Foundation 9 Entertainment, Inc.
About
Foundation 9 Entertainment is a group of development studios founded through the merger of The Collective, Inc. and Backbone Entertainment on 29th March 2005. Foundation 9's studio are especially focused on handheld games and ports for Microsoft's XBLA platform.
The following studios are, or have been, part of the Foundation 9 group of companies:
- Backbone Entertainment (2005)
- Circle of Confusion (2005)
- The Collective (2005-2007, merged with Shiny Entertainment into Double Helix Games)
- Digital Eclipse Software, Inc. (Backbone Vancouver - 2005)
- ImaginEngine Corp. (2005)
- Pipeworks Software (2005)
- Amaze Entertainment (2006-2009, merged into Griptonite Games)
- Backbone Charlottetown Ltd. (2006-2007, spun off into Other Ocean Interactive Ltd.)
- The Fizz Factor (2006-2009, closed)
- Griptonite (2006)
- Shiny Entertainment (2006-2007, merged with The Collective into Double Helix Games)
- Double Helix Games (2007, formed through the merger of The Collective and Shiny Entertainment)
- Sumo Digital (2007)
- Backbone Emeryville
