Griptonite Games is an American video game developer located in Kirkland, Washington. It is wholly owned by Glu Mobile, but used to be a part of super-developer Foundation 9 Entertainment, where it was a studio of Amaze Entertainment.
History
Steve Ettinger opened the Seattle division of Realtime Associates in February 1994. After five and a half years developing many console and handheld games, the Seattle division was acquired by KnowWonder, Inc in November 1999. Several staff from the Realtime contingent continued to work on handheld titles, and became the nucleus of what would be dubbed Griptonite Games,[1] one of three internal studios whose names were coined when KnowWonder, Inc. renamed itself Amaze Entertainment. (the other initial studio names were KnowWonder and Adrenium Games). Griptonite's initial focus was on Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and eventually some Nintendo DS games. In 2005, the Griptonite brand was retired and all games produced by the studio fell under the Amaze Entertainment brand. In 2007, Amaze Entertainment and each of its internal studio was acquired by Foundation 9 Entertainment. In 2008, Foundation 9 relaunched the Griptonite brand to distinguish and recognize the studio in the Foundation 9 family; although the name had not been used publicly since 2005, the studio was still widely referred to as Griptonite throughout the game industry. In July, 2009 the Amaze Entertainment 'console' studio was merged into Griptonite, giving the studio capabilities on all platforms in all genres. J.C. Connors is the current studio head, while Steve Ettinger oversees the studio in his role of Studio VP at Foundation 9. On August 2, 2011, Glu Mobile acquired Griptonite Games. Its staff of 200 "approximately doubles" Glu's internal development capacity.[2]
Games
| Name | Platform(s) | Year released |
| Shinobi | Nintendo 3DS | 2011 |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 / Wii | 2011 |
| Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat | PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 / Wii | 2011 |
| The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns - Again! | PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 / Wii / Nintendo DS | 2011 |
| Captain America: Super Soldier | Nintendo DS | 2011 |
| Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters | Wii / Nintendo DS / Nintendo 3DS | 2011 |
| The Penguins of Madagascar | Nintendo DS | 2010 |
| Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet | Wii / PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 | 2010 |
| Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction | Nintendo DS | 2010 |
| Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions | Nintendo DS | 2010 |
| Assassin's Creed II: Discovery | Nintendo DS / iOS | 2009 |
| Where the Wild Things Are | PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 / Wii | 2009 |
| Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines | PlayStation Portable | 2009 |
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | PlayStation Portable / Nintendo DS | 2009 |
| Age of Empires: Mythologies | Nintendo DS | 2008 |
| Neopets Puzzle Adventure | Nintendo DS | 2008 |
| Ben Stein: It's Trivial | iPhone | 2008 |
| Spider-Man: Web of Shadows | Nintendo DS | 2008 |
| Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir | Nintendo DS | 2008 |
| Chimps Ahoy! | iPhone | 2008 |
| Disney Friends | Nintendo DS | 2008 |
| The Simpsons Game | Nintendo DS | 2007 |
| The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night | Game Boy Advance | 2007 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Nintendo DS | 2007 |
| Bionicle Heroes | Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance | 2006 |
| Eragon | Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance | 2006 |
| Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy | Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance | 2006 |
| Ice Age 2: The Meltdown | Game Boy Advance | 2006 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance | 2006 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance | 2005 |
| The Sims 2 | Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance | 2005 |
| Lego Star Wars: The Video Game | Game Boy Advance | 2005 |
| Robots | Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance | 2005 |
| The Urbz: Sims in the City | Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance | 2004 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age | Game Boy Advance | 2004 |
| Digimon Racing | Game Boy Advance | 2004 |
| Crushed Baseball | Game Boy Advance | 2004 |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Game Boy Advance | 2004 |
| The Sims Bustin' Out | Game Boy Advance | 2003 |
| James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing | Game Boy Advance | 2003 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Game Boy Advance | 2003 |
| Daredevil | Game Boy Advance | 2003 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Game Boy Color | 2002 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Game Boy Advance | 2002 |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance | 2001 |
| All-Star Baseball 2001 | Game Boy Color | 2000 |
| NHL Hockey | Sega Game Gear | 1995 |
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