Industry Software & Programming Website www.foxmovies.com | Fate Closed Defunct 2006 | |
Former type Subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Games Owner News Corporation (1994–2003)
Vivendi (2003–2006) Founded December 1994, Los Angeles, California, United States Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States Parent organizations Vivendi Games, News Corporation, Activision Blizzard Video games Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, Aliens versus Predator 2, The Operative: No One L, Aliens versus Predator, The Simpsons: Hit & Run | ||
Fox Interactive was a video game publisher and developer mainly concerned with titles based on 20th Century Fox properties, such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, the Alien and Predator 2, and The Operative: No One Lives Forever , Predator film franchises, Independence Day, Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, 24, the first two Ice Age films, the Die Hard series of films and others made by 20th Century Fox. They have also been involved with original titles, including Croc: Legend of the Gobbos.
History
Fox Interactive was formed in May 1994, headed by former Time Warner Interactive executive Ted Hoff, and was an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation company. The company published, developed and produced games mainly for titles based on 20th Century Fox film and movie properties.
Their first two games were The Pagemaster, based on the film of the same name, and The Tick, based on the Fox Kids cartoon series of the same name. Fox Interactive released both arcade games, Die Hard Arcade and The Simpsons Bowling. The company became most well known for its Croc, Aliens vs. Predator, Die Hard and Charmed games.
In March 2003, Fox Interactive was acquired by Vivendi Universal Games and closed down in 2006. Future Fox Interactive games are now published by Fox Digital Entertainment or other 3rd party companies.