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Blue Tongue Entertainment Pty, Ltd.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded13 October 1995; 29 years ago (1995-10-13)
Founders
  • Chris Mosely
  • Andrew Heath
Defunct10 August 2011 (2011-08-10)
HeadquartersMelbourne, Australia
Key people
Kevin Chan (general manager)
Products
ParentTHQ

Blue Tongue Entertainment Pty, Ltd. was an Australian video game developer founded in 1995. It was acquired by THQ on 17 November 2004, and remained an internal development studio of THQ until its closure in August 2011. In addition to THQ, Blue Tongue had worked with the publishers Hasbro Interactive and Vivendi Universal Games.

Blue Tongue originally provided web development services, and moved into video games in 1995 with their first release, AFL Finals Fever. It was released on 9 June 1996 and reached number 3 on the Australian software sales charts. Another game, Riding Star, was their first international release. It was ported to multiple platforms, including the PlayStation and the Game Boy. Blue Tongue developed the TOSHI game engine used internally for many of its projects.

In 2008, Blue Tongue finished de Blob, its first original game since Riding Star, for the Wii system. de Blob was met with critical acclaim from various gaming websites, including Official Nintendo Magazine, which awarded the game a rating of 92% and a Gold Award, and IGN.com, which awarded the game several Wii-specific awards in its 2008 video game awards, including Best Platform Game, Best Graphics Technology, and Best Use of Sound. In addition to the awards won, IGN also nominated de Blob for several other Wii-specific awards, including Best New IP, Best Original Score, Most Innovative Design, and Game of the Year.

In 2011, Blue Tongue was announced to be closed down under a restructuring and realignment plan by parent company, THQ.[1]

Games

Year Title Platform(s)
1996 AFL Finals Fever Microsoft Windows
1998 Riding Star
2000 Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy
2003 Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
2004 The Polar Express GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2
2005 Nicktoons Unite! GameCube, PlayStation 2
2006 Barnyard GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Wii
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island GameCube, PlayStation 2
2007 Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots PlayStation 2, Wii
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera PlayStation 2
2008 De Blob Wii
2009 Marvel Super Hero Squad
2011 De Blob 2 PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360

Cancelled

See also

References

  1. ^ "THQ Studio Australia and Blue Tongue Entertainment to close this week". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  2. ^ Lien, Tracey (15 September 2011). "What Was THQ Brisbane Working On Before The Studio Closed?". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  3. ^ "WWE Brawl gameplay video footage".
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