Magic Pixel Games

{{Infobox company

| name = Magic Pixel Games

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| type = Private (LLC)

| predecessor = EA Los Angeles

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| foundation = May 2010

| defunct =

| location = Los Angeles, California, United States

| key_people = Jeff Dixon, William Farquhar, Sean Hyde-Moyer, Stephen Riesenberger, Michael Seegers, Mark Tsai, Aaron Habibipour

| industry = Video games

| products = Carnival Island

| owner =

| num_employees = 25+

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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.magicpixelgames.com/}}

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Magic Pixel Games is an American video game development company founded by key members of the Boom Blox team from Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studio.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/former-i-boom-blox-i-devs-form-magic-pixel-games|title=Former Boom Blox Devs Form Magic Pixel Games |publisher=Game Developer|date=2011-06-02|accessdate=2023-03-15}}

History

Magic Pixel Games was founded by six members of the Boom Blox team after "routine layoffs" from Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studio in March 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/-small-number-of-i-boom-blox-i-devs-laid-off-at-ea|title=Small Number Of Boom Blox Devs Laid Off At EA |publisher=Game Developer|date=2010-03-03|accessdate=2023-03-15}} The company announced its formation on June 2, 2011, after adding other industry veterans from THQ and Activision to its staff.

Magic Pixel's first title, Carnival Island, was announced three days later at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011,{{cite web|url=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/06/15/e3-replay-roll-throw-flip-and-toss-in-carnival-island-with-ps-move/ |title=E3 Replay: Roll, Throw, Flip and Toss in Carnival Island with PS Move |author=Mark Tsai |date=June 15, 2011 |publisher=PlayStation.Blog |accessdate=December 22, 2011}} based heavily on the team's prior experience with motion-controlled games.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/interview-finding-the-fun-with-each-type-of-motion-controller|title=Interview: Finding The Fun With Each Type Of Motion Controller|publisher=Gamasutra|date=2011-08-02|accessdate=2023-03-15}}

Magic Pixel's first mobile title, Stick to It, was a character-based physics-puzzler released in 2012 for iOS. In 2014, Magic Pixel partnered with Tapzen and released This Means WAR! for iOS, with the Android version coming out in Q3 of 2014. Also coming out in 2014 is Outcast Odyssey, published by Bandai Namco Games.

On January 12, 2015, both TapZen and Magic Pixel Games were acquired by Kabam.{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/01/13/kabam-acquires-two-mobile-game-studios-as-it-gathers-more-top-talent/|title=Kabam acquires two mobile game studios as it gathers more top talent|date=13 January 2015 }}

Games

class="wikitable"

! Title

! Genre

! Release
Date

Carnival Island{{Cite web|url=http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/carnival-island-ps3.html|title=Carnival Island|publisher=SCE Santa Monica Studio|accessdate=2011-12-22}}

| Party game

| 2011

Stick to It!{{Cite web|url=http://www.sticktoitgame.com|title=Stick to It|accessdate=2013-08-02|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802082759/http://www.sticktoitgame.com/|archive-date=2013-08-02|url-status=dead}}

| Platform game

| 2013

This Means WAR!{{Cite web|url=http://www.tapzen.com/this-means-war/|title=This Means WAR!|accessdate=2014-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630005938/http://www.tapzen.com/this-means-war/|archive-date=2014-06-30|url-status=dead}}

| Strategy Game

| 2014

Outcast Odyssey

| Trading Card Game

| 2014

References

External links

[http://www.magicpixelgames.com Official homepage]

Category:Video game companies established in 2010

Category:Video game companies of the United States

Category:Video game development companies

Category:Privately held companies based in California

Category:Companies based in Los Angeles