Other Ocean Interactive

Other Ocean Interactive
Formerly	Backbone Charlottetown (2006–2007)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	6 February 2006; 17 years ago in Charlottetown, Canada
Founder	Andrew Ayre
Headquarters	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Key people	Andrew Ayre (CEO)
Parent	Backbone Entertainment (2006–2007); Other Ocean Group (2007–present);
Divisions	Other Ocean Emeryville
Website	otherocean.com

Short description: Canadian-American video game developer

Other Ocean Interactive is a Canadian-American video game developer based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Emeryville, California.^[1]^[2] Originally founded in 2006 in Charlottetown, as a studio for Foundation 9 Entertainment, the studio was spun off as Other Ocean Interactive in May 2007. Since then, it has made eight games itself and has been involved in the development of 40 other games.

History

Foundation 9 Entertainment, at the time the largest independent video game developer in North America, announced on 6 February 2006 that it was opening Backbone Charlottetown, a new internal studio based in Charlottetown, Canada.^[3] When co-founder Andrew Ayre left Foundation 9 a year later, he bought out and became the sole owner of the Backbone Charlottetown studio, which was renamed Other Ocean Interactive that May.^[4]^[5] By 2008, the company established headquarters in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.^[6]

Games developed

Other Ocean Interactive developed the following games:


Year	Title	Platform(s)	Notes
2008	Super Monkey Ball	iPhone
2010	Dark Void Zero	Nintendo DSiWare
	Puffins: Let's Race!	Nintendo DS
	Puffins: Let's Fish!
	Puffins: Let's Roll!
2011	Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection	Xbox LIVE Arcade
	Spider-Man	Nintendo DS
	Iron Brigade	Windows
2012	The Simpsons	Android
	Stacking	Windows
	Poptropica Adventures	Nintendo DS
	The Amazing Spider-Man	Nintendo DS
2013	Gunstringer: Dead Man Running	Windows
2014	Hexic	Windows 8.1 Windows Phone
	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Generation	iOS Android	Involved in development
	Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels	PlayStation 3 Xbox 360	Involved in development
	Costume Quest 2	Wii U
	NBA Rush	iOS	Involved in development
2015	#IDARB	Windows Xbox One
2015	Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist	PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox One	Involved in development
2016	Giant Cop: Justice Above All	Windows	VR title for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift
2016	Super Time Force Ultra	PlayStation Vita
2017	Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition	New Nintendo 3DS
2019	Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist	Nintendo Switch	Involved in development
	Project Winter	Windows
	MediEvil	PlayStation 4	Remake of the 1998 title MediEvil
TBA	Cloudy Mountain	Intellivision Amico
TBA	Night Stalker	Intellivision Amico

References

↑ Bitti, Mary Teresa (20 March 2011). "Fostering entrepreneurial spirit — in every employee". https://nationalpost.com/news/fostering-entrepreneurial-spirit-in-every-employee/wcm/0b8cffae-9dff-4150-be9d-64a52c6ce7e7.
↑ Smellie, Sarah (2 January 2018). "Atlantic Canadian company taking gamers through the Rick and Morty multiverse". https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/other-ocean-changing-the-game-1.4462022.
↑ Carless, Simon (6 February 2006). "Foundation 9 To Open New Canadian Studio". https://gamasutra.com/view/news/99006/Foundation_9_To_Open_New_Canadian_Studio.php.
↑ Bartlett, Dave (2 July 2010). "Two Newfoundland natives making waves in video game industry". https://www.saltwire.com/lifestyles/two-newfoundland-natives-making-waves-in-video-game-industry-140671/.
↑ Boyer, Brandon (25 May 2007). "Foundation 9 Co-Founder Departs, Opens Other Ocean". https://gamasutra.com/view/news/105049/Foundation_9_CoFounder_Departs_Opens_Other_Ocean.php.
↑ Collins, Dillon (8 August 2018). "Made Right Here: Other Ocean". https://nfldherald.com/made-right-here-other-ocean/.

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[1] Bitti, Mary Teresa (20 March 2011). "Fostering entrepreneurial spirit — in every employee". https://nationalpost.com/news/fostering-entrepreneurial-spirit-in-every-employee/wcm/0b8cffae-9dff-4150-be9d-64a52c6ce7e7.

[2] Smellie, Sarah (2 January 2018). "Atlantic Canadian company taking gamers through the Rick and Morty multiverse". https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/other-ocean-changing-the-game-1.4462022.

[3] Carless, Simon (6 February 2006). "Foundation 9 To Open New Canadian Studio". https://gamasutra.com/view/news/99006/Foundation_9_To_Open_New_Canadian_Studio.php.

[4] Bartlett, Dave (2 July 2010). "Two Newfoundland natives making waves in video game industry". https://www.saltwire.com/lifestyles/two-newfoundland-natives-making-waves-in-video-game-industry-140671/.

[5] Boyer, Brandon (25 May 2007). "Foundation 9 Co-Founder Departs, Opens Other Ocean". https://gamasutra.com/view/news/105049/Foundation_9_CoFounder_Departs_Opens_Other_Ocean.php.

[6] Collins, Dillon (8 August 2018). "Made Right Here: Other Ocean". https://nfldherald.com/made-right-here-other-ocean/.