| Kronos Digital Entertainment | |
| Industry: | Video games |
| Foundation: | 1992 |
| Defunct: | 2002 |
| Location City: | Pasadena, California |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Key People: | Stanley Liu |
| Products: | Fear Effect series |
Kronos Digital Entertainment was an American video game developer, founded by Stan Liu in 1992. It developed original properties, beginning with the visually appealing[1] early 3D fighting games Criticom, Dark Rift and Cardinal Syn (called the "Trilogy of Terror" by one gaming journalist).[2]
Kronos gained greater critical and commercial success for its later Fear Effect series with Eidos,[2] and retained all rights to the franchise.[3] It was developing the third Fear installment, Fear Effect Inferno, when Eidos discontinued funding following a major budget restructuring. The developer then shopped the game around to other publishers before failing to secure a deal and finish it.[4] It dissolved soon after, finally releasing . Outside of video games, they provided computer animation to Spider Man on Fox Kids.
| Year | Game | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Criticom | PlayStation, Sega Saturn |
| 1997 | Meat Puppet | Microsoft Windows |
| Dark Rift | Nintendo 64, Microsoft Windows | |
| 1998 | Cardinal Syn | PlayStation |
| 2000 | Fear Effect | |
| 2001 |