Industry | Video games |
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Founded | 1995 |
Successor | Finish 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.
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]
Year | Title | Platform(s) |
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2001 | Cel Damage | Xbox, GameCube |
2002 | Cel Damage Overdrive | PlayStation 2 |
2004 | Crash | Demos for Microsoft XNA |
2006 | Full Auto | Xbox 360 |
Full Auto 2: Battlelines | PlayStation 3 |
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: