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'''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]].
 
'''Foundation 9 Entertainment''' (sometimes abbreviated as F9E) is an entertainment products developer, which works on properties for multiple media, including video games, comic books, film and television series. The company claims to be the largest independent game developer in the world, and has more than 800 employees working in its various studios in California, Massachusetts, Washington, Texas, Oregon, Vancouver, Canada, Sheffield, UK, and Pune, India.


==History==
==History==
Foundation 9 Entertainment was founded on March 29, 2005, in Los Angeles, through the merger of video game developer [[Backbone Entertainment]] and [[The Collective]]. Shortly after the merger, on April 12, Foundation 9 acquired and integrated [[Pipeworks Software]]. In May, Foundation 9 acquired an equity stake in [[Circle of Confusion]], a Hollywood management company, to establish a strategic partnership.
With divisions founded as early as 1992, Foundation 9 Entertainment has grown through a number of strategic mergers and acquisitions. It owns 8 core brands and 8 separate studio locations, as well as a minority stake in a production management company.
 
The company's acquisitions over the years include [[The Collective]], [[Shiny Entertainment]], [[Backbone Entertainment]], [[Pipeworks Software]], [[ImaginEngine]], [[Digital Eclipse Software]], [[Circle of Confusion]] and [[Griptonite Games]].
 
Amongst its more recent acquisitions are [[Amaze Entertainment]] on [[November 14]], [[2006]], and [[Sumo Digital]] on [[August 17]], [[2007]].
 
Digital Eclipse is not actually a studio, and all games under the Digital Eclipse brand are developed at the Backbone Studios. Digital Eclipse was originally one of the constituent companies that came together to form Backbone, the progenitor of F9E.
 
Also, unlike most of F9E's other studios, which generally specialize in software development, Circle of Confusion is a production and management company that represents creative staff in the entertainment industries.  


On June 1, 2006, investment firm Francisco Partners agreed to provide funding to Foundation 9 over a time frame of several years, with additional funding to be provided when needed. The investment was followed by the acquisitions of [[Shiny Entertainment]] from [[Atari, Inc.]] in October 2006, [[Amaze Entertainment]] and related studios in November 2006, and [[Sumo Digital]] and its Indian sub-studio in August 2007. Under the terms of Shiny's acquisition, the studio would co-locate and merge with The Collective. The amalgam was named [[Double Helix Games]].
Two of its California-based studios, The Collective and Shiny, were merged in late 2007 and relocated to a new headquarters in Irvine, California. The resultant studio was eventually named Double Helix Games in early 2008.


In July 2008, Foundation 9 reinstated [[Griptonite Games]] and [[Fizz Factor]], two studios absorbed into Amaze in 2005, under their original brandings. However, in July 2009, Fizz Factor was closed down entirely, while Amaze was merged into Griptonite and Double Helix suffered staff cuts. FXLabs, based in Hyderabad, India, was acquired by Foundation 9 in October 2010 and became part of Griptonite under the name Griptonite India. Griptonite was sold to [[Glu Mobile]] in August 2011. In February 2014, Double Helix was sold to Amazon. Later that year, 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]].
For the most part, Foundation 9 allows each acquired entity to continue to operate their separate studios, and to pursue projects of their own choosing. Through these studios and core bands, F9E has worked with some of the largest names in game publishing, including [[Eidos Interactive]], [[Hudson Soft]], [[Midway Games]], [[Majesco Entertainment]], [[Electronic Arts]], [[Microsoft]], [[Activision]], [[Vivendi Games|Vivendi]], [[Take-Two Interactive]], [[Sega]], [[Capcom]], and [[Konami]].


==Subsidiaries==
The company was previously helmed by CEO Jon Goldman, who came from Backbone (and was founder of ImaginEngine), and COO David Mann who was a co-founder of Amaze. As of March 17, 2008, James North-Hearn, one of Sumo Digital's founders, has assumed the CEO position.
* [[Amaze Entertainment]] (2007–2009)
* [[Backbone Entertainment]] (2005–2015)
** [[Backbone Charlottetown]] (2006–2007)
** [[Backbone Emeryville]] (2005–2015)
** [[Backbone Vancouver]] (2005–2009)
** [[Games2Learn]]
** [[ImaginEngine]] (2005–2012)
* [[The Collective]] (2005–2007)
* [[Double Helix Games]] (2007–2014)
* [[Fizz Factor]] (2008–2009)
* [[Griptonite Games]] (2008–2011)
** [[Griptonite India]] (2010–2011)
* [[Pipeworks Software]] (2005–2014)
* [[Shiny Entertainment]] (2006–2007)
* [[Sumo Digital]] (2007–2014)
** [[Sumo India]] (2007–2014)
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