Metro3D

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Metro3D, Inc.
Type Private [1]
Industry Video games
Founded1998 [1] [ citation needed ]
Defunct2004 [2]
FateClosed
Headquarters San Jose, California [1]
Key people
Stephen C. H. Lin (CEO) [3]
Website metro3d.com (archived)

Metro3D, Inc. (formerly Metropolis Digital, Inc.) [ citation needed ] was an American video game developer and publisher. Based in San Jose, California, and founded in 1998 [ citation needed ], the company released several games for the Dreamcast, Game Boy Color (GBC), Game Boy Advance (GBA), and PlayStation 2 (PS2) consoles. [1]

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Founded as Metropolis Digital, Inc. [ citation needed ], the company developed Star Command: Revolution , published by GT Interactive for DOS in 1996. In 1998, the developer began seeking beta testers for its new online game Armada . [4] On April 27, 1999, the company, headed by ex-Capcom employees Joe Morici and George Nakayama, renamed itself Metro3D, Inc. after signing an agreement with Nintendo of America to become a third-party developer for Nintendo 64 and GBC games. [5] [ citation needed ]

The company's CEO, Dr. Stephen C. H. Lin, and the U.S. branch of the company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 19, 2004, after defaulting on a series of loans from Cathay Bank totaling $6.5 million. [2] The company's European division was sold off in June 2005 to Stewart Green of Green Solutions Limited (the parent of Data Design Interactive), but continued to operate in the region. [3]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Corporate Info". Metro3D, Inc. Archived from the original on December 23, 2005. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Simonson, Sharon (May 9, 2004). "Landmark in court". San Jose Business Journal . Advance Publications . Retrieved April 19, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Andersen, John (January 31, 2006). "Metro3D Resurrected As European Branch". Gamasutra . UBM plc. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-31. [The publisher is] under the management of CEO Dr. Stephen C.H. Lin [..] Metro3D Inc shareholders sold off its European division in June of 2005 to Stewart Green. Green has now re-established Metro3D Europe (M3DE), as a separate UK registered company, and will be unaffected by the on-going chapter 11 status of its former U.S. parent company. [..] [Green's own company] has three separate divisions related to gaming under its operation: Artworld Studios, Data Design Solutions, and All-Star Gaming.
  4. ↑ IGN staff (June 30, 1998). "News Archives: Week of June 28, 1998". IGN. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Introducing Metro3D". IGN. April 27, 1999. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
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