Pipeworks Software
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| Type | Public |
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| Industry | Computer and video games |
| Founded | November, 1999 |
| Headquarters | Eugene, Oregon, U.S. |
| Key people | Dan White: Studio Technical Director; Mark Crowe: Studio Design Director; Bobby Wolfe: Studio Art Director |
| Products | Deadliest Warrior: The Game, Monopoly, Geo-Storm, Charm Girls Club: Pajama Party, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Merv Griffin's Crosswords, Godzilla: Unleashed, Godzilla: Save the Earth, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, Rampage: Total Destruction, Prince of Persia: Revelations, GLOM, Xbox and Xbox 360 Boot ROMs |
| Website | Pipeworks.com |
Pipework Software is a software development company.
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[edit] History
Part of Foundation 9 Entertainment, the largest independent game developer in North America, Pipeworks Software, Inc. began life as an independent studio with senior artists, designers, and programmers from such titles as Tribes, Pro Pilot, Populous, Aces, 3D Ultra, Front Page Sports, and Coaster. Pipeworks is a key developer of software and technology for current generation consoles. Based in Eugene, Oregon, the studio is known for its underlying technologies, which give game developers the tools to create game content. Pipeworks develops games for platforms including the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Wii and the PC. Some of their released titles include Charm Girls Club: Pajama Party for the Nintendo Wii; and Monopoly for the PlayStation Portable. Deadliest Warrior: The Game for the X360 and PS3 is one of its most recent creations, as well as other unannounced projects.
[edit] Work on Microsoft Xbox consoles
Pipeworks is noted for creating the boot ROM for the Microsoft Xbox [1] and Xbox 360 [2] consoles, including the opening animated sequences.
[edit] Software developed
- Xbox System Demo, 2000 [3]
- Xbox Boot ROM, 2001
- GLOM, 2001 [4]
- Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, October 2002 (Nintendo GameCube, Xbox) [5]
- Godzilla: Save the Earth, November 2004 (PlayStation 2, Xbox) [6]
- Prince of Persia: Revelations, December 2005 (PlayStation Portable) [7]
- Rampage: Total Destruction, April and November 2006 (Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Wii) [8]
- Xbox 360 Boot ROM, 2005
- Prince of Persia: Rival Swords, March 2007 (PlayStation Portable, Wii) [9]
- NHRA DragRacing Countdown to the Championship, 2007 (PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable) [10]
- Godzilla: Unleashed, 2007 (Wii, PlayStation 2) [11]
- Boogie, 2007 (PlayStation 2)Boogie (video game) [12]
- Merv Griffin's Crosswords, 2008 (Wii) [13]
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, 2009 (Wii, Xbox 360) [14]
- Charm Girls Club: Pajama Party, 2009 (Wii) [15]
- Geo-Storm, 2009 (PC) [16]
- Monopoly, 2010 (PlayStation Portable) [17]
- Deadliest Warrior, 2010 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) [18]
- Zumba Fitness (PS3, Wii, X360)
- Untitled Wii U game
