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Digital Leisure, Inc.
Company type
Private
IndustryVideo games
FoundedOntario, Canada
(August 1997)
HeadquartersRichmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Key people
David Foster
Paul Gold
Websitewww.digitalleisure.com

Digital Leisure, Inc. is a Canadian

full motion video
games, which they have re-released on a variety of modern formats. In more recent years, they have produced original games as well.

History

Digital Leisure was formed by former employees of

Academy Award nominee John Hurt
in early 1999.

In early 2000, the company added the development and publishing rights of Dragon's Lair creator Rick Dyer's arcade game Hologram Time Traveler which was released in the fall of 2000 on multiple formats. The game was the first arcade game to simulate 3D holographic images. Later that year, the company acquired the worldwide publishing rights to Dyer's Kingdom II: Shadoan for DVD-ROM, DVD-Video and CD-ROM.[2]

In 2001, the company acquired the development and worldwide publishing rights to the entire

Space Pirates and Fast Draw Showdown
released in late 2005.

Digital Leisure signed a distribution agreement with Empire Interactive in 2003 to release the "Virtual Music Studio" brand eJay to the North American market. In 2008, Empire Interactive was purchased by Silver Star Holdings and Digital Leisure ceased all distribution of the eJay product line.

In 2007, Digital Leisure in partnership with Bluth Group Ltd, restored and remastered some of its more popular titles to high definition to be played in Blu-ray and HD DVD players.[3]

The company began development on a line of Wii-based titles in the summer of 2008, and released their first title, The Incredible Maze on Nintendo's WiiWare service on October 24, 2008. Digital Leisure followed up this release in November 2008 with Sudoku Challenge!. On March 27, 2009, Digital Leisure released Texas Hold'em Tournament on the WiiWare service.

In 2010, Digital Leisure began creating content for PlayStation Home. Over the course of the next four years they released Dragon's Lair and Space Ace branded content for the platform as well as their own original avatar clothing, private spaces and public gaming spaces including the Western Frontier and Paradise Springs Casino spaces. The Casino became one of Home's most popular spaces, with chip sales in the top 10 items sold for several months running.[4] Due to the success of both this space and Texas Hold'em Tournament on the Wii, Digital Leisure began working on a new standalone social casino game. On Feb 18, 2015, after the announcement of Home's closure, Digital Leisure released the Early Access version of The Four Kings Casino and Slots on Steam.[5][6]

Games

DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD

WiiWare

Wii

Nintendo DSi/DSiWare

PlayStation Network

Mobile devices

Steam

Nintendo Switch

References

  1. ^ "Dragon's Lair Goes DVD". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 102. Ziff Davis. January 1998. p. 28.
  2. ^ "Digital Leisure, Inc. | Video Game Publisher | BoardGameGeek". videogamegeek.com. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. ^ "HT Talks To... Don Bluth". Sound & Vision. 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  4. ^ "SCEA Top Ten Items (By Units Sold) For March, With Consumer Trend Analysis | HomeStation Magazine". www.hsmagazine.net. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06.
  5. ^ "The Four Kings Casino and Slots on Steam".
  6. ^ "The Four Kings Casino and Slots Release Information for PC - GameFAQs". gamefaqs.gamespot.com. Retrieved 2024-04-29.

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