United Front Games

United Front Games
Type Video game developer
Industry Video games
Founded 2007
Headquarters Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Key people Stephen van der Mescht[1], Julian Beak[2]
Products ModNation Racers
True Crime: Hong Kong
Parent Independent
Website www.unitedfrontgames.com

United Front Games is a Vancouver based game development studio. They currently create titles for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. They are the developers of ModNation Racers.[3]

The studio consists of former members of EA Black Box, Rockstar Vancouver, Radical Entertainment and Volition Inc, all of which made video games with an open world setting.

History

United Front Games was founded in 2007. Its first official title ModNation Racers, began production in 2008 and was released on May 21, 2010 in some countries and on May 25, 2010 in the US. A free demo was released on the PS3 of ModNation Racers on May 18, 2010. They are currently developing True Crime: Hong Kong, which is a reboot of the True Crime series.

Games

Game Title Year Released Platform(s)
ModNation Racers 2010 PlayStation 3
True Crime: Hong Kong 2012 Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3

United Front Games partnered with Sony Computer Entertainment[4] for the development of ModNation Racers: a "User-Generated Content" kart racing game released in May 2010. United Front Games partnered with Square Enix for the development of the open world action game True Crime: Hong Kong.

References

  1. ^ Executive Producer, True Crime. 2009-12-14. Cinema Blend Games: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/True-Crime-Prepping-To-Redefine-Open-World-Action-In-Fall-2010-21706.html
  2. ^ Lead Producer, ModNation Racers. 2009-06-02. Village Gamer: http://www.villagegamer.net/2009/06/02/united-front-games-announces-modnation-racers-exclusively-for-the-ps3/
  3. ^ http://www.unitedfrontgames.com/
  4. ^ http://us.playstation.com