Boss Game Studios was an American

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based in

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. The company was founded in 1994 and closed in 2002. It specialized in

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racing games with releases such as ''

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'' and '' World Driver Championship''.

History

Boss Game Studios was formed in

as an independent offshoot of

Boss Film Studios Boss Film Studios was a prominent American visual effects company, founded by visual effects veteran Richard Edlund after his departure from Industrial Light and Magic, producing visual effects for over thirty films from 1983 to 1997. Before that ...

, a company that created special effects for feature films. Some members of its creative and development team had contributed to games such as ''

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'' and ''

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''.

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was the company's music director. Following the release of their first game in 1997, '' Spider: The Video Game'', the company specialized in

racing games with releases such as ''

'' and '' World Driver Championship''. In 2000, the company was approached by

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, who offered them an opportunity to develop games for their

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console. Boss Game Studios started work on an Xbox racing game, but were unable to find a publisher for the title. On June 14, 2002, the company disbanded.

Games

*'' Spider: The Video Game'' (

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) (1997) *''

'' (

) (1997) *''

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'' (Nintendo 64) (1998) *'' Boss Rally'' (

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) (1999) *'' Top Gear Overdrive'' (Nintendo 64) (1998) *'' World Driver Championship'' (Nintendo 64) (1999) *'' Stunt Racer 64'' (Nintendo 64) (2000)

Unreleased

*''3D Tank'' (

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)

References

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