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Zombie Studios
Logo used since 1998.Type Independent Industry Video games Founded 1994 Headquarters Seattle, Washington, U.S Key people Mark Long, Founder / Co-CEO
Joanna Alexander, Founder / Co-CEOProducts Games
ZPC
Saw
Spec Ops games
Comics
Shrapnel
BlacklightWebsite http://www.zombie.com/ Zombie Studios is an American independent video game developer of console, PC, mobile and web-based games. It was formed in 1994 by Joanna Alexander and Mark Long, formerly of the Sarnoff Research Center. Alexander and Long founded Zombie after they completed the design of a virtual reality game console for Hasbro at Sarnoff in 1993. Since then, Zombie has designed and produced over 30 original games for worldwide distribution on virtually every major platform - from SEGA 32X to 64bit PCs. They created a value label in 2005 - Direct Action Games - to design and produce value titles for both PC and consoles.
Their titles span a range of product genres including first-person shooter, real-time strategy, puzzle, arcade, adventure, hunting, and simulation. Zombie develops for a wide variety of gaming platforms including Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP, PS2, Xbox, PCs, and mobile phones.
Their publishing and distribution relationships include: Bethesda Softworks, Konami, Ubisoft, Activision, Atari, Microsoft, Disney, Real Networks, Novalogic, Take2, America's Army, Zango, Groove Games, Encore Software, Panasonic, Wild Tangent, Sony, BAM, Brash Entertainment, Mobliss and Ignition Entertainment.
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Titles
- Ice & Fire (1995)
- Locus (1995)
- Zork Nemesis (1996)
- ZPC (1996)
- Spearhead (1998)
- Spec Ops: Rangers Lead the Way (1998)
- Spec Ops: Ranger Team Bravo (1998)
- Body Glove's Bluewater Hunter (1999)
- Spec Ops II: Green Berets (1999)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Operations Essentials (2000) (Rogue Spear expansion)
- Alcatraz: Prison Escape (2001)
- Atlantis The Lost Empire: Search for the Journal (2001)
- Atlantis The Lost Empire: Trial by Fire (2001)
- Delta Force: Task Force Dagger (2002)
- Super Bubble Pop (2002)
- Shadow Ops: Red Mercury (2004)
- Saw (2009)
- Blacklight: Tango Down (2010)
- Saw II: Flesh & Blood (2010)
- Blacklight: Retribution (2012)
- Shrapnel (TBA)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Way of the Warrior (Plug and Play CMOS Camera Video Game)
Direct Action Games
- Combat: Task Force 121
- World War II Combat: Road to Berlin
- World War II Combat: Iwo Jima
- CQC - Close Quarters Conflict
Serious Games
The developer was commissioned by the United States Military to co-develop a series of training and recruitment games. Some games were developed entirely by the developer, but some were co-developed with the U.S. Army Development Team, and others were made with other game developers.
- America's Army: Special Forces (2003)
- Future Force Company Commander (2006)
- Virtual Army Experience
- AH-64D Apache Simulator
- Future Soldier Trainer
- Convoy Trainer
- JROTC First Aid Trainer
External links
Products by Zombie Inc. Game series Blacklight (Game · Comics) · Shrapnel (Game · Comics) · Spec Ops (Rangers Lead The Way · Ranger Team Bravo · II: Green Berets · Omega Squad)Direct Action label Combat: Task Force 121 · World War II Combat: Road to Berlin · World War II Combat: Iwo Jima · CQC - Close Quarters ConflictSerious Games Americas Army: Special Forces · Future Force Company Commander · Virtual Army Experience · AH-64D Apache Simulator · Future Soldier Trainer · Convoy Trainer · JROTC First Aid TrainerLicensed properties Body Glove's Bluewater Hunter · Atlantis The Lost Empire: Trial by Fire · Atlantis The Lost Empire: Search for the Journal · Super Bubble Pop · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Way Of The Warrior · Saw · Saw II: Flesh & BloodOther Locus · Ice & Fire · ZPC · Zork Nemesis · Spearhead · Rainbow Six: Covert Operations Essentials · Alcatraz: Prison Escape · Delta Force: Task Force Dagger · Shadow Ops: Red Mercury · Pitfall: The Mayan AdventureCategories:- Companies established in 1994
- Video game companies of the United States
- Video game developers
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