Heavy Iron Studios is an American

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 video game developer

Video game developer

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, based in Los Angeles, California

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. They were a wholly owned subsidiary of THQ

THQ

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 until being spun off as an independent company in May 2009 as part of a cost-cutting move.

In 2007, Heavy Iron Studios hired Marc Vulcano, a former Senior Character Animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks

Sony Pictures Imageworks

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 and animation director at Big Idea Productions. He is now the studio Animation Director.

Games developed

• Evil Dead: Hail to the King
  Evil Dead: Hail to the King
  Evil Dead: Hail to the King is a survival horror game for the PlayStation and Dreamcast video game consoles and PC.-Plot:Eight years after his adventures in the Army of Darkness movie, Ashley "Ash" Williams finds himself haunted by nightmares of deadites...
  
  (2001)
• Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights
  Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights
  Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights is a third person platform game with action elements that was developed by Heavy Iron Studios and published by THQ for the PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox consoles. The game was first released on May 20, 2002 in North America and was released later that year in...
  
  (2002)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
  SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
  SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a video game based on the animated comedy series of the same name. The game was released for the Playstation 2 and Xbox consoles as well as for Microsoft Windows. The player attempts to defend Bikini Bottom from an invasion of robots created by...
  
  (2003)
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Game (2004)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
  The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
  The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer is a video game and sequel to the animated film The Incredibles. It features Mr. Incredible and Frozone fighting The Underminer's legion of robot minions...
  
  (2005)
• Ratatouille
  Ratatouille (video game)
  Ratatouille is a video game based on the Pixar film, Ratatouille . It was developed at Heavy Iron Studios and released by THQ, Nintendo and SCEA on June 26, 2007, two days before the first theatrical release in Russia...
  
  (2007)
• WALL-E
  WALL-E (video game)
  WALL-E is the video game adaptation of the movie of the same name. The game was developed and published by THQ for multiple platforms. The game was released in North America on June 24, 2008, to Europe on July 4, 2008 and Australia on September 4, 2008...
  
  (2008)
• Up
  Up (video game)
  Up is a video game based on the Pixar film of the same name, released on May 26, 2009. The video game was produced by Disney Interactive Studios, Heavy Iron Studios and Pixar...
  
  (2009)
• SpongeBob's Truth or Square
  SpongeBob's Truth or Square (video game)
  SpongeBob's Truth or Square is a video game based on the SpongeBob SquarePants episode with the same title. It was released on October 26, 2009. This video game is based on SpongeBob's 10th Anniversary...
  
  (2009)
• UFC Personal Trainer
  UFC Personal Trainer (video game)
  UFC Personal Trainer is a fighting and fitness video game created by THQ. The game is a sequel to the UFC Undisputed series but differs from it in its playability in that it requires the Kinect accessory for the Xbox 360 version and the PlayStation Move for the PlayStation 3 version. There is also...
  
  (2011)