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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | July 22, 2002 |
| Founder | Jamie Leece |
| Defunct | December 18, 2003 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Headquarters | , US |
Key people | Jamie Leece (president) |
| Parent | Take-Two Interactive |
Gotham Games, Inc. was an American video game publisher based in New York City. Founded in July 2002 and headed by Jamie Leece, the company was shut down in December 2003.
Gotham Games was launched as a publishing label and subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive on July 22, 2002, with Take-Two Interactive's vice-president of publishing and business development, Jamie Leece, promoted to Gotham Games' president. [1] At the time, Gotham Games was the third label for Take-Two Interactive, after Rockstar Games and Gathering of Developers, because of which Take-Two Interactive ceased publishing under their self-named label, citing a "global branding strategy". [2]
At the May 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Gotham Games announced that they were seeking new video game developers who were willing to have their game published by them. [3] [4] On December 18, 2003, Take-Two Interactive's chief executive officer, Jeffrey Lapin, announced that Gotham Games had been dissolved as part of a "larger internal reorganization". [5]
| Title | Platform(s) | Release date | Developer | Ref. |
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| Austin Powers Pinball | PlayStation | September 10, 2002 | Wildfire Studios | [6] |
| Conflict: Desert Storm | Microsoft Windows | September 30, 2002 | Pivotal Games | [7] |
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| Spec Ops: Airborne Commando | PlayStation | October 31, 2002 | Big Grub | [8] |
| Serious Sam | Xbox | November 12, 2002 | Croteam | [9] |
| Disney's Piglet's Big Game | GameCube | March 18, 2003 | Doki Denki | [10] |
| PlayStation 2 | ||||
| Big Strike Bowling | PlayStation | March 19, 2003 | Coresoft | [11] |
| Patriotic Pinball | PlayStation | April 17, 2003 | Wildfire Studios | [12] |
| Conflict: Desert Storm | GameCube | April 22, 2003 | Pivotal Games | [13] |
| Motocross Mania 2 | PlayStation | June 25, 2003 | Alpine Studios | [14] |
| The Great Escape | PlayStation 2 | July 22, 2003 | Pivotal Games | [15] |
| Xbox | ||||
| Microsoft Windows | July 23, 2003 | |||
| ATV Mania | PlayStation | July 23, 2003 | Deibus Studios | [16] |
| Starsky & Hutch | PlayStation 2 | September 9, 2003 | Minds Eye Productions | [17] |
| Xbox | September 10, 2003 | [18] | ||
| Microsoft Windows | September 11, 2003 | [19] | ||
| Ford Truck Mania | PlayStation | September 16, 2003 | Alpine Studios | [20] |
| Conflict: Desert Storm II – Back to Baghdad | Microsoft Windows | October 7, 2003 | Pivotal Games | [21] |
| PlayStation 2 | ||||
| Xbox | ||||
| GameCube | January 6, 2004 | [22] | ||
| MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch | PlayStation 2 | October 14, 2003 | Big Ape Productions | [23] |
| Xbox | ||||
| PlayStation | October 15, 2003 | Coresoft | ||
| Microsoft Windows | October 19, 2003 | Big Ape Productions | ||
| Dora the Explorer: Super Spies | Game Boy Advance | October 25, 2003 | CinéGroupe | [24] |
| Ford Racing 2 | Xbox | December 11, 2003 | Razorworks | [25] |
| PlayStation 2 | December 18, 2003 | [26] |
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The Pinball of the Dead is a pinball video game developed by Sega's Wow Entertainment division and published by Sega. It was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2002 and 2003. Based on Sega's The House of the Dead series of light gun games, particularly The House of the Dead and The House of the Dead 2, the game contains three tables and includes a "Challenge" mode. Full-motion video sequences and audio samples from previous games were also added. The game was first announced during the 2001 Nintendo Space World. Composer Hitoshi Sakimoto was involved with making the game's music.
Starsky & Hutch is a vehicular combat video game by British studio Mind's Eye Productions and published by Empire Interactive based on the television series of the same name created by William Blinn. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and GameCube.
Football Mania is a Lego-themed sports game released in 2002 for the PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Advance. It was developed by Silicon Dreams and published by Electronic Arts and Lego Interactive, and was the first Lego game to be co-published by Electronic Arts, as well as the first to lack the "Lego" branding in the name.
Zynga Eugene is an American video game developer based in Eugene, Oregon. The company was founded as Buzz Monkey Software in late 2001 by four former Dynamix employees: senior producer Randy Thompson, senior engineers Jon Milnes and Steve Cordon, and lead artist Barry Drew.
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KISS Pinball is a video game developed by Wildfire Studios and published by On Deck Interactive for Microsoft Windows in 2000. A port for PlayStation, developed by Tarantula Studios, was released by Take-Two Interactive in 2001.
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