Papaya Studio

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company_name = Papaya Studio
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type = Video game developer
foundation = 1999
location = Irvine, CA
key_people = Lin Shen, President
Laurent Horisberger, Technical Director
industry = Video Game Industry
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num_employees = 30
homepage = http://www.papayastudio.com/

Many in the industry recognize Papaya Studio as one of the most innovative and talented development companies to emerge in recent times.Disney Princess: Season of Enchantment (Wii/PS2) and George of the Jungle: Search for the Secret (Wii/PS2) offered only a small taste of what the future holds for games developed by this dynamic team.

Papaya Studio is an independent American video game developer founded by Lin Shen, Peter Rosenlund and Roar Flolo in 1999, and based in Irvine, California. The core team consists of highly experienced industry veterans who have worked on more than 200 high-profile games over the last 16 years for the PC, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, Sega DreamCast, NES, Super NES, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation, Sony Playstation 2, Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft Xbox and Microsoft Xbox360 platforms.

They are currently producing the game Coraline, based on the soon-to-be-released movie, which is based on the Neil Gaiman novella.

"Released games:"

"'George of the Jungle: Search for the Secret - Mar-08 PS2/Wii
Disney Princess Enchanted Journey - Dec-07 PS2/Wii
Medal of Honor: AIRBOURNE - Sep-07 PS3, XBOX360, PC
Larry Boy and the Bad Apple - Aug-06 PS2
LOTR: The Battle for Middle Earth 2 - Mar-06 PC
Taxi Driver - Oct-05 PS2/Xbox/PC
Whirl Tour - Oct-02 PS2/Cube
Top Gear Dare Devil - Oct-00 PS2

The cancellation of a game based on Taxi Driver resulted in a lawsuit filed by Papaya Studio against Majesco. [Cite web | url=http://www.secinfo.com/dsvrn.u42n.htm|title=Majesco SEC filing for 4/30/2007 | accessdate=2008-07-21]

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