HipSoft

HipSoft

Infobox Company
company_name = HipSoft
company_logo =
company_type = Private
foundation = Redmond (2002)
location_city = Redmond, Washington
location_country = United States
location =
key_people = Garrett Price, Brian Goble, Bryan Bouwman, Kevin Kilstrom
industry = Video Game Developer
products =
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 5
homepage = [http://www.hipsoft.com/ www.hipsoft.com]

HipSoft is a Redmond-based developer of casual video games founded in 2002 by three of the original founders of Monolith Productions: Brian Goble, Garrett Price, and Bryan Bouwman. HipSoft has made over a dozen games, many of which have gained hit status in the casual game industry. Its games have been translated into many different languages and are distributed worldwide through websites and retail outlets. All of the games are available for Windows and most for Mac OS X, and are being developed by partner companies for the Nintendo DS, mobile phones, and other platforms.Fact|date=March 2008

Awards and nominations

*RealArcade Developer Contest ("Digby's Donuts")
*RealArcade Word Game of the Year ("Flip Words")
*Big Fish Games Action/Arcade Game of the Year ("Build-a-lot") [cite web |url=http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/2095/build-a-lot/index.html|title="Build-a-lot"|accessdate=2007-12-15 |format= |work=bigfishgames.com ]
*RealArcade Strategy Game of the Year ("Build-a-lot") [cite web |url=http://www.realarcade.com/game?gameid=buildalot&src=gmpg|title="Build-a-lot"|accessdate=2007-12-15 |format= |work=realarcade.com ]
*Interactive Achievement Awards Nomination for 2008 Downloadable Game of the Year ("Build-a-lot")

Games

*"Build-a-lot"
*"Digby's Donuts"
*"Five Card Deluxe"
*"Flip Words"
*"Flip Words 2"
*"Gem Shop"
*"Gift Shop"
*"Holiday Express"
*"Jig Words"
*"Lucky Streak Poker"
*"MicroMan"
*"Ocean Express"
*"Puzzle Express"
*"Sportball Challenge"
*"Trivia Machine"

Distributors

*ArcadeTown
*Big Fish Games
*GameHouse
*IWin
*MSN Gaming Zone
*PlayFirst
*RealArcade - first game published in 2003
*Reflexive Arcade
*Shockwave
*Wild Tangent
*Yahoo Games
*Zylom

References

External links

* [http://www.hipsoft.com/ Official HipSoft website]
* [http://www.gamezebo.com/features/gamezebo_interview_brian_goble.html Interview: Brian Goble of HipSoft] from Gamezebo


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