club Participation by club Below is the participation by club listed, grouped by country. Top goalscorers See also *TIM Trophy The TIM Trophy is a football pre-season tournament that was firstly contested in August 2001. It is not sanctioned or recognized by official football bodies since the gameplay rules do not correspond to IFAB/FIFA laws of football. For the first twe ... References {{International Friendly Football Tournaments in Italy Italian football friendly trophies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codemasters
The Codemasters Software Company Limited (trade name: Codemasters) is a British video game developer based in Southam, England, which is a subsidiary of American corporation Electronic Arts. Founded by brothers Richard and David Darling in October 1986, Codemasters is one of the oldest British game studios, and in 2005 was named the best independent video game developer by magazine ''Develop''. Codemasters Group Holdings plc was the holding company of Codemasters, which was publicly traded and owned Codemasters until being purchased by EA in 2021 for $1.2 billion. History Background While attending school in Vancouver, Richard Darling and his elder brother, David Darling, had learned programming with punch cards and had access to the school's computer room outside of hours through one of the school's janitors. Additionally, on weekends, they were allowed to use the Commodore PET computer owned by their father, James, to create a text version of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Create & Race
To create is to make a new person, place, thing, or phenomenon. The term and its variants may also refer to: * Creativity, phenomenon whereby something new and valuable is created Art, entertainment, and media * Create (TV network), an American public television network consisting of lifestyle and human interest programming from the libraries of PBS and American Public Television * ''Create'' (video game), a 2010 video game published by EA Brands and enterprises * Create (nightclub), an entertainment venue in Los Angeles Computing and technology * Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program, a proposed improvement to the rail lines in the Chicago area * Create, read, update and delete, create is one of the four basic functions of persistent storage identified in the acronym CRUD ** CREATE (SQL), a statement in SQL * iRobot Create, a hobbyist robot based on the iRobot Roomba platform Organizations and programs * Create Project, a web-based community fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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