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Foundation 9 Entertainment, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FoundedMarch 29, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-03-29) in Los Angeles, US
Founders
  • Jon Goldman
  • Andrew Ayre
  • Douglas Hare
  • Gary Priest
  • Mark Loughridge
  • Richard Hare
  • Jeff Vavasour
  • Steven Sardegna
  • Larry Kelly
Defunct2015 (2015)
FateDissolved
Headquarters
Irvine, California
,
US
Key people
  • Jon Goldman (CEO; 2005–2008)
  • James North-Hearn (CEO; 2008–2015)
Number of employees
750+[1] (2007)
WebsiteF9E.com (archived version)

Foundation 9 Entertainment, Inc. was an American

video game company based in Irvine, California. The company was formed in March 2005 through the merger of video game developers Backbone Entertainment and The Collective
.

History

Foundation 9 Entertainment was founded on March 29, 2005, in

equity stake in Circle of Confusion, a Hollywood management company, to establish a strategic partnership.[6]

On June 1, 2006, investment firm

Amaze Entertainment and related studios in November 2006,[9] and Sumo Digital and its Indian sub-studio in August 2007.[10] Under the terms of Shiny's acquisition, the studio would co-locate and merge with The Collective.[8] The merger was formally announced in October 2007, at which point both studios had moved to new 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) offices in Irvine, California.[11] The amalgam was named Double Helix Games in March 2008.[12] In January 2008, Foundation 9 promoted David Mann (previously chief operating officer), Chris Charla and Jack Brummet to president, vice-president of business development, and vice-president of quality assurance, respectively,[13] followed by James North-Hearn, one of Sumo Digital's founders, becoming the chief executive officer of the company in March.[14]

In July 2008, Foundation 9 reinstated

ImaginEngine studio was closed as well, while its primary location in Emeryville, California, laid off the majority of its staff.[19][20][21] In February 2014, Double Helix was sold to Amazon.[22] Later that year, under advisory from GP Bullhound, Foundation 9 sold Pipeworks to Italian publisher Digital Bros, and Sumo Digital to its own management, the latter of which was backed by NorthEdge Capital.[23][24][25] In 2015, Foundation 9's board of directors elected to dissolve the company.[citation needed
]

Subsidiaries

References

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