Other Ocean Interactive Explained

Other Ocean Interactive
Former Name:Backbone Charlottetown (2006–2007)
Type:Subsidiary
Industry:Video games
Founded: in Charlottetown, Canada
Founder:Andrew Ayre
Hq Location City:St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Hq Location Country:Canada
Key People:Andrew Ayre (CEO)
Divisions:Other Ocean Emeryville

Other Ocean Interactive is a Canadian-American video game developer based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Emeryville, California.[1] [2] Originally founded in 2006 in Charlottetown, as a studio for Foundation 9 Entertainment, the studio was spun off as Other Ocean Interactive in May 2007. Since then, it has made eight games itself and has been involved in the development of 40 other games.

History

Foundation 9 Entertainment, at the time the largest independent video game developer in North America, announced on 6 February 2006 that it was opening Backbone Charlottetown, a new internal studio based in Charlottetown, Canada.[3] When co-founder Andrew Ayre left Foundation 9 a year later, he bought out and became the sole owner of the Backbone Charlottetown studio, which was renamed Other Ocean Interactive that May.[4] [5] By 2008, the company established headquarters in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[6]

Games developed

Other Ocean Interactive developed the following games:

!Year!Title!Platform(s)!Notes
2008Super Monkey BalliPhone
2009CSI: Deadly Intent - The Hidden CasesNintendo DS
2010Dark Void ZeroNintendo DSiWare
Puffins: Let's Race!Nintendo DS
Puffins: Let's Fish!
Puffins: Let's Roll!
CSI: Unsolved!
2011Mortal Kombat Arcade KollectionXbox LIVE Arcade
Nintendo DS
Iron BrigadeWindows
2012Android
StackingWindows
Xbox LIVE Arcade
Poptropica AdventuresNintendo DS
The Amazing Spider-Man
2013Gunstringer: Dead Man RunningWindows
2014HexicWindows 8.1Windows Phone
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel GenerationiOSAndroidInvolved in development
Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels PlayStation 3Xbox 360Involved in development
Costume Quest 2Wii U
NBA RushiOSInvolved in development
2015
  1. IDARB
WindowsXbox One
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the DuelistPlayStation 4Windows

Xbox One

Involved in development
2016Giant Cop: Justice Above AllWindowsVR title for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift
Super Time Force UltraPlayStation Vita
2017Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS EditionNew Nintendo 3DS
2019Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the DuelistNintendo SwitchInvolved in development
Project WinterWindows
MediEvilPlayStation 4Remake of the 1998 title MediEvil

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fostering entrepreneurial spirit — in every employee . Bitti . Mary Teresa . 20 March 2011 . National Post.
  2. Web site: Atlantic Canadian company taking gamers through the Rick and Morty multiverse . Smellie . Sarah . 2 January 2018 . . 29 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191202005805/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/other-ocean-changing-the-game-1.4462022 . 2 December 2019 . live .
  3. Web site: Foundation 9 To Open New Canadian Studio . Simon . Carless . 6 February 2006 . . 19 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190414143005/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/99006/Foundation_9_To_Open_New_Canadian_Studio.php . 14 April 2019 . live .
  4. Web site: Two Newfoundland natives making waves in video game industry . Bartlett . Dave . 2 July 2010 . . 29 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200129222955/https://www.saltwire.com/lifestyles/two-newfoundland-natives-making-waves-in-video-game-industry-140671/ . 29 January 2020 . live .
  5. Web site: Foundation 9 Co-Founder Departs, Opens Other Ocean . Brandon . Boyer . 25 May 2007 . . 19 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190503203734/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/105049/Foundation_9_CoFounder_Departs_Opens_Other_Ocean.php . 3 May 2019 . live .
  6. Web site: Made Right Here: Other Ocean . Collins . Dillon . 8 August 2018 . . 29 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200129212217/https://nfldherald.com/made-right-here-other-ocean/ . 29 January 2020 . live .