Sidhe Interactive

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Sidhe Interactive

Type	Privately Owned
Founded	May 1997^[1]
Founder	Mario Wynands Tyrone McAuley Stuart Middleton
Headquarters	Wellington, New Zealand
Key people	Mario Wynands, Managing Director Tyrone McAuley, Technical Director Andy Satterthwaite, Producer
Industry	Computer and video game industry Entertainment industry
Website	www.sidheinteractive.com

Sidhe Interactive is a game development studio based in Wellington, New Zealand, it was founded in 1997 by Mario Wynands, Tyrone McAuley, and Stuart Middleton.

Sidhe Interactive is an officially licensed developer for Microsoft (Xbox, Xbox 360), Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (PlayStation, PS2, PSP, PS3), and Nintendo of America (GBA, DS). It is also a co-founding member of the New Zealand Game Developers Association. They are the largest game developer in New Zealand, currently employing approximately 60 people.

For a number of years Sidhe created franchise based games, such as their Barbie, and NRL Rugby League titles. They provided services to and have produced products for a number of partners and clients such as Sony Online Entertainment, Red Mile Entertainment, Ubisoft, eUniverse, Krome Studios, Adidas International, Vivendi Universal, and Midway Games. In 2005 Sidhe released their first original idea game title, Gripshift, which was created completely in-house, from concept to final product.

Sidhe collaborated with Weta Digital to achieve the first motion capture of a horse at full gallop, for their horse racing game, Melbourne Cup Challenge / Frankie Dettori Racing. Currently they are working on a game based on the Jackass franchise.

1 Industry Awards
2 Sidhe Interactive Scholarship
3 Games Developed by Sidhe Interactive
4 Other Games Contributed to by Sidhe Interactive
5 Cancelled Games
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Industry Awards

Sidhe Interactive received a number of awards at the Australian Game Developers Conference, 2005.

Award for Outstanding Industry Contribution
Award for Best Handheld Game for GripShift
Award for Best Level Design for GripShift
Award for Best Game Design for GripShift

Sidhe also received awards at TUANZ, 2003.

TUANZ Interactive Games Award for NRL Rugby League
TUANZ Overall Craft Award for NRL Rugby League

[edit] Sidhe Interactive Scholarship

Sidhe Interactive supports the local New Zealand video game industry by offering a scholarship^[2]^[3] for students who wish to study game development at a graduate level.