Blue Tongue Entertainment
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| Blue Tongue Entertainment Pty. Ltd. | |
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| Type | Subsidiary of THQ |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia |
| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Products | Games for video game consoles |
| Employees | 80 |
| Parent | THQ |
| Website | http://www.bluetongue.com/ |
Blue Tongue Entertainment Pty. Ltd. is an Australian video game developer founded in 1995. It was acquired by THQ on November 17, 2004, and remains one of ten internal development studios of THQ.
Blue Tongue originally provided web development services, but moved into video games in 1995 with their first release, AFL Finals Fever. It was released in 1996 and reached number 3 on the Australian software sales charts, selling a total of 15,000 units overall. Their follow-up title, Riding Star, was their first international release. It was ported to multiple platforms, including the Sony PlayStation and Nintendo Game Boy. Blue Tongue also developed the game engine TOSHI.
Blue Tongue has worked with the publishers Hasbro Interactive, Vivendi Universal Games, and THQ.
Blue Tongue is currently developing de Blob for the Wii, which has generated quite a bit of acclaim from various gaming websites. Blue Tongue is also developing an unannounced action adventure game for the Xbox 360 and PS3, nothing is known about this title, whether it's a licensed or original title.
[edit] Critical Acclaim
- Winner of E3 best game award 2002
[edit] Games
- AFL Finals Fever (1996)
- Riding Star (1998)
- Starship Troopers (2000)
- Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis (2003)
- The Polar Express (2004)
- Nicktoons Unite! (2005)
- Barnyard (2006)
- Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island (2006)
- Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots (2007)
- de Blob (2008)
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