Xbox Co-Creator Assembles Arcade Dream Team for Mobile
THQ in publishing agreement.
The co-creator of the Xbox, Seamus Blackley, has assembled a dream team of classic arcade programmers with an aim to focus on mobile gaming. The startup is called Innovative Leisure, and THQ has announced that it will be entering a "strategic agreement" that will see the publisher get first refusal on its projects.
Blackley's company consists of Asteroids and Centipede co-designer Ed Logg, Battlezone creator Ed Rotberg, Space Duel's Owen Rubin and the co-developer of Missile Command, Rich Adam. Atari legends Dennis Koble, Tim Skelly and Bruce Merrit are also on board.
Blackley told VentureBeat that he created the startup "because I love games and following that love has always done me well. Once we figured out iPhone is the new arcade, that games from the old days fit this new audience and their on-the-go lifestyle, we knew what to do.
"There is already a group of people here who know how to operate and innovate in this space. They had the longest string of hit games in history. And they wanted to get back together again."
Blackley's company consists of Asteroids and Centipede co-designer Ed Logg, Battlezone creator Ed Rotberg, Space Duel's Owen Rubin and the co-developer of Missile Command, Rich Adam. Atari legends Dennis Koble, Tim Skelly and Bruce Merrit are also on board.
Blackley told VentureBeat that he created the startup "because I love games and following that love has always done me well. Once we figured out iPhone is the new arcade, that games from the old days fit this new audience and their on-the-go lifestyle, we knew what to do.
"There is already a group of people here who know how to operate and innovate in this space. They had the longest string of hit games in history. And they wanted to get back together again."
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