Amaze Entertainment

Amaze Entertainment is a video game developer for several video game platforms, with headquarters located in Kirkland, Washington. Amaze has acquired many smaller studios, and it was announced on November 14th, 2006 that Amaze itself was acquired by Foundation 9.

ubsidiaries, divisions and affiliates

Amaze Entertainment's current studios include:

* Griptonite Games - Kirkland, WA
* The Fizz Factor - Austin, TX
* Amaze Entertainment - Kirkland, WA

Former studios include KnowWonder Digital Mediaworks, Adrenium Games, Black Ship Games and Monsoon. The Monsoon name for the Amaze Entertainment Console Studio has fallen into disuse.

Games

Amaze Entertainment is widely known for developing games based on blockbuster movie licenses, including:

* Star Wars
* The Lord of the Rings
* Harry Potter
* The Chronicles of Narnia
* Shrek
* Spider Man
* Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
* Over the Hedge
* Pirates of the Caribbean
* Eragon

Other well-known media franchises Amaze Entertainment has worked on include:

* Spyro the Dragon
* Crash Bandicoot
* Call of Duty
* The Sims
* Bionicle
* Digimon
* Samurai Jack
* WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2008

External links

* [http://www.amazeentertainment.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.gamespot.com/news/6161582.html Gamespot.com covers news of acquisition]
* [http://f9e.com/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=4827 Foundation 9 press release]