Company:Metro3D

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Short description: Defunct American video game developer and publisher
Metro3D, Inc.
TypePrivate[1]
IndustryVideo games
FateClosed
Founded1998[1] [citation needed]
Defunct2004[2]
HeadquartersSan Jose, California[1]
Key people
Stephen C. H. Lin (CEO)[3]
Websitemetro3d.com (archived)

Metro3D, Inc. (formerly Metropolis Digital, Inc.) [citation needed] was an American video game developer and publisher. Based in San Jose, California, and founded in 1998 [citation needed], the company released several games for the Dreamcast, Game Boy Color (GBC), Game Boy Advance (GBA), and PlayStation 2 (PS2) consoles.[1]

Founded as Metropolis Digital, Inc. [citation needed], the company developed Star Command, published by GT Interactive for DOS in 1996. In 1998, the developer began seeking beta testers for its new online game Armada.[4] On April 27, 1999, the company, headed by ex-Capcom employees Joe Morici and George Nakayama, renamed itself Metro3D, Inc. after signing an agreement with Nintendo of America to become a third-party developer for Nintendo 64 and GBC games.[5][citation needed]

The company's CEO, Dr. Stephen C. H. Lin, and the U.S. branch of the company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 19, 2004, after defaulting on a series of loans from Cathay Bank totaling $6.5 million.[2] The company's European division was sold off in June 2005 to Stewart Green of Green Solutions Limited (the parent of Data Design Interactive), but continued to operate in the region.[3]

Games

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Corporate Info". Metro3D, Inc.. http://www.metro3d.com/corporate.html. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Simonson, Sharon (May 9, 2004). "Landmark in court". American City Business Journals (Advance Publications). http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2004/05/10/story2.html?page=all. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Andersen, John (January 31, 2006). "Metro3D Resurrected As European Branch". Gamasutra. UBM plc. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222020/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7978. Retrieved 2016-03-31. "[The publisher is] under the management of CEO Dr. Stephen C.H. Lin [..] Metro3D Inc shareholders sold off its European division in June of 2005 to Stewart Green. Green has now re-established Metro3D Europe (M3DE), as a separate UK registered company, and will be unaffected by the on-going chapter 11 status of its former U.S. parent company. [..] [Green's own company] has three separate divisions related to gaming under its operation: Artworld Studios, Data Design Solutions, and All-Star Gaming." 
  4. ↑ IGN staff (June 30, 1998). "News Archives: Week of June 28, 1998". IGN. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727072739/http://rpgvaultarchive.ign.com/archive/19980628.shtml. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Introducing Metro3D". IGN. April 27, 1999. http://ign64.ign.com/articles/067/067851p1.html. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Games (page 2)". Metro3D, Inc.. http://www.metro3d.com/game_main2.html. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 IGN staff (June 21, 2002). "Aero Swings to Shelves". IGN. http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/363/363029p1.html. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Games (page 3)". Metro3D, Inc.. http://www.metro3d.com/game_main3.html. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "In Development". Metro3D, Inc.. http://www.metro3d.com/products2.html. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 IGN staff (September 14, 2000). "Two from Metro3D Come to PS2". IGN. http://ps2.ign.com/articles/085/085022p1.html. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Products". Metro3D, Inc.. http://www.metro3d.com/products.html. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Games (page 1)". Metro3D, Inc.. http://www.metro3d.com/game_main1.html. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  13. ↑ IGN staff (April 27, 2004). "Now Playing in Japan". IGN. http://xbox.ign.com/articles/509/509628p1.html. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  14. ↑ "Push The Limits Of Sanity And Gravity In Metro3D's Maxxis Ultimate ATV™ for Microsoft® Xbox™" (Press release). Metro3D, Inc. May 14, 2003. Retrieved April 19, 2012.[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  15. ↑ jkdmedia (May 14, 2003). "Metro3D, Inc. Introduces Pumpkin Man for Microsoft Xbox". GameZone. http://www.gamezone.com/news/metro3d_inc_introduces_pumpkin_man_for_microsoft_xbox. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  16. ↑ IGN staff (January 8, 2002). "Shayde: Monsters V. Humans". IGN. http://xbox.ign.com/articles/137/137403p1.html. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 
  17. ↑ IGN staff (June 15, 2005). "Japanese Release Dates Update". IGN. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304150646/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/624/624585p1.html. Retrieved April 19, 2012. 

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