Ska software
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| Industry | Video games |
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Marcy, New York[1] |
Key people | James Silva |
Number of employees | 2 |
| Website | SkaSoftware.com |
Ska Software is a company first formed in 2001 (formerly Totally Screwed Software [2]) by a single game designer, James Silva.
Awards and receptions
The games coming from the company have garnered generally good ratings and awards from a few websites:
Zombie Smashers X2: Punx and Skins – Reflexive Arcade entry, average reader review: 4.2 out of 5 stars[3]
Zombie Smashers X2: Punx and Skins – GameTunnel.com 2005 Action Game of the Year [4]
Zombie Smashers X2: Punx and Skins – Download.com average rating of 4 out of 5 stars [5]
Zombie Smashers X3: Ninjastarmageddon! – GameTunnel.com number 15 of Top 100 Games[6]
Zombie Smashers X3: Ninjastarmageddon! – Gizaim! Score 7.75/10[7]
Zombie Smashers X3: Ninjastarmageddon! – Bytten.com Overall Score: 91%[8]
Their most recent and notable award came from electronics giant Microsoft who held a Dream-Build-Play contest where independent developers were challenged to use the XNA Game Studio software to create a game and whomever created the best one would get a publishing contract to have the game distributed on Xbox Live Arcade. James Silva tied in first place with his game Dishwasher: Dead Samurai beating out over 4,500 other entrants from over 100 countries.[9][10][11]
Games
- Blood Zero
- Dishwasher: Dead Samurai (upcoming)
- Survival Crisis Z
- Yuki's Vacation
- Zombies and Pterodactyls 2k5
- Zombie Smashers X
- Zombie Smashers X2: Punx and Skins
- Zombie Smashers X3: Ninjastarmageddon! (also titled Manic Space on some other sites)
- Zombie Smashers X4: Guitarpocalypse (upcoming)
References
- ^ http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/thedishwasherdeadsamurai/news.html?sid=6176569&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures;title;1
- ^ http://www.bytten.com/devprofile.php?id=8
- ^ http://www.reflexive.com/ZombieSmashersX2.html
- ^ http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=403
- ^ http://www.download.com/Zombie-Smashers-X2-demo/3000-7435_4-10427371.html
- ^ http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=620
- ^ http://www.gizaim.com/rating.php?search=zombie%20smashers%20X3
- ^ http://www.bytten.com/gamereview.php?id=211
- ^ http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/thedishwasherdeadsamurai/news.html?sid=6176569&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures;title;1
- ^ http://interviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/2039/Dream-Build-Play-QA/p2/
- ^ http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/the-dishwasher-is-sexy-stylish-2d-action-290455.php
External Links
New site at SkaSoftware.com
Old site at TotallyScrewed.net
Zombie Smashers X entry at MobyGames.com
Survival Crisis Z entry at MobyGames.com
Zombies and Pterodactyls 2k5 entry at MobyGames.com
Zombie Smashers X2: Punx and Skins website
Zombie Smashers X3: Ninjastarmageddon! website
Ska Software profile at GameSpot.com