Idol Minds is an independent video game developer located in Louisville, Colorado

Louisville, Colorado

Louisville is a Home Rule Municipality in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The population was 18,937 at the 2000 census. Louisville began as a rough mining community in 1877, suffered through a period of extraordinary labor violence early in the 20th century, and then, when the mines...

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The company became widely known for their 2007 ragdoll physics-based game Pain

Pain (video game)

Pain is a 2007 video game for the PlayStation 3, developed by games studio Idol Minds. It was originally released as a downloadable title available from the PlayStation Store and was first released in North America on November 29, 2007 and in Europe on March 20, 2008 and became the most popular...

, which was the most downloaded game on the PlayStation Network (2009), and are also co-developing Ruin, a game which the company used to demonstrate the abilities of the PlayStation Vita at its official presentation at E3 2011

Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011

The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011, commonly known as E3 2011, was the 15th Electronic Entertainment Expo held. E3 is an annual trade show for the computer and video games industry presented by the Entertainment Software Association . The event took place June 7–9, 2011 at the Los Angeles...

, one of the highlights of the launch.

Games

Game Title	Release	Platform
Rally Cross 2 Rally Cross 2 Rally Cross 2 is the 1998 sequel to 1997's Rally Cross. It improves from the original game by added better graphics, an extensive season mode, more vehicles and tracks and a track editor...	1998	PlayStation
Cool Boarders 3 Cool Boarders 3 Cool Boarders 3 is a snowboarding video game developed by Idol Minds for the PlayStation.-See also:* Cool Boarders * Cool Boarders 2 * Cool Boarders 4 * Cool Boarders Pocket...	1998	PlayStation
Cool Boarders 4 Cool Boarders 4 Cool Boarders 4 is a snowboarding video game created for the PlayStation. The game was released in 1999.In the game you can play multiple tracks with multiple characters. You can play a campaign with many sorts of scenarios such as slalom runs, time attacks.. etc...	1999	PlayStation
SuperCross Circuit	1999	PlayStation
Cool Boarders 2001 Cool Boarders 2001 Cool Boarders 2001 is a snowboarding video game created for PlayStation and PlayStation 2. The game was released in 2000.Cool Boarders 2001 was the last made in the series of Cool Boarders games.The other games in the series include :...	2000	PlayStation, PlayStation 2 PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
My Street My Street My Street is a video game on the PlayStation 2 released March 9, 2003. There are seven minigames and it has very similar gameplay to other party games such as the Mario Party series on Nintendo GameCube.-Plot:...	2003	PlayStation 2 PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
Neopets: The Darkest Faerie Neopets: The Darkest Faerie Neopets: The Darkest Faerie, released on November 15, 2005, is a single-player PlayStation 2 action-adventure game based on the popular Neopets universe.-Setting:...	2005	PlayStation 2 PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
Pain Pain (video game) Pain is a 2007 video game for the PlayStation 3, developed by games studio Idol Minds. It was originally released as a downloadable title available from the PlayStation Store and was first released in North America on November 29, 2007 and in Europe on March 20, 2008 and became the most popular...	2008	PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3 The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
Ruin	2012	PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3 The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles... , PlayStation Vita