Pseudo Interactive

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Pseudo Interactive
IndustryVideo games
Founded1995;29 years ago (1995)
SuccessorFinish Line Games
Drinkbox Studios
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people
David Wu, Rich Hilmer and Daniel Posner

Pseudo Interactive was a video game developer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and started in 1995 by David Wu, Rich Hilmer, and Daniel Posner. In 2006, the company had over fifty employees. [1] After closing, several employees formed DrinkBox Studios. Pseudo Interactive was later revived in 2021.

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History

They released a launch title for the Xbox called Cel Damage , which was also released on the GameCube and PlayStation 2. They successfully pitched a full reboot of the Vectorman franchise to Sega for the PlayStation 2, but it was cancelled before release. [2] They made Full Auto for the Xbox 360. Their final game was Full Auto 2: Battlelines , released for the PlayStation 3.

As of April 6, 2008, it was announced that the company was shutting down. They were working on Crude Awakening [3] for Eidos Interactive which was cancelled, leaving the company without the means to survive until securing another deal. It was widely believed to be an updated version of Carmageddon .

As of 2021, the company is developing an MMORTS. [4]

On October 7, 2022, Pseudo Interactive co-founder David Wu died of diabetic shock at the age of 47. [5] By the time of his death, David Wu was the lead developer at Pseudo Interactive, which was revived in 2021. [6]

Video games

Released

Games developed by Pseudo Interactive
YearTitlePlatform(s)
2001 Cel Damage Xbox, GameCube
2002 Cel Damage Overdrive PlayStation 2
2004CrashDemos for Microsoft XNA
2006 Full Auto Xbox 360
Full Auto 2: Battlelines PlayStation 3

Cancelled

At least four games were in development at Pseudo before the studio closure: [7]

At the time of David Wu's passing, Pseudo Interactive had a new game in development:

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