High Moon Studios

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High Moon Studios, part of Sierra Entertainment, is a game developer currently working on titles for next-generation consoles. The company is founded by game veterans who are passionate about creating compelling, original entertainment experiences. High Moon is best known for their Xbox and PS2 game Darkwatch, a cinematic 1st person shooter (FPS) blending the Vampire-Horror and Western genres.

High Moon employs more than 130 people at a state-of-the-art game development facility in San Diego, California. For its next-gen game titles, the company's development teams are utilizing a product methodology known as Scrum, a process derived from Agile methodology. Scrum is named after the tight line of scrimmage formation in rugby where players huddle to move the ball up the field. In product development, the formation is applied in spirit.

Scrum promotes small non-hierarchal, interdisciplinary teams who complete vertical slices of a project in brief work cycles called sprints. At High Moon, artists, designers and engineers work side by side and focus on demonstrable iterations meant to 'find the fun' in their projects early in the development cycle. The incremental and iterative approach allows for consistent evaluation of product features and quality.

High Moon is currently working on unannounced titles for the next-generation consoles.