High Moon Studios

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High Moon Studios, Inc.
Sammy Corporation (2001–2005)
Vivendi Games (2006–2008)
Activision (2008–present)
Websitewww.highmoon.com

High Moon Studios, Inc. (formerly Sammy Entertainment Inc. and Sammy Studios, Inc.) is an American video game developer initially formed in 2001. After nearly a year as an independent studio, the developer was acquired by Vivendi Games in January 2006 and placed under Sierra Entertainment. It is currently owned by Activision.[1][2] It has developed multiple Transformers video games and assisted in the development of select Call of Duty games, as well as Destiny.

History

High Moon Studios was formed in April 2001 as a division of the Japanese publisher

Vivendi Universal Games had acquired the studio. After the merger of Vivendi and Activision, High Moon became a subsidiary of Activision
.

Following the completion of Deadpool, Activision laid off 40 full-time employees from High Moon Studios that worked on the project. Activision stated "Activision Publishing consistently works to align its costs with its revenues – this is an ongoing process, with the completion of development on Deadpool, we are taking a reduction in staff at High Moon Studios to better align our development talent against our slate."[3]

Games developed

Year Title Platform(s)
PS2 PS3 PS4 PS5 Win Xbox X360 XOne
XSX
2005 Darkwatch Yes No No No No Yes No No No
2008 Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy No Yes No No No No Yes No No
2010 Transformers: War for Cybertron No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon No Yes No No No No Yes No No
2012 Transformers: Fall of Cybertron No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No
2013 Deadpool No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No
2014 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No
2014 Destiny[4] No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No
2016 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No
2017 Destiny 2 No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No
2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes

References

  1. ^ "Vivendi Universal Games Acquires High Moon Studios". Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2006.
  2. ^ "A Day in the Life". Games From Within. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  3. ^ Fahey, Mike (April 2, 2013). "Activision Lays Off High Moon Studios' Deadpool Team". Kotaku. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  4. ^ Nunneley, Stephany (May 28, 2015). "High Moon Studios is lending a hand on Destiny development [confirmed]". VG247. Retrieved May 29, 2015.

External links

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