The Collective (company)
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| Company type | Subsidiary of Foundation 9 Entertainment |
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| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Founded | 1997 |
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| Defunct | 2007 |
| Fate | Merged with Shiny Entertainment |
| Successor | Double Helix Games |
| Headquarters | Newport Beach, California, United States |
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Number of employees | 90 |
| Parent | Foundation 9 Entertainment |
| Website | www |
The Collective, Inc. was an American video game development company located in Newport Beach, California. The company has created several games based on movies and television shows since its founding in 1997.
History
The Collective, Inc. was founded by three former Virgin Interactive employees, Douglas Hare, Gary Priest, and Richard Hare, in 1997. The company's first projects were to port Men in Black: The Game Windows game to the PlayStation. The developer predominantly worked on titles of licensed movies and TV series. The Collective, Inc. created their own game engine called Slayer, first used in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and all later titles. In 2004, the company had grown to 90 employees.
On March 29, 2005, The Collective, Inc. merged with Backbone Entertainment to form their parent company, Foundation 9 Entertainment, and remain its subsidiaries.[1] In 2007, however, Foundation 9 Entertainment relocated The Collective, Inc. to Irvine, California and merged it with Shiny Entertainment to form Double Helix Games.[2]
Games
| Year of release | Title | Publisher(s) | Note |
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| 1997 | Men in Black: The Game | Germlin Interactive | Ported from the PC |
| 2000 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen | Simon & Schuster | |
| 2002 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Fox Interactive | |
| 2003 | Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb | LucasArts | |
| 2004 | Wrath Unleashed | LucasArts | First unlicensed title developed |
| 2005 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | LucasArts | |
| 2006 | Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure | Acquired by Devolver Digital in 2013 | |
| The Da Vinci Code | 2K Games | ||
| 2007 | Dirty Harry | Warner Bros. Interactive | Cancelled |
| 2008 | Harker | Sega | Transferred to Double Helix Games, then cancelled |
| Silent Hill: Homecoming | Konami Digital Entertainment | Transferred to Double Helix Games |
References
- ^ Feldman, Curt (April 29, 2005). "The Collective, Backbone laying Foundation 9". GameSpot. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
- ^ Androvic, Mark (April 27, 2008). "Double Helix is new Foundation 9 studio". GameIndustry.biz. Retrieved June 11, 2015.