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Gotham Games

Gotham Games, Inc. was an American video game publisher based in New York City. Founded in July 2002 and headed by Jamie Leece, the company was shut down in December 2003.

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Gotham Games, Inc.
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedJuly 22, 2002 (2002-07-22)
FounderJamie Leece
DefunctDecember 18, 2003 (2003-12-18)
FateDissolved, operations folded into Gathering of Developers and Global Star Software
Headquarters
New York City
,
US
Key people
Jamie Leece (president)
ParentTake-Two Interactive

Gotham Games, Inc. was an American video game publisher based in New York City. Founded in July 2002 and headed by Jamie Leece, the company was shut down in December 2003.

History

Gotham Games was launched as a publishing label and subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive on July 22, 2002, with Take-Two Interactive's vice-president of publishing and business development, Jamie Leece, promoted to Gotham Games' president.12 At the time, Gotham Games was the third label for Take-Two Interactive, after Rockstar Games and Gathering of Developers, because of which Take-Two Interactive ceased publishing under their self-named label, citing a "global branding strategy".3

Its titles were aimed for all ages at a budget price point, including AAA games, contrasting to the Rockstar Games label.4 In 2003, the company expanded to the children's market, by publishing its video game Piglet's Big Game.5

At the May 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Gotham Games announced that they were seeking new video game developers who were willing to have their game published by them.67 In early late 2003, Take-Two and NewKidCo entered into a partnership, leveraging by their distribution relationship with Jack of All Games, where Take-Two could co-publish NewKidCo games with Gotham Games, and Dora the Explorer: Super Spies was one of the titles came out of a co-publishing deal.8

On December 18, 2003, Take-Two Interactive's chief executive officer, Jeffrey Lapin, announced that Gotham Games had been dissolved as part of a "larger internal reorganization".9 As part of the plan, its titles slated for release by Gotham, including Mafia,10 were absorbed into Gathering of Developers, which was expanding beyond PC into AAA console games, and Global Star Software, which had briefly becoming an AAA game publisher, before the arrival of 2K in 2005.911

Games published

Title Platform(s) Release date Developer Ref.
Austin Powers Pinball PlayStation September 10, 2002 Wildfire Studios 12
Conflict: Desert Storm Microsoft Windows September 30, 2002 Pivotal Games 13
PlayStation 2
Xbox
Spec Ops: Airborne Commando PlayStation October 31, 2002 Big Grub 14
Serious Sam Xbox November 12, 2002 Croteam 15
Disney's Piglet's Big Game GameCube March 18, 2003 Doki Denki 16
PlayStation 2
Big Strike Bowling PlayStation March 19, 2003 Coresoft 17
Patriotic Pinball PlayStation April 17, 2003 Wildfire Studios 18
Conflict: Desert Storm GameCube April 22, 2003 Pivotal Games 19
Motocross Mania 2 PlayStation June 25, 2003 Alpine Studios 20
The Great Escape PlayStation 2 July 22, 2003 Pivotal Games 21
Xbox
Microsoft Windows July 23, 2003
ATV Mania PlayStation July 23, 2003 Deibus Studios 22
Starsky & Hutch PlayStation 2 September 9, 2003 Minds Eye Productions 23
Xbox September 10, 2003 24
Microsoft Windows September 11, 2003 25
Ford Truck Mania PlayStation September 16, 2003 Alpine Studios 26
Conflict: Desert Storm II – Back to Baghdad Microsoft Windows October 7, 2003 Pivotal Games 27
PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube January 6, 2004 28
MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch PlayStation 2 October 14, 2003 Big Ape Productions 29
Xbox
PlayStation October 15, 2003 Coresoft
Microsoft Windows October 19, 2003 Big Ape Productions
Dora the Explorer: Super Spies Game Boy Advance October 25, 2003 CinéGroupe 30
Ford Racing 2 Xbox December 11, 2003 Razorworks 31
PlayStation 2 December 18, 2003 32
References

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