Former type Public Defunct October 2012 Products See products listing Ceased operations October 2012 | Industry Video games Area served Worldwide Founder Mark Loughridge | |
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Key people Randall Sanborn (Studio Head) Headquarters Framingham, Massachusetts, United States Founded March 1994, Los Angeles, California, United States | ||
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ImaginEngine was a video game development studio that was based in Los Angeles, California. The studio has shipped nearly 200 titles across major platforms. ImaginEngine is a Foundation 9 Entertainment studio, and is located in Framingham, MA before ImaginEngine is shut down in 2012.
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The studio was used to be run by Randall Sanborn. Mat Williams served as Technical Manager and Chris Zirpoli was the Creative Manager.
History
In 1994, the company was founded by Jon Goldman, Mark Loughridge and David Vronay. Mark and David met at Apple Computer where they both worked in Apple's Advanced Technology Group (ATG). Alan Kay, who also worked in ATG at the time, was an early mentor. Houghton Mifflin was their publishing partner.
In 2003, ImaginEngine merged with Digital Eclipse Software to form Backbone Entertainment.
In 2005, Backbone Entertainment merged with The Collective, Inc. and Pipeworks Software to form Foundation 9 Entertainment.
In 2007, DragonFly Game Design was purchased by ImaginEngine, to make extend its reach further into Serious Games market.
In October 2012, ImaginEngine shut down, likely due to poor sales of their products.