Indie Built
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Formerly |
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Subsidiary | |
Industry | Video game industry |
Fate | Dissolved |
Founded | October 1982 |
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Defunct | May 1, 2006 |
Headquarters | Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
Key people | Steven D. ZoBell (President) |
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Indie Built, Inc. (formerly Access Software, Inc.) was an American video game developer based in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] The company was founded in October 1982 by Bruce Carver and Chris Jones.[2] On April 19, 1999, Access Software was acquired by Microsoft for an undisclosed sum, and was renamed Salt Lake Games Studio.[3][4] In 2003, Microsoft transition Salt Like Games Studio into their Microsoft Game Studios division, where it was renamed Indie Studios. Also in 2003, Carver left Indie Studios to pursue new interests.[2] He later died from cancer on December 28, 2005.[2]
Following financial issues at Microsoft Game Studios, Indie Studios was announced to have been acquired by Take-Two Interactive on December 16, 2004, and was renamed Indie Built.[5][6][7] On January 25, 2005, Take-Two Interactive announced the opening of publishing label 2K Sports, which would henceforth manage their development studios for sports games, including Indie Built.[8] On May 1, 2006, 2K Sports announced that they had closed down Indie Built.[9][10] The move was reasoned by poor financial results from Take-Two Interactive's preceding fiscal year.[11][12]
References
- ↑ Retro Gamer Team (December 4, 2013). "Access Software". Retro Gamer. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- 1 2 3 Carless, Simon (January 5, 2006). "Obituary: Access Software Founder Bruce Carver". Gamasutra. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ↑ JB (April 19, 1999). "Microsoft Buys Access". IGN. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ↑ Rogers, Dan Lee (March 3, 2004). "The End Game: How Top Developers Sold Their Studios - Part One". Gamasutra. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ↑ Feldman, Curt (December 16, 2004). "Take-Two helps Microsoft get out of sports game". GameSpot. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ↑ GamesIndustry International (December 17, 2004). "Microsoft sells off sports game studio to Take Two". Eurogamer. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ↑ Adams, David (December 17, 2004). "Take-Two Picks Up Amped Team". IGN. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ↑ Jenkins, David (January 25, 2005). "Take-Two Acquires Visual Concepts, Announces 2K Games Brand". Gamasutra. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ↑ Hatfield, Daemon (May 1, 2006). "Take-Two Closes Indie Built". IGN. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ↑ Sinclair, Brendan (May 1, 2006). "Indie Built corporately dismantled". GameSpot. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ↑ Loughrey, Paul (May 2, 2006). "Take 2 forced to shut internal development studio". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ↑ Grant, Christopher (May 3, 2006). "Take-Two shutters Indie Built dev studio". Engadget. Retrieved February 4, 2018.