Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing B.V. was a
video game publisher
A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game developer.
They often finance the development, sometimes by paying a video game developer ( ...
established in 2005 by industry veterans. With its head office in Haarlem, The Netherlands and a satellite office in Montreal, Canada, the company grew quickly and went on to establish offices in Toronto, Canada, and London, England.
The company was best known for publishing iconic titles such as the ''Sword of the Stars'' series, the ''Ship Simulator'' series and many other critically acclaimed titles. The company was also the publisher of German Publisher dtp, in Scandinavia, UK and North America. In 2008 the company was acquired by the Canadian publicly traded company SilverBirch, in a cash transaction on 31 July 2008. SilverBirch was unable to survive the credit crisis of 2008 and was eventually forced into bankruptcy. As a fully owned subsidiary, Lighthouse Interactive was also closed.
Games published
2006
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LocoMania
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War World
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Ship Simulator 2006
''Ship Simulator'' is a ship simulator, a type of vehicle simulation computer game which simulates maneuvering various ships in different environments, although without the effects of wind and current. It was developed by Dutch company VSTEP and ...
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Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle
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Sword of the Stars
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Keepsake
2007
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Darkness Within: October 2007
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Delaware St. John: Volume 1+2: February 2007
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Delaware St. John: Volume 3: June 2007
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Ship Simulator 2006 Add-On: February 2007
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Warpath
Warpath may refer to:
*Great Indian Warpath, a network of trails in eastern North America used by Native Americans
Games
* ''Warpath'' (video game), a 2006 FPS video game by Digital Extremes for the PC and Xbox
*'' Warpath: Jurassic Park'', a 199 ...
: February 2007
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Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood 2007
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Undercover: Operation Wintersun - September 2007
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Ship Simulator 2008
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Avencast: Rise of the Mage November 2007
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SunAge: November 2007
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WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs. Tiger: 16 November 2007
2008
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Ship Simulator 2008: New Horizons April 2008
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Overclocked: A History of Violence - April 2008
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Belief & Betrayal
''Belief & Betrayal'' is a graphic adventure video game developed by Artematica and published by Lighthouse Interactive.
Reception
On Metacritic
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- June 2008 (Excluding The
Benelux
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The Lost Crown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure - July 2008 (
UK)
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Sword of the Stars: A Murder of Crows - October 2008
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Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches - October 2008
Ship Simulator: Extremes
It will be the first game in the series that was not published by Lighthouse Interactive, but by Paradox Inc.
Ship Simulator: Extremes Official Website
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References
Video game development companies
Video game publishers
Video game companies established in 2005
Video game companies disestablished in 2009
Defunct video game companies of the Netherlands