Fox Interactive was a video game publisher and developer mainly concerned with titles based on 20th Century Fox properties, such as The Simpsons , Family Guy , Futurama , the Alien and Predator 2 , and The Operative: No One Lives Forever , Predator film franchises, Independence Day , Charmed , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , The X-Files , 24 , the first two Ice Age films, the Die Hard series of films and others made by 20th Century Fox . They have also been involved with original titles, including Croc: Legend of the Gobbos .
History
Fox Interactive was formed in May 1994, headed by former Time Warner Interactive executive Ted Hoff, and was an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment , a News Corporation company.[1] The company published, developed and produced games mainly for titles based on 20th Century Fox film and movie properties.
Their first two games were The Pagemaster , based on the film of the same name , and The Tick , based on the Fox Kids cartoon series of the same name . Fox Interactive released both arcade games, Die Hard Arcade and The Simpsons Bowling . The company became most well known for its Croc , Aliens vs. Predator , Die Hard and Charmed games.
In March 2003, Fox Interactive was acquired by Vivendi Universal Games ; it was closed down in 2006. Games based on Twentieth Century Fox properties are now published by Fox Digital Entertainment or other third parties.
List of video games developed
Title
Release Date
Platform
The Tick
1994
Super NES , Sega Genesis
The Pagemaster
1994
Super NES , Sega Genesis , Game Boy
Alien Trilogy
1995
PlayStation , Sega Saturn , MS-DOS
Die Hard Arcade
1996
Arcade , Sega Saturn
Die Hard Trilogy
1996
PlayStation , Sega Saturn , Windows
The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio
1996
Windows , Mac OS
Independence Day
1997
PlayStation , Sega Saturn , Windows
The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield
1997
Windows
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
1997
PlayStation , Game Boy Color , Sega Saturn , Windows
James Cameron's Titanic Explorer
1997
Windows , Macintosh
Anastasia: Adventures with Pooka and Bartok
1997
Windows , Macintosh
FOX Sports Soccer 99
1998
PlayStation
Icebreaker
1998
Windows
Fox Sports Golf '99
1998
Windows , PlayStation
Fox Sports College Hoops '99
1998
Nintendo 64
The X-Files Game
1998
Windows , Macintosh , PlayStation
Motorhead
1998
PlayStation , Windows
Team Losi RC Racer
1998
PlayStation
N2O: Nitrous Oxide
1998
PlayStation
FOX Sports Golf
1998
PlayStation
Fox Sports NBA Championship 2000
1999
Windows
NBA Basketball 2000
1999
PlayStation , Windows
Sci-Fi Pinball
1999
Windows , Macintosh
NHL Championship 2000
1999
PlayStation , Windows
The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio
1999 (re-release)
Windows , Macintosh
Alien Resurrection
1999
PlayStation , Windows
Alien vs. Predator
1999
Windows , Macintosh
Croc 2
1999
PlayStation , Game Boy Color , Windows
Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas
2000
PlayStation , Windows
Sanity: Aiken's Artifact
2000
Windows
King of the Hill
2000
Windows , Macintosh
The Simpsons Bowling
2000
Arcade
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
2000
PlayStation 2 , Windows , Mac OS X
World's Scariest Police Chases
2001
PlayStation , Windows
Planet of the Apes
2001
PlayStation , Windows
The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror
2001
Game Boy Color
The Simpsons Wrestling
2001
PlayStation
The Simpsons: Road Rage
2001
PlayStation 2 , GameCube , Game Boy Advance , Xbox
Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza
2002
Windows
Aliens versus Predator 2
2002
Windows
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
2002
Mac OS X , Windows
The Simpsons Skateboarding
2002
PlayStation 2
Ice Age
2002
Game Boy Advance
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2002
Xbox
Die Hard: Vendetta
2002
PlayStation 2 , Xbox , GameCube
Aliens Versus Predator: Extinction
2003
PlayStation 2
The Simpsons: Hit & Run
2003
PlayStation 2 , GameCube , Xbox , Windows
The X-Files: Resist or Serve
2004
PlayStation 2
Robots
2005
PlayStation 2 , GameCube , Xbox , Windows , Game Boy Advance , Nintendo DS
Predator: Concrete Jungle
2005
PlayStation 2 , Xbox
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
2006
PlayStation 2 , Xbox , GameCube , Windows , Wii , Game Boy Advance , Nintendo DS
References
20th Century Fox, Fox Video Games, Inc.
Feature films
Television specials
Short films
Co-productions
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