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United Front Games
United Front Games, Inc. was a Canadian video game development studio based in Vancouver. They created titles for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. They are the developers of ''ModNation Racers'' and the critical and commercial success '' Sleeping Dogs'' in addition to collaborating with other studios on projects like ''Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition'' (Crystal Dynamics) and '' Halo: The Master Chief Collection'' (343 Industries). Created in 2007, the studio consisted of former members of EA Black Box, Rockstar Vancouver, Radical Entertainment and Volition, all of which made video games with an open world setting. In 2016, United Front Games officially closed down. History United Front Games was founded in 2007. Its first official title was ''ModNation Racers'', a user-generated content kart racing game, which began production in 2008 and was released in May 2010. In August 2012, they released '' ... [...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] |
The Master Chief Collection
''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'' is a compilation of first-person shooter video games in the ''Halo'' series. The collection was released in November 2014 for the Xbox One, and later ported to Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X/S. The collection was developed by 343 Industries in partnership with other studios and was published by Xbox Game Studios. The collection includes '' Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'', '' Halo 2: Anniversary'', '' Halo 3'', '' Halo 3: ODST'', '' Halo: Reach'', and '' Halo 4''. Each game in ''The Master Chief Collection'' received graphical upgrades. ''Halo 2'' received a high-definition redesign of its video, audio and cutscenes to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The game includes access to the live-action series '' Halo: Nightfall'' as well as the '' Halo 5: Guardians'' multiplayer beta that ran in 2014–15. At launch, critics generally praised ''The Master Chief Collection'' for its updated audio and visuals, as well as its quantity of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice Media
Vice Media Group LLC is an American-Canadian digital media and broadcasting company. , the Vice Media Group included five main business areas: VICE.com (digital content); VICE STUDIOS (film and TV production) VICE TV (also known as VICELAND); VICE News; and VIRTUE (an agency offering creative services). It was cited as the largest independent youth media company in the world, with 35 offices. Developing from ''Vice'' magazine, originally based in Montreal and co-founded by Suroosh Alvi, Shane Smith, and Gavin McInnes, Vice expanded primarily into youth and young adult–focused digital media. This included online content verticals and related web series, the news division Vice News, a film production studio, and a record label among other properties. Vice re-located to New York City in 2001. Vice Media originally broadcast their news programs on HBO, which broadcast the Emmy-winning weekly documentary series ''Vice'', which premiered in April 2013. ''Vice'' features segment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Definitive Edition
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Media Molecule
Media Molecule Ltd. is a British video game developer based in Guildford, Guildford, Surrey. Founded in 2006 by Mark Healey, Alex Evans, David Smith, and Kareem Ettouney, Sony Computer Entertainment acquired the firm in 2010. It became part of SCE Worldwide Studios (now PlayStation Studios). The company is best known for developing the ''LittleBigPlanet'' series, 2013's ''Tearaway (video game), Tearaway'', and 2020's ''Dreams (video game), Dreams'' for PlayStation consoles. Before the company's formation, the co-founders, led by Healey, developed ''Rag Doll Kung Fu'', whilst working at Lionhead Studios. They left Lionhead in 2005 and presented an early precursor of ''LittleBigPlanet (2008 video game), LittleBigPlanet'' to Sony. Sony was interested, so in January 2006 they secured their funding from Sony for six months and Media Molecule was Incorporation (business), incorporated. The studio signed a deal with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe in June. This allowed Media Molecule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intellectual Property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. The modern concept of intellectual property developed in England in the 17th and 18th centuries. The term "intellectual property" began to be used in the 19th century, though it was not until the late 20th century that intellectual property became commonplace in the majority of the world's legal systems."property as a common descriptor of the field probably traces to the foundation of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) by the United Nations." in Mark A. Lemley''Property, Intellectual Property, and Free Riding'', Texas Law Review, 2005, Vol. 83:1031, page 1033, footnote 4. The main purpose of intellectual property law is to encourage the creation of a wide variety of intellectual goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Crime (series)
''True Crime'' is a series of open world action-adventure video games told from the perspective of law enforcement. There are two games in the series, '' True Crime: Streets of LA'', released in 2003, and '' True Crime: New York City'', released in 2005. Each game features GPS-accurate open world recreations of parts of Los Angeles and New York City, respectively. ''Streets of LA'' was developed by Luxoflux for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube, and ported to Microsoft Windows by LTI Gray Matter, to mobile by MFORMA and to macOS by Aspyr. It was published on all systems by Activision, except the Mac version, which was published by Aspyr. ''New York City'' was developed by Luxoflux for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube, and ported to Windows by Aspyr and to mobile by Hands-On Mobile. It was published on all systems by Activision. ''Streets of LA'' received generally mixed-to-positive reviews, with many reviewers favourably comparing it to ''Grand Theft Auto III'' and '' Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
