XGen Studios
| Private | |
| Industry |
Video games Interactive entertainment |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Skye Boyes |
| Headquarters | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Key people | Skye Boyes (CEO/Founder) |
| Products |
Super Motherload Defend Your Castle |
| Parent | Independent |
| Website |
xgenstudios |
XGen Studios, Inc (stylized as XGen Studios) is an independent video game development studio based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Since 2001, XGen Studios has released 12 internally-developed titles for consoles, mobiles and the web, including the #1-selling hit[1] Defend Your Castle for Nintendo's WiiWare Service and Day-1 PS4 title Super Motherload.[2][3]
History
XGen Studios was founded by Skye Boyes in 2001. After the success of XGen's early browser-based games, Skye dropped out of Computing Sciences, incorporated the company, and began to accumulate staff.[4]
In 2007, XGen Studios announced that they had obtained licensing to develop for Nintendo's Wii system, and intended to develop a WiiWare title.[5][6]
It was revealed in 2008 that Defend Your Castle would be part of Nintendo's WiiWare launch line up.[1][4][7][8]
In 2011, XGen Studios announced that they would bring Amanita Design's Machinarium to WiiWare.[9][10] The project was eventually cancelled as of November, 2011 due to WiiWare's 40MB limit.[11][12][13]
In 2012, the company was listed as one of Alberta's "25 Most Innovative Organizations" by Alberta Venture magazine.[14]
In 2013, Sony announced that Super Motherload would be a Day 1 title for the PlayStation 4.[15]
Console Games Developed
| Title | Year | Platform(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defend Your Castle | 2008 | Nintendo Wii, iPad, iPhone, MacOS, Windows | |
| Machinarium | 2011 | Nintendo Wii | Port - Cancelled |
| Super Motherload | 2013 | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Windows | |
| The Low Road | TBA | TBA |
References
- 1 2 "From Freeware to WiiWare". Casual Connect.
- ↑ "Pocket Casino on the Google Play Store". Google.
- ↑ "XGen Originals". XGen Studios.
- 1 2 "Need to Know: Skye Boyes". Alberta Venture.
- ↑ "XGen Studios Announces Nintendo Developer Status, Upcoming WiiWare Title". Go Nintendo.
- ↑ "XGen Studios WiiWare title in 'Early 2008'". Nintendo Life.
- ↑ "Nintendo reveals WiiWare launch List". Engadget.
- ↑ "Defend Your Castle: new awesome date, new awesome look". Engadget.
- ↑ "XGen Studios Readying Machinarium and Super Motherload for WiiWare". Engadget.
- ↑ "Amanita Design and XGen Studios bring Machinarium to WiiWare". Engadget.
- ↑ "Machinarium Finally, Officially Cancelled". Engadget.
- ↑ "XGen Studios bringing the adorable Machinarium to WiiWare". Engadget.
- ↑ "PlayStation 3 Machinarium "the ultimate version"". EuroGamer.
- ↑ "25 Most Innovative Organizations: XGen Studios". Alberta Venture.
- ↑ "PlayStation 4 Launch Titles". IGN.