Haiku Studios
{{Infobox company
| name = Haiku Studios
| logo = Haiku Studios Logo.png
| caption =
| fate = Bankrupt
| successor =
| foundation = 1993
| defunct = 1997
| location = France
| industry = Video game software and programming
| key_people = Olivier Cordoleani
Hervé Lange
| products = Adventure games
| num_employees = 11-50{{cn|date=March 2021}}
}}
Haiku Studios was a video game developer based in France, founded by Olivier Cordoleani and Hervé Lange in 1993. Cordoleani and Lange both worked on Iron and Flame (Atari), B.A.T. (1990, Ubisoft) and B.A.T. II - The Koshan Conspiracy (1992, Ubisoft) under the name Computer's Dream during the 1980s. The name Haiku Studios was coined in 1993 and consisted of Computer's Dream and several other developers.
The company developed Down in the Dumps, which was published by Philips Media for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh in 1996. A 3D racing game, Demon Driver;{{cite web |title=Demon Driver [PC – Cancelled] |url=https://www.unseen64.net/2019/12/27/demon-driver-pc-cancelled/ |format= |work= |author=Luca "Monokama" Taborelli |website=Unseen64 |date=December 27, 2019 |accessdate=29 December 2019 }} "Moreau",{{cite web |title=The Island of Dr. Moreau [Playstation, PC – Cancelled] |url=https://www.unseen64.net/2017/10/02/island-dr-moreau-playstation-pc-cancelled/ |format= |work= |author=Luca "Monokama" Taborelli |website=Unseen64 |date=October 2, 2017 |accessdate=29 December 2019 }} (believed to be a tie-in to the 1996 movie The Island of Dr. Moreau starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer) and Elric the Necromancer,{{cite web |title=Elric [PSX – Cancelled] |url=https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/11/elric-psx-cancelled/ |format= |website=Unseen64 |date=April 11, 2008 |accessdate=29 December 2019 }} an action RPG in the Diablo ilk, were in development when the company went out of business in 1997.
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961225045749/http://www.haikustudios.com/ |date=December 25, 1996 |title=Haiku Studios Official website }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707100514/http://www.aitpast.com/dossiers/interview_cordoleani/interview_cordoleani.htm Alone in the Past? Interview with Olivier Cordoleani] (French)
Category:Defunct video game companies of France
Category:Video game companies established in 1993
Category:Video game companies disestablished in 1997
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