Luxoflux

Luxoflux

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Computer and video game industry
Founded	January 1997
Defunct	February 11, 2010
Headquarters	Santa Monica, California, U.S
Key people	Peter Morawiec Adrian Stephens
Products	Vigilante 8 series True Crime series
Number of employees	80
Parent	Activision (2002–2010)

Luxoflux was an American video game developer. It was founded by Peter Morawiec and Adrian Stephens in January 1997, and was based in Santa Monica, California.

History

Luxoflux had a relatively small team size for its first few titles. The two founders plus Jeremy Engelman, David Goodrich and Edvard Toth created Luxoflux's first title Vigilante 8. The game was successful and was ported to the Nintendo 64, and it was followed by a sequel Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense in 1999.

In October 2002 Activision announced it had purchased Luxoflux, which at the time was working on True Crime: Streets of LA. The studio delivered the game and its sequel, True Crime: New York City, before working on licensed titles Kung Fu Panda and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

On February 11, 2010, Activision announced it was time to shut down the studio as part of a widespread staff reduction that also included the shuttering of Underground Development.

Games

Year	Game	Platform(s)
1998	Vigilante 8	PlayStation, Nintendo 64
1999	Vigilante 8: Second Offense	PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast
2000	Star Wars: Demolition	PlayStation, Dreamcast
2003	True Crime: Streets of LA	Microsoft Windows, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
2004	Shrek 2
2005	True Crime: New York City
2008	Kung Fu Panda	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Isopod Labs

The original founders of Luxoflux later founded Isopod Labs, and later announced Vigilante 8 Arcade to be released on Xbox Live Arcade in the summer of 2008.

Games

• Vigilante 8 Arcade
• Jimmie Johnson's Anything with an Engine
• Keep Off My Hill

External links

• Archived Luxoflux page
• Isopod Labs page