Other Ocean Interactive

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.

Other Ocean Interactive
Formerly
Backbone Charlottetown (2006–2007)
Subsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded6 February 2006 (2006-02-06) in Charlottetown, Canada
FounderAndrew Ayre
Headquarters
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
,
Canada
Key people
Andrew Ayre (CEO)
Parent
Websiteotherocean.com

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

Other Ocean Interactive developed the following games:

  • Cloudy Mountain (Intellivision Amico) (Q2 2021)
  • Night Staker (Intellivision Amico) (Q2 2021)
  • MediEvil (PS4) (2019)
  • Giant Cop: Justice Above All (PC) (2016)
  • IDARB (Xbox One) (2015)
  • Puffins: Let's Race! (Nintendo DS) (2010)
  • Puffins: Let's Fish! (Nintendo DS) (2010)
  • Puffins: Let's Roll! (Nintendo DS) (2010)

They were also involved in the development of the following games:

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist (PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) (2015)
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Generationen (iPad, iPhone, Android) (2014)
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels (Xbox 360, PlaySation 3) (2014)
  • NBA Rush (iPhone, iPad) (2014)
  • Gunstringer: Dead Man Running (PC) (2013)
  • Poptropica Adventures (Nintendo DS) (2012)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, PC, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U) (2012)
  • Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition (Nintendo 3DS) (2017)

References
  1. Bitti, Mary Teresa (20 March 2011). "Fostering entrepreneurial spirit — in every employee". National Post.
  2. Smellie, Sarah (2 January 2018). "Atlantic Canadian company taking gamers through the Rick and Morty multiverse". CBC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. Carless, Simon (6 February 2006). "Foundation 9 To Open New Canadian Studio". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. Bartlett, Dave (2 July 2010). "Two Newfoundland natives making waves in video game industry". SaltWire Network. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. Boyer, Brandon (25 May 2007). "Foundation 9 Co-Founder Departs, Opens Other Ocean". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  6. Collins, Dillon (8 August 2018). "Made Right Here: Other Ocean". Newfoundland Herald. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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