Day 1 Studios
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| Type | Video game developer |
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| Industry | Video Game Industry |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois and Hunt Valley, Maryland |
| Website | www.day1studios.com |
Day 1 Studios is an American game developer that operates in Chicago, Illinois and Hunt Valley, Maryland.
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History
Meyer/Glass Interactive (sometimes abbreviated M/GI) was founded in 1997 by Steven Meyer as a division of Meyer/Glass Design, one of the most prolific toy invention design firms in the industry. The division was created to develop games for the Xbox, Sony PlayStation, and PC gaming platforms and their two studios were located in Chicago, Illinois, and Hunt Valley, Maryland.
Mr. Meyer sold the M/GI division in 2001 to industry veterans Denny Thorley, Mike McDonald, and T.J. Wagner who renamed it Day 1 Studios. The new independent company kept the two existing studios and added another location in Seattle, Washington.
They worked in tandem with developer FASA Interactive to create their first two games MechAssault, which became a very successful franchise for the company, and proved useful to Microsoft in promoting their Xbox Live service (the game was bundled with subscriptions for some time) and MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf, published by Microsoft Game Studios, for the Xbox. They recently finished working with Monolith Productions to make the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 console ports of F.E.A.R..
In 2006, Day 1 signed a deal with LucasArts to develop a science fiction video game for next generation consoles. The game is called Fracture, and has had mixed reviews by the gaming press. In 2010 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment anounced that they would be devloping the third installment in the F.E.A.R. franchise entitled F.E.A.R. 3. and first announced using the title F.3.A.R. which was later confirmed as just for advertising.
In 2008, the company reported having 135+ engineers, designers and artists.
Games under Meyer/Glass Interactive (1998-2000)
- Axis & Allies -- PC (1998)
- Missile Command -- PC, PS1 (1999)
- Avalon Hill's Diplomacy -- PC (1999)
- Battleship: Surface Thunder -- PC (2000)
Games under Day 1 Studios (2001-present)
- MechAssault -- Xbox (2002)
- MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf -- Xbox (2004)
- F.E.A.R. -- Xbox 360 (2006), PS3 (2007)
- Fracture -- Xbox 360, PS3 (October 2008)
- F.E.A.R. 3 -- PC, PS3, Xbox 360 (2010)
External links
- Company Website
- Interview with company president Denny Thorley
- Day 1 Studios at Allgame
- Day 1 Studios at the Internet Movie Database
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