Infinite Interactive

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Infinite Interactive
Type Pty. Ltd.
Industry Interactive entertainment
Founded 2003
Headquarters St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Key people Steve Fawkner, CEO
Products Warlords
Warlords Battlecry
Puzzle Quest
Galactrix
Website www.infinite-interactive.com

Infinite Interactive is a video game developer with headquarters in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia.[1] The company was founded by Steve Fawkner in 1989. After a long alliance with SSG, resulting in the development of the Warlords series of games, Steve moved on to make Infinite totally independent in 2003.[2] In 2011, the company was acquired by fellow Australian developers Firemint, creators of Flight Control and Real Racing [3] - however, in late 2012 Infinite Interactive announced their return as an independent developer.[4]

Infinite has continued to produce Warlords games (Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria and Warlords Battlecry III), but has recently branched out into the more casual marketplace.

They have also released Puzzle Quest for the PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, IPhone, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Galactrix, another match-3-based puzzle game in the Puzzle Quest series, this time with a science fiction setting and hexagonal tiles. May 2009 saw the release of Puzzle Kingdoms, a turn-based strategy iteration of the successful Puzzle Quest franchise. In September of 2012, it was announced a new game " ... heavily inspired by our previous hit game, Puzzle Quest.", was in development with a projected release of 2013 [citation needed].

Games

References

  1. ↑ "Infinite Interactive - Company". 2007-00-00. Retrieved 2013-10-18. 
  2. ↑ "PSN, XBLA: GamerBytes Interview: Traveling The Galactrix With Steve Fawkner". 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2009-05-20. 
  3. ↑ Citizen, Jessica (2011-01-03). "Firemint acquires Puzzle Quest creators". GamePron. Retrieved 2011-01-03. 
  4. ↑ Castenmiller, Andrew (September 14, 2012). "We're Back". Infinite Interactive. Retrieved January 5, 2013. 



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