| Planet Moon Studios |
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 | | Type | Privately-held |
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| Founded | 1997 |
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| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA, USA |
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| Key people | Nick Bruty, President, Bob Stevenson, CEO, Aaron Loeb, COO, Tim Williams, Head Writer, Scott Guest, Director of Technology, Ken Capelli, Art Director |
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| Industry | Software & Programming |
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| Products | Third person shooters, action-adventure games |
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| Employees | 28 |
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| Website | http://www.planetmoon.com |
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Planet Moon Studios is a game development studio based in San Francisco, California founded by ex-Shiny Entertainment developers Nick Bruty (President) and Bob Stevenson (CEO) in 1997. The name of the company is said to be invented by co-founder Scott Guest, who described the founding of the studio as a moment of intense overwhelming joy as "being on the planet, Moon." Planet Moon is responsible for games like Giants: Citizen Kabuto (Interplay, 2000) , Armed and Dangerous (Lucasarts, 2003) and Infected (Majesco Games, 2005). The games are generally critically acclaimed for both game-play and graphics, and are often lauded for their humour in various reviews.
Recent workSEGA have contracted Planet Moon to revive a "vintage brand" for them: After Burner for PlayStation Portable. Called After Burner: Black Falcon, it was released on March 20th, 2007 and has a single-player campaign along with competitive and co-operative Wi-Fi multiplayer modes. Planet Moon has injected the game with 19 officially licensed, customizable planes, as players embark on a story-rich campaign to discover the origins of the titular mercenary group Black Falcon, responsible for the theft of 13 top-secret planes. The company recently released the trivia and party game Smarty Pants for the Wii, which was published by EA. Their next project currently in development is Battle of the Bands, also for the Wii, which will be published by THQ.
Games developed by Planet Moon Studios- Giants: Citizen Kabuto (2000)
- Armed and Dangerous (2003)
- Infected (2005)
- After Burner: Black Falcon (2007)
- Smarty Pants (2007)
- Battle of the Bands (2008)
References- ^ Osborne, Scott (December 2000). Review: Giants: Citizen Kabuto. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2006-07-07.
- ^ Gerstmann, Jeff (December 2003). Review: Armed and Dangerous. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2006-07-07.
- ^ Davis, Ryan (November 2005). Review: Infected. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2006-07-07.
- ^ Reviews for Giants: Citizen Kabuto. GameSpot (December 2000). Retrieved on 2006-07-07.
See also- Lucasarts
- Shiny Entertainment
- Interplay
- SEGA
- THQ
- List of Wii games
- List of PlayStation Portable games
External links- Planet Moon Studios official website
- Planet Moon Studios profile on MobyGames
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