Company:Other Ocean Interactive
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| Formerly | Backbone Charlottetown (2006–2007) |
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| Type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 6 February 2006 in Charlottetown, Canada |
| Founder | Andrew Ayre |
| Headquarters | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada |
Key people | Andrew Ayre (CEO) |
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| Divisions | Other Ocean Emeryville |
| Website | otherocean |
Other Ocean Interactive is a Canadian-American video game developer based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Emeryville, California.[1][2] Originally founded in 2006 in Charlottetown, as a studio for Foundation 9 Entertainment, the studio was spun off as Other Ocean Interactive in May 2007. Since then, it has made eight games itself and has been involved in the development of 40 other games.
History
Foundation 9 Entertainment, at the time the largest independent video game developer in North America, announced on 6 February 2006 that it was opening Backbone Charlottetown, a new internal studio based in Charlottetown, Canada.[3] When co-founder Andrew Ayre left Foundation 9 a year later, he bought out and became the sole owner of the Backbone Charlottetown studio, which was renamed Other Ocean Interactive that May.[4][5] By 2008, the company established headquarters in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[6]
Games developed
Other Ocean Interactive developed the following games:
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Notes |
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| 2008 | Super Monkey Ball | iPhone | |
| 2010 | Dark Void Zero | Nintendo DSiWare | |
| Puffins: Let's Race! | Nintendo DS | ||
| Puffins: Let's Fish! | |||
| Puffins: Let's Roll! | |||
| 2011 | Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection | Xbox LIVE Arcade | |
| Spider-Man | Nintendo DS | ||
| Iron Brigade | Windows | ||
| 2012 | The Simpsons | Android | |
| Stacking | Windows | ||
| South Park | Xbox LIVE Arcade | ||
| Poptropica Adventures | Nintendo DS | ||
| The Amazing Spider-Man | |||
| 2013 | Gunstringer: Dead Man Running | Windows | |
| 2014 | Hexic | Windows 8.1 | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Generation | iOS
Android |
Involved in development | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels | PlayStation 3 | Involved in development | |
| Costume Quest 2 | Wii U | ||
| NBA Rush | iOS | Involved in development | |
| 2015 | #IDARB | Windows | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist | PlayStation 4
Windows Xbox One |
Involved in development | |
| 2016 | Giant Cop: Justice Above All | Windows | VR title for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift |
| Super Time Force Ultra | PlayStation Vita | ||
| 2017 | Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition | New Nintendo 3DS | |
| 2019 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist | Nintendo Switch | Involved in development |
| Project Winter | Windows | ||
| MediEvil | PlayStation 4 | Remake of the 1998 title MediEvil | |
| TBA | Cloudy Mountain | Intellivision Amico | |
| Night Stalker |
References
- ↑ Bitti, Mary Teresa (20 March 2011). "Fostering entrepreneurial spirit — in every employee". https://nationalpost.com/news/fostering-entrepreneurial-spirit-in-every-employee/wcm/0b8cffae-9dff-4150-be9d-64a52c6ce7e7.
- ↑ Smellie, Sarah (2 January 2018). "Atlantic Canadian company taking gamers through the Rick and Morty multiverse". https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/other-ocean-changing-the-game-1.4462022.
- ↑ Carless, Simon (6 February 2006). "Foundation 9 To Open New Canadian Studio". https://gamasutra.com/view/news/99006/Foundation_9_To_Open_New_Canadian_Studio.php.
- ↑ Bartlett, Dave (2 July 2010). "Two Newfoundland natives making waves in video game industry". https://www.saltwire.com/lifestyles/two-newfoundland-natives-making-waves-in-video-game-industry-140671/.
- ↑ Boyer, Brandon (25 May 2007). "Foundation 9 Co-Founder Departs, Opens Other Ocean". https://gamasutra.com/view/news/105049/Foundation_9_CoFounder_Departs_Opens_Other_Ocean.php.
- ↑ Collins, Dillon (8 August 2018). "Made Right Here: Other Ocean". https://nfldherald.com/made-right-here-other-ocean/.
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