Avalanche Software is a video game developer

Video game developer

A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...

 studio, founded in October 1995

1995 in video gaming

-Events:*May 11 – Introduction of trade magazine GameWeek *May 11-16 — The 1st annual Electronic Entertainment Expo is held in Los Angeles, California...

 by four lead

Lead programmer

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 programmers

Game programmer

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 from Sculptured Software

Sculptured Software

Sculptured Software Inc. was a late twentieth century video game developer in the Salt Lake City, Utah metropolitan area. They specialized in porting games to different platforms, especially from arcade games to home console games.-History:...

. The company has developed for every console platform since the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and SNES

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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 days and has grown to a staff of over 100 since its inception. The company is headed up by CEO

Chief executive officer

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 John Blackburn.

In April 2005, Buena Vista Games

Buena Vista Games

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, the video game publishing

Video game publisher

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 arm of The Walt Disney Company

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, acquired the Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah

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-based studio.

List of games (Disney subsidiary)

• Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour
• Bolt
  Bolt (video game)
  Bolt is a video game available for PC, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, and Microsoft Windows. It is based on the Disney film of the same name....
  
  
• Meet the Robinsons
  Meet the Robinsons
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• Chicken Little: Ace in Action
• Chicken Little
• Toy Story 3: The Video Game
  Toy Story 3: The Video Game
  Toy Story 3: The Video Game is a platform video game loosely based on the film Toy Story 3. It was published by Disney Interactive Studios and developed by Avalanche Software , Asobo Studio and n-Space...
  
  
• Cars 2: The Video Game

List of games (Independent company)

• 2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge
  2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge
  2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge is an ice hockey arcade game released by Midway in 1995. It was ported to PlayStation in 1996. The game would be similar to its arcade counterpart with exception to the fact that the Winnipeg Jets moved to Phoenix after the conclusion of the 1995-96 season, thus the...
  
  
• 25 To Life
  25 To Life
  25 To Life is a third-person shooter video game for Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox released in 2006. The game was developed by Avalanche Software and Ritual Entertainment, and was published by Eidos Interactive....
  
  
• Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
  Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
  Dragon Ball Z: Sagas is a 3D action-adventure video game developed by Avalanche Software and published by Atari, based on the anime Dragon Ball Z...
  
  
• Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
  Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
  Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is a fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series, released in arcades in 1995. It is an update of Mortal Kombat 3 and was later updated again into Mortal Kombat Trilogy...
  
  
• Mortal Kombat Trilogy
  Mortal Kombat Trilogy
  Mortal Kombat Trilogy is a fighting game developed and published by Midway in 1996. It is a compilation of content from the previous Mortal Kombat titles, based primarily upon the gameplay mechanics of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3...
  
  
• Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
  Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
  Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero is a 1997 action-adventure game spin-off of the fighting game series Mortal Kombat. It is the first Mortal Kombat game to feature side-scrolling gameplay. It was released for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64...
  
  
• Off Road Challenge
  Off Road Challenge
  Off Road Challenge is a video game developed and published by Midway Games. This game originally released in 1997 for the Arcade using the Midway V Unit hardware. This game eventually released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998 developed by Avalanche Software and published by Midway Games...
  
  
• Open Ice
• Rampage 2: Universal Tour
  Rampage 2: Universal Tour
  Rampage 2: Universal Tour is the third game in the Rampage series. It is a direct sequel to Rampage: World Tour.-Story:George, Lizzie, and Ralph have been captured for the world to see...
  
  
• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
  Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
  Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, also known as The Rugrats Movie 2: Rugrats in Paris and Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II, is 2000 American animated film, and the sequel to the 1998 film The Rugrats Movie that follows the continuing adventures of the Rugrats. In the film, Chuckie Finster takes...
  
  
• Rugrats: Royal Ransom
  Rugrats: Royal Ransom
  Rugrats Royal Ransom is an action-adventure released in 2002 by THQ for the PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo GameCube. The game is based on the Rugrats television series on Nickelodeon...
  
  
• Prince of Persia: Arabian Nights
  Prince of Persia 3D
  Prince of Persia 3D, developed by Red Orb Entertainment and published by The Learning Company for Microsoft Windows, is the third game in the Prince of Persia series...
  
  
• Tak and the Power of Juju
  Tak and the Power of Juju
  Tak and the Power of Juju is an action-adventure video game developed by Avalanche Software for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance....
  
  
• Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams
  Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams
  Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams is a video game for GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is the sequel to Tak and the Power of Juju and it was released in 2004. It was followed by Tak: The Great Juju Challenge...
  
  
• Tak: The Great Juju Challenge
  Tak: The Great Juju Challenge
  Tak: The Great Juju Challenge is a platform video game released in by THQ. It is the sequel to Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams.-Plot:In the 3rd installment of Avalanche's Tak series, Tak, and for the first time, Lok, must team up in order to win the Juju Challenge in order to receive the Moon Juju's...
  
  
• NCAA 2K2 College Football
• NCAA 2K3 College Football

External links

• Disney Interactive Studios
• Avalanche company profile from MobyGames
  MobyGames
  -Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...
  
  
• Avalanche Software profile at GameSpot
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