Blue Tongue Entertainment
| Blue Tongue Entertainment Pty Ltd | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Proprietary Limited |
| founding | 1995 |
| resolution | August 2011 |
| Reason for dissolution | Closure by the parent company |
| Seat |
Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
|
| Number of employees | 80 |
| Branch | Software development |
Blue Tongue Entertainment was an Australian entertainment software company founded in 1995 that focused its work on the production of video games . In 2004, the previously independent company was taken over by THQ and has worked as a developer for THQ ever since.
Company history
Since its inception, Blue Tongue has grown into one of Australia's leading video game manufacturers. While the first game, AFL Finals Fever , was only distributed in Australia in 1996 , the next title, Riding Star, has already been released internationally. Since then, Blue Tongue has been producing video games for the international market, including adaptations of internationally known films such as Starship Troopers , Jurassic Park and The Polar Express .
The last title Blue Tongue developed was de Blob , which appeared in Germany in September 2008. The game received 2 of 14 Wii awards from IGN for best jump 'n' run or platform game and for the most innovative design.
In August 2011 the studio was closed as part of a restructuring of THQ.
Awards
- Winner of the E3 Best Game Award 2002
Video games
- AFL Finals Fever (1996)
- Riding Star (1998)
- Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy (2000)
- Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis (2003)
- The Polar Express (2004)
- Nicktoons Unite! (2005)
- Barnyard (2006)
- Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island (2006)
- Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots (2007)
- El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2007)
- de Blob (2008)
literature
- Blue Tongue Entertainment. In: Winnie Forster : Computer and video playmaker. (The dictionary of game designers and programmers, international teams and publishers: over 1850 people, 4500 games, 1300 company portraits). First edition. Gameplan, Utting 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-021584-1 , p. 51.
Web links
- www.bluetongue.com ( July 8, 2011 memento in the Internet Archive ) (archived July 8, 2011)
- Blue Tongue Entertainment at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c THQ Acquires Blue Tongue Entertainment - Business Wire November 17, 2004 ( Memento from July 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ http://www.golem.de/0411/34750.html
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/company/blue-tongue-entertainment-pty-ltd
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/893/893266p1.html
- ↑ http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/893/893266p4.html
- ↑ http://www.tsumea.com/australasia/australia/news/100811/thq-studio-australia-and-blue-tongue-entertainment-to-close-this
