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Vicious Engine Powers Japanese WiiWare Launch Title CritterRound-Up
Vicious Engine Powers Japanese WiiWare Launch Title CritterRound-Up Posted by: Necropolis in Wii, tags: Vicious Cycle Software, Vicious Engine, WiiWare Epicenter Studios Taps Vicious Cycle Software’s Game Development Solution to Create Addictive Puzzler MORRISVILLE, N.C. - May 29, 2008 Vicious Engine, a game development solution developed by Vicious Cycle Software, has been selected by talented new development team Epicenter Studios to power their recently released WiiWare™ title
Vicious Engine made available to Indiana University students
Filed under: Culture, Simulations Developers Vicious Cycle Software have offered up the studio's cross-platform Vicious Engine middleware to students attending the Indiana University School of Education, giving those aspiring to a life of game development some helpful hands-on time with real-world tools. But don't go expecting the university to churn out the next Puzzle Quest or Dead Head Fred, as according to the school, students will be using the engine to make so-called 'serious games." S
Dead Head Fred has walked away with the first ever WGA (Wrter's Guild of America) Videogame Writing Award. While skeptics like me worry that this award might just be a WGA maneuver to eventually get their hands in the small pockets of video game writers, it's positive to see the WGA recognizing some of the excellent, overlooked writing in video games. I haven't played Dead Head Fred since E3 '06—when I enjoyed it quote a bit. So would anyone else like to share some of the game's more quotable
Dead Head Fred has walked away with the first ever WGA (Wrter's Guild of America) Videogame Writing Award. While skeptics like me worry that this award might just be a WGA maneuver to eventually get their hands in the small pockets of video game writers, it's positive to see the WGA recognizing some of the excellent, overlooked writing in video games. I haven't played Dead Head Fred since E3 '06—when I enjoyed it quote a bit. So would anyone else like to share some of the game's more quotable
Eric Peterson, Founder/President Wayne Harvey, Founder/Director of Engineering
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Robotech: Battlecry Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey Robotech: Invasion Spy vs. Spy Curious George (video game) Flushed Away Marvel Trading Card Game Dead Head Fred
Website
www.viciouscycleinc.com
Vicious Cycle Software is a video game development company based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
History
Vicious Cycle was founded in 2000 by Eric Peterson, Dave Ellis, Marc Racine and Wayne Harvey after layoffs at the local MicroProse development studio (then a Hasbro Interactive studio) forced several game developers into finding other work. Ellis left the company in the Summer of 2000, but returned in 2005 to take a position as game designer. Racine resigned as Vice President and Director of Production in the Spring of 2005 to pursue other ventures. Vicious Cycle has released several titles for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and PlayStation Portable systems as well as the Microsoft Windows platform.
In 2005, Vicious Cycle announced the opening of their Monkey Bar Games division. Monkey Bar Games is focused on providing mass-market games to gamers of all ages. Thus far, Monkey Bar Games has released video games incorporating licensed characters from Dora the Explorer and Curious George. A game was also released in late 2006 to coincide with the release of the Flushed Away animated feature film.
Also in 2005, Vicious Cycle announced the release of their Vicious Engine game engine. The Vicious Engine is a complete game development middleware solution for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, and Microsoft Windows. The Vicious Engine is one of the first game engines to offer full support for the PSP and Wii platforms.
On June 20, 2007, Vicious Cycle was acquired by D3 Publisher, making Vicious Cycle Software a subsidiary of D3Publisher of America and a secondâ€tier subsidiary of D3 Inc.
References
^ Press Release: D3 Inc. Acquires Vicious Cycle Software from D3 website
