Point of View (company)

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Point of View, Inc.
Type Private
Industry Video games
Founded1996
Defunct2010
Headquarters Irvine, California
Key people
Chris Warner, Mike Terlecki
Products List
Website pointofview.com (archived)

Point of View, Inc. was a privately held developer of video games headquartered in Irvine, California. The company was dissolved in 2010. The company is known for working with Midway Games on many titles including NFL Blitz , Ready 2 Rumble Boxing , and MLB Slugfest 2004 .

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History

Point of View was founded in February 1996 by three game industry veterans. The leaders of the company are founders Chris Warner (President) Mark Nausha (Vice President Business Development) and Mike Terlecki (Vice President of Technology). Many of the company's employees previously worked at studios such as Interplay and Troika Games. The studio employed 30 developers in 2009, and worked on Damnation and TNA Impact!: Cross The Line . [1]

In 2010, after a tumultuous relationship with partner Blue Omega Entertainment, and UK based publisher Codemasters, the company went out of business citing "financial difficulties" and lack of work. [2]

Games

Point of View has developed titles stretching from the Dreamcast Game console to the next-gen platforms. In 11 years the company has released 32 game titles (over 90 SKUs) with many of the game industries most successful publishing houses, including Electronic Arts, Namco, Midway Games, Crave Entertainment, and MGA Entertainment. Below is a list of games the company has developed.

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References

  1. ↑ "Point of View, Inc". HighendCareers. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Breckon, Nick (June 30, 2009). "Damnation Team Laid Off, Lawsuit Records Reveal Troubled Development". Shacknews . Gamerhub. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ahmed, Shahed (17 May 2006). "Deuce is no More". GameSpot . Fandom . Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "NARC for Windows (2008)".
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