n-Space
Industry | Video Gaming Industry |
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Founded | Orlando, Florida, 1994, 22 years ago |
Defunct | March 29, 2016, 7 months ago |
Headquarters |
6751 Forum Dr. #210 Orlando, Florida 32821 |
Key people |
Erick S. Dyke (president and co-founder) Dan O'Leary (co-founder) Sean Purcell (co-founder) |
Number of employees | 60+/0 as of its closing[1] |
Website | http://www.n-space.com/ |
n-Space was an American video game developer founded in 1994 by Erick S. Dyke, Dan O'Leary, and Sean Purcell.
n-Space has a history of developing on nearly a dozen different platforms, but has mostly focused on Nintendo consoles—handhelds in particular—since 2001. The game Geist was a second-party project, developed in cooperation with Nintendo.[2]
In March 2016, it was announced that n-Space has closed down.[3]
History
n-Space founders Erick S. Dyke, Dan O’Leary, and Sean Purcell met while working at General Electric Aerospace (GE Aerospace, now part of Lockheed Martin) to create advanced military simulators.
In 1991, GE Aerospace began to explore the possibility of using its 3D technology for commercial applications.[4] This led to a series of contracts with SEGA Enterprises for the development of the Model 1 and Model 2 arcade boards.[5] Dyke, O’Leary, and Purcell spent two months working with SEGA in Japan to complete the development of one of the first Model 2 arcade titles, Desert Tank where the trio worked with director Hiroshi Kataoka and the head of SEGA’s AM2 division Yu Suzuki.
In 1994, Dyke, O’Leary, and Purcell founded n-Space with funding from Sony Computer Entertainment of America to develop games on the newly launched Sony PlayStation console. n-Space launched their first video game in 1997 for PlayStation, Tiger Shark.[6]
In 2011, n-Space announced their largest project yet: developing an all-new property from the ground-up, made exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS in cooperation with Square Enix. This property is Heroes of Ruin and was launched in June 2012.
In 2015, n-Space released their first independent title, Sword Coast Legends, with Digital Extremes. The game is a role-playing game set within the Dungeons & Dragons universe.[7]
On March 29th, 2016, it was announced that n-Space had closed down, 22 years after its founding. There are no known plans to revive n-Space, or any of the projects it may have been working on, and it remains defunct.
Games developed
Title | Publisher | Platform | NA Release Date |
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007: Blood Stone | Activision | Nintendo DS | 2010-11-02 |
5 Micro Lab Challenge | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360/Kinect | 2012-07-02 |
Bug Riders: The Race of Kings | GT Interactive | Microsoft Windows | 1997-11-30 |
Bug Riders: The Race of Kings | GT Interactive | PlayStation | 1997-11-30 |
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | Activision | Nintendo DS | 2007-11-05 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops | Activision | Nintendo DS | 2010-11-09 |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance | Activision | Nintendo DS | 2011-11-08 |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Mobilized | Activision | Nintendo DS | 2009-11-10 |
Call of Duty: World at War | Activision | Nintendo DS | 2008-11-10 |
Carnival King | Incredible Technologies | WiiWare | 2009-11-02 |
Danger Girl | THQ | PlayStation | 2000-09-06 |
Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas | FOX Interactive | Microsoft Windows | 2000-02-29 |
Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas | FOX Interactive | PlayStation | 2000-02-29 |
Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes | GT Interactive | PlayStation | 2000-09-19 |
Duke Nukem: Time to Kill | GT Interactive | PlayStation | 1998-09-30 |
Geist | Nintendo | Nintendo GameCube | 2005-08-15 |
Goldeneye 007 | Activision | Nintendo DS | 2010-11-02 |
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent | EA Games | Nintendo DS | 2005-06-13 |
Golf Cart Ranger | N-Space | iOS | 2010-11-05 |
Hannah Montana: The Movie | Disney Interactive | Xbox 360 | 2009-04-07 |
Hannah Montana: The Movie | Disney Interactive | Nintendo DS | 2009-04-07 |
Hannah Montana: The Movie | Disney Interactive | Wii | 2009-04-07 |
Hannah Montana: The Movie | Disney Interactive | PlayStation 3 | 2009-04-07 |
Heroes of Ruin | Square Enix | Nintendo 3DS | 2012-07-17 |
Jillian Michaels' Fitness Adventure | Majesco Entertainment | Xbox 360/Kinect | 2011-11-08 |
Hue Pixel Painter | Activision | Nintendo DS | 2008-11-18 |
Jaws: Ultimate Predator | Majesco | Nintendo 3DS | 2011-12-01 |
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 | Activision | Nintendo DS | 2009-09-16 |
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 | Activision | Wii | 2009-09-16 |
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 | Activision | PlayStation 2 | 2009-09-16 |
Mary-Kate and Ashley: Crush Course | Acclaim Entertainment | Microsoft Windows | 2001-11-01 |
Mary-Kate and Ashley: Crush Course | Acclaim Entertainment | PlayStation 2 | 2001-11-01 |
Mary-Kate and Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall | Acclaim Entertainment | PlayStation | 2000-10-27 |
Mary-Kate and Ashley: Sweet 16 – Licensed to Drive | Acclaim Entertainment | Nintendo GameCube | 2003-02-14 |
Mary-Kate and Ashley: Sweet 16 – Licensed to Drive | Acclaim Entertainment | PlayStation 2 | 2003-02-14 |
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D | Atari | Nintendo 3DS | 2012-10-16 |
Rugrats: Studio Tour | THQ | PlayStation | 1999-11-10 |
Rugrats: Search for Reptar | THQ | PlayStation | 1998-10-31 |
Skylanders: Giants | Activision | Nintendo 3DS | 2012-10-21 |
Skylanders: Swap Force | Activision | Nintendo 3DS | 2013-10-13 |
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron | LucasArts | Nintendo DS | 2009-11-03 |
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | LucasArts | Nintendo DS | 2008-09-16 |
Sword Coast Legends | Digital Extremes | Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox ONE | 2015-09-03 |
Suits and Swords | Sony Pictures Television | iOS, Android | 2014-01-31 |
Target Toss Pro: Bags | Incredible Technologies | WiiWare | 2008-11-17 |
Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts | Incredible Technologies | WiiWare | 2010-09-27 |
TigerShark | GT Interactive | Microsoft Windows | 1997-03-31 |
TigerShark | GT Interactive | PlayStation | 1997-03-31 |
Toy Story 3: The Video Game | Disney Interactive | Nintendo DS | 2010-06-15 |
Toy Story 3: The Video Game – To The Rescue Edition | Disney Interactive | Nintendo DS | 2010-06-15 |
TRON: Evolution | Disney Interactive | Nintendo DS | 2010-12-07 |
TRON: Evolution: - Battle Grids | Disney Interactive | Wii | 2010-12-07 |
TRON: Evolution - Battle Grids: Championship Edition | Disney Interactive | Wii | 2010-12-07 |
Winx: Join the Club | Konami | PlayStation Portable | 2007-05-07 |
WWE 2K Mobile | 2K Games | iOS, Android, Amazon.com | 2015-04-16 |
Cancelled projects
Title | Publisher | Platform |
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Austin Powers: Oh, Behave! | Rockstar Games | PlayStation 2 |
Dexter's Laboratory (Tentative title) | BAM! Entertainment | PlayStation 2 |
Duke Nukem D-Day | GT Interactive | PlayStation 2 |
Mary-Kate and Ashley in ACTION! | Acclaim Entertainment | PlayStation 2 |
Winter | Cancelled | Wii |
External links
References
- ↑ "About". N-space.com. 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ↑ "n-Space Company Biography" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ↑ http://nintendoeverything.com/n-space-is-shutting-down/
- ↑ http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=321&page=1
- ↑ http://segaretro.org/Sega_Model_2
- ↑ http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=321&page=2
- ↑ Jared Petty (2015-02-13). "New Dungeons & Dragons Game Sword Coast Legends coming in 2015". IGN. Retrieved 2015-02-13.