| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video Games |
| Headquarters | Reno, Nevada, United States |
| Products | Brave Arms, Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009, The Deep, Zombeat, Bloodlines: The Alexa Holmes Chronicles, Skate-Or-Die, SWAT: Target Liberty, Stacked with Daniel Negreanu |
| Website | 3G Studios Official Site |
3G Studios, Inc. is an independent video game development studio with a range of titles available on traditional consoles, iPhone applications and social gaming platforms. Founded in 2006, 3G Studios is based out of Reno, Nevada and has been known to collaborate with other companies in the game development industry.
Most Recently, 3G Studios has been working on Brave Arms, a First-Person-Shooter (FPS) available on the Facebook social platform. Brave Arms will simulate action packed gameplay from traditional console games, but will also allow players to create and customize their avatars and play with Facebook buddies in 3D environments[1].
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3G Studios (founded by James Kosta and Wayne Schumacher) originally started in 2002 as Battle Borne Entertainment, which produced Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers for the Sony PlayStation 2 in 2005. Come 2006, the company expanded, developed their own game engine and set out for change, only to become 3G Studios.
In 2006, 3G Studios worked with MTV to create Stacked with Daniel Negreanu for the Sony Playstation Portable (PSP).
In 2007, 3G Studios launched SWAT: Target Liberty for the PSP and also collaborated with Harmonix to release Rock Band.
In 2008, 3G Studios published Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009, working directly with the fitness guru, Jillian Michaels herself. By March 2009, the game sold over 500,000 copies in the U.S.[2].
At the end of 2009, 3G Studios launched a handful of iPhone games in the App Store developing with what has been branded as 3G's Rocket Powered Mobile Technology:
| Game Title | Release Year | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers | 2005 | Sony PlayStation 2 |
| Stacked with Daniel Negreanu | 2006 | Sony PlayStation Portable |
| SWAT: Target Liberty | 2007 | Sony PlatStation Portable |
| Rock Band (Collaboration with Harmonix) | 2007 | Sony PlayStation 3 |
| Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009 | 2008 | Nintendo Wii |
| Skate or Die | 2009 | Apple iPhone |
| Bloodlines: The Alexa Holmes Chronicles | 2009 | Apple iPhone |
| Zombeat | 2009 | Apple iPhone |
| The Deep | 2009 | Apple iPhone |
| Brave Arms | 2010 | Facebook (PC) |