Artech Digital Entertainment | |
Trade Name: | Artech Studios |
Type: | Private |
Founded: | 1982 |
Fate: | Disbanded |
Hq Location City: | Ottawa, Ontario |
Hq Location Country: | Canada |
Num Employees: | 60+ |
Num Employees Year: | as of 2006 |
Founders: | Rick Banks Paul Butler Steve Armstrong |
Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. (stylized as ARTECH studios) was a video game developer formed in 1982 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Also known as Artech Studios, the company developed games such as Raze's Hell, Monopoly, Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, and a remake of Q*bert.
The company has developed games for the ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari computers, Nabu Network, Genesis, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC, and the Xbox 360. They have also developed a series of interactive games designed for standard DVD players.
Artech Studios closed its doors in December 2011.[1]