Indie Built

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Indie Built
Type	Video Game Development Studio
Founded	1983
Headquarters	Salt Lake City, Utah
Key people	Bruce Carver
Industry	Computer and video game industry
Products	Computer and video games

Indie Built, Inc. was a Salt Lake City, Utah based computer game developer founded in 1983 by Bruce Carver as Access Software.

They are popular for creating the golfing Links series and also for creating the video game detective series based on the character Tex Murphy. Access Software was acquired by Microsoft in 1999^[1], became part of Microsoft Game Studios and was renamed to "Salt Lake Games Studio". In 2003 it was renamed again to "Indie Games".

In October 2004, Microsoft sold the development studio to Take-Two Interactive (T2) and it took on the name Indie Built.^[2] They became part of T2's 2K Games/2K Sports brand. Indie shipped Amped 3 for the launch of Xbox 360 and worked on Top Spin 2 for Xbox 360 developed by Power and Magic. Take 2 suddenly closed Indie Built on April 28, 2006 without publicly stating any reasons for the closure.^[3]

[edit] Games

• Top Spin 2 (2006) for Xbox 360 (developed by Power and Magic)
• Amped 3 (2005) for Xbox 360
• Top Spin (2005) for PlayStation 2 (developed by Power and Magic)
• Links 2004 (2003) for Xbox
• Amped 2 (2003) for Xbox
• Top Spin (2003) for Xbox (developed by Power and Magic)
• Links 2003 (2002) for PC
• Countdown (1990) for MS-DOS PC
• Crime Wave (1990) for MS-DOS PC
• Mean Streets (1989) for MS-DOS PC
• Beachead II: The Dictator Strikes Back (1985) for Commodore 64
• Raid Over Moscow (1984) for Commodore 64
• Beachhead (1983) for Commodore 64

[edit] References

1. ^ IGN.com, April 19, 1999: Microsoft Buys Access
2. ^ IGN.com, December 17, 2004: Take-Two Picks Up Amped Team
3. ^ IGN.com, May 1, 2006: Take-Two Closes Indie Built

[edit] External links

• Indie Built profile from MobyGames