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NinjaBee Games
Wahoo Studios is a computer and video game development company based in Orem, Utah. Founded in 2001, the company largely serves as consultants or on a contract basis working with larger gaming companies such as Electronic Arts and Microsoft. Historically, the development house has mostly been responsible for console games. When developing original titles using internal capital, Wahoo Studios is recognized as NinjaBee. Since the release of the Xbox 360, the developer has supported Xbox Live Arcade with multiple releases, including ''A Kingdom for Keflings'' and '' A World of Keflings''. Events / History Wahoo Studios owes its roots to another Utah-based video game developer, Saffire. As Saffire encountered difficulties in 2001, Steve Taylor, the founder and president of Wahoo Studios, as well as a number of other employees, left to find more stable employment elsewhere. In 2004, Wahoo Studios introduced the brand name NinjaBee for use in developing self-funded games, reserving th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private 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] |
XS Games
XS Games, LLC was a New York-based publisher of value-priced video games, operating in North America and Europe, that released titles on numerous different consoles as well as one title on the iPhone. The company is still listed as operating and recently, as a division of LLC, but has not released any new titles since 2011. In addition, their corporate headquarters is now listed as a residential address and their web site has displayed a basic coming soon page since 2022. It is unclear what the company's future is. Publications Sony PlayStation games * Hugo: The Evil Mirror * Jigsaw Madness(a.k.a. Jigsaw Island: Japan Graffiti) * Mobile Light Force (a.k.a. Gunbird) * Monster Bass! *Sol Divide * Sorcerers Maze (a.k.a. Prism Land) * Superstar Dance Club #1 Hitz * Virtual Pool 3 * XS Airboat Racing * XS Junior League Football *XS Junior League Dodgeball *XS Junior League Soccer * XS Moto Sony PlayStation 2 games * Castle Shikigami 2 *Digital Hitz Factory *DT Racer *Mobile Light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Infinity (video Game)
''Disney Infinity'' (sometimes also referred to as ''Disney Infinity 1.0'' to differentiate it from later games) is a toys-to-life action-adventure sandbox video game developed by Avalanche Software and published by Disney Interactive Studios. It was announced on January 15, 2013. The game used collectible figurines that were then synchronized with the game, unlocking characters from Disney and Pixar properties that interact and go on adventures. The game was released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo 3DS in August 2013. A PC version of Toy Box was also released on November 14, 2013. The game had a budget approaching $100 million. A sequel, '' Disney Infinity 2.0'', was released on September 23, 2014. The third edition, ''Disney Infinity 3.0'', was released on August 30, 2015, and introduced support for the Apple TV. This game was also later released on Microsoft Windows in 2013. Gameplay ''Disney Infinity'' is an action-adventure game with physical toys, open-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windows Phone
Windows Phone (WP) is a discontinued family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile and Zune. Windows Phone featured a new user interface derived from the Metro design language. Unlike Windows Mobile, it was primarily aimed at the consumer market rather than the enterprise market. It was first launched in October 2010 with Windows Phone 7. Windows Phone 8 succeeded it in 2012, replacing the Windows CE-based kernel of Windows Phone 7 with the Windows NT kernel used by the PC versions of Windows (and, in particular, a large amount of internal components from Windows 8). Due to these changes, the OS was incompatible with all existing Windows Phone 7 devices, although it still supported apps originally developed for Windows Phone 7. In 2014, Microsoft released the Windows Phone 8.1 update, which introduced the Cortana virtual assistant, and Windows Runtime platform support to create cross-platform apps betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daybreak Game Company
Daybreak Game Company LLC is an American video game developer based in San Diego. The company was founded in December 1997 as Sony Online Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment, but was spun off to an independent investor in February 2015 and renamed Daybreak Game Company. On December 1, 2020, Daybreak Game Company entered into an agreement to be acquired by Enad Global 7. They are known for owning, maintaining, and creating additional content for the games ''EverQuest'', ''EverQuest II'', ''The Matrix Online'', ''PlanetSide'', ''Star Wars Galaxies'', ''Clone Wars Adventures'', ''Free Realms'', ''Vanguard: Saga of Heroes'', ''DC Universe Online'', ''PlanetSide 2'', ''H1Z1: Just Survive'', and ''H1Z1: King of the Kill'', along with more recent acquisitions ''Dungeons and Dragons Online'', ''Magic: The Gathering Online'' and ''Lord of the Rings Online''. History Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (1997–2005) Sony Online Entertainment began with Sony Interactive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November 17, 2006, in North America, and March 23, 2007, in Europe and Australia. The PlayStation 3 competed primarily against Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. The console was first officially announced at E3 2005, and was released at the end of 2006. It was the first console to use Blu-ray Disk technology as its primary storage medium. The console was the first PlayStation to integrate social gaming services, including the PlayStation Network, as well as the first to be controllable from a handheld console, through its remote connectivity with PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita. In September 2009, the ''Slim'' model of the PlayStation 3 was rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akimi Village
''Akimi Village'' is an adventure building simulator video game developed by NinjaBee in 2011 for the PlayStation 3 Network. Plot The game is on a mysterious floating island in the sky where the tiny Akimi villagers are trapped in the tight grip of the Gloom's thick shadow. Players must help the Akimi by putting the villagers to work harvesting and refining resources, unlocking a huge set of blueprints to rebuild their village, spread the light and purify the island from the Gloom's dark power. Reception ''Akimi Village'' received mixed reviews from critics, achieving a Metacritic score of 69 out of 100. Maurice Tan of ''Destructoid'' gave a positive review of the game, describing it as "a fantastic little game" and comparing it favourably to Ninjabee's previous games, ''A Kingdom for Keflings'' and '' A World for Keflings''. Tan also noted that the game's mechanics subtly portrayed the player character as a "slaver overlord". Tim Leigh, writing in ''Console Monster'', also ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancients Of Ooga
''Ancients of Ooga'' is a 2.5D puzzle-platform game developed by NinjaBee and Bacon Wrapped Games for the Xbox Live Arcade. It was released on June 30, 2010 for Xbox Live and on May 20, 2011 for Windows. Plot The story follows the Spirit of Ooga in the quest to help the Oogians exact revenge on the Boolis, after they tricked them into thinking their chiefs were evil, leading the Boolis to burn them. Gameplay ''Ancient of Ooga'' is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer where the player controls the Spirit, who can possess the other Oogians. Oogians are separated into tribes, each with different abilities, with the chief of each tribe having enhanced versions of those abilities. In addition to these special abilities, all Oogians have the ability to swallow and vomit certain objects on the ground. This can be useful as when you are holding an item, you cannot climb a ladder, and cannot hold another item, but you can hold an item in your hands and in your stomach simultaneously, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boingz
''Boingz'' is a Wii game developed by NinjaBee and published by RealNetworks that was released on November 24, 2008. It costs 1000 Wii Points. Overview ''Boingz'' sees the player trying to help creatures lost on an alien world by helping them find the magical gates that will take them home. The game features 30 side scrolling levels. Using the Wii Remote, the players is able to flick around stretchy alien creatures by grabbing their antenna and pulling it in an opposite direction to launch them around the platforms. Around the level are additional creatures to flick around and use to solve puzzles. The player can also stretch the creature out and attach a thumbtack to their antenna to attach objects to them in order to pick up items and to pull down weights to open doors to other areas. However, the player will also have to find and collect Twinklies to power-up their creatures' elastic-power. Reception IGN ''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xbox Game Studios
Xbox Game Studios (previously known as Microsoft Studios, Microsoft Game Studios, and Microsoft Games) is an American video game publisher and part of the Microsoft Gaming division based in Redmond, Washington. It was established in March 2000, spun out from an internal Games Group, for the development and publishing of video games for Microsoft Windows. It has since expanded to include games and other interactive entertainment for the namesake Xbox platforms, Windows Mobile and other mobile platforms, and web-based portals. History As Microsoft Games and Microsoft Game Studios (2000–2011) In the early 1990s, Microsoft published a few video games. It published subLOGIC's ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' and several Microsoft Entertainment Pack compilations of minigames, but was best known for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. In 1992, the company began increasing its focus on games. It announced ''Microsoft Golf'' for Windows, based on Access Software's '' Links'', and expand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Band Of Bugs
''Band of Bugs'' is a turn-based tactics video game developed by NinjaBee. The game includes a level editor, leaderboards, Xbox Live Vision camera support, and multiplayer gameplay. It was released for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade on June 20, 2007. On December 3, 2007, a Microsoft Windows version was released. ''Band of Bugs'' is also available on Xbox One through the Backward Compatibility program. Gameplay The game is focused on turn-based tactical battles between groups of anthropomorphic bugs, with each player controlling a number of individual bugs. The game includes a variety of different bug types (as units), each serving in a different combat role (e.g., heavy infantry, archer, support, etc.). As the title is intended to appeal to casual gamers (among others), turns are relatively quick and combats are small in scale. In contrast to many turn-based games where either an entire side moves at once or individuals move according to some initiative value, units in ''Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloning Clyde
Cloning Clyde is a side-scrolling platform game developed by NinjaBee and released on July 19, 2006 for the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade and March 15, 2011 for Microsoft Windows. A group of identical clones all known as "Clyde" work together to try to escape the laboratory in which they are trapped. In 2022, the game was made backwards compatible on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Plot Clyde is an unintelligent character who willingly signs up for genetic experiments to be carried out on him for $20. Due to a malfunction in a cloning machine, Clyde is cloned hundreds of times. The facility goes into lock-down in order to prevent him from escaping. Clyde must gather together his clones and work with them to fight their way out of the laboratory. Gameplay ''Cloning Clyde'' is a side-scrolling platform game. The player has the ability to switch between multiple Clyde clones at any time in order to progress/solve increasingly complex puzzles. The puzzles mainly involve dropping roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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