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Industry | Video games |
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Founded | 1993 |
Defunct | July 2005 |
Fate | Acquired by Electronic Arts |
Successor | EA Tiburon |
Headquarters | Little Falls, New Jersey |
Key people | Mike Taramykin, President Thomas Kirchner John Sousa Mike Cayado Jason Shenkman |
Products | Outlaw Golf Outlaw Volleyball Deer Avenger |
Number of employees | 40 [1] (2005) |
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Hypnotix was founded in 1993 and was based in Manhattan. [1] The company moved to Little Falls, New Jersey in 1996. [1]
In July 2005, the company was acquired by Electronic Arts and folded into EA Tiburon, which develops the Madden NFL and Tiger Woods PGA Tour series. [2] [3]
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