KnowWonder Digital Entertainment is a video game company that was founded in 1998, and was formerly owned by Amaze Entertainment

Amaze Entertainment

Amaze Entertainment was a video game developer from the United States that sold over 100 games in its ten-year history , for several video game platforms, with headquarters located in Kirkland, Washington. Amaze’s primary focus was licensed games based on movie franchises, comic series, and...

. It acquired Griptonite Games

Griptonite Games

Griptonite Games, is an American video game developer developer located in Kirkland, Washington. It is currently wholly owned by Glu Mobile, but was formerly a part of super-developer Foundation 9 Entertainment, where it was previously a studio of Amaze Entertainment.-History:Steve Ettinger opened...

 in 1999, but got bought back by Realtime Associates

Realtime Associates

Realtime Associates is an American video game developer and publisher. The company was founded in 1986 by David Warhol and a group of ex Mattel Electronics employees originally to create games for the Intellivision system...

. It produced Disney games like Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo (video game)

Finding Nemo is an action-adventure video game released in 2003 by Traveller's Tales. The game is based on the Finding Nemo film by Disney and Pixar. The goal is to complete different levels as you play of Nemo, Marlin or Dory. It includes cutscenes from the movie and each clip is based on a level,...

 and Disney's Brother Bear for the PC

Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...

 and Nickelodeon games like Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (video game)

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie is a video game based on the movie of the same name from the Nickelodeon animated series, Rugrats. The game follows the adventures of a group of young children in a European theme park...

 for the PC and produced Acclaim Entertainment

Acclaim Entertainment

Acclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo...

 games like All-Star Baseball 2001 as well.

KnowWonder later became a subsidiary of ImaginEngine

ImaginEngine

ImaginEngine is a leading studio in the development of quality children's titles and casual title software. The ImaginEngine team is known for its award-winning, commercially successful console, handheld, PC and online games. ImaginEngine specializes in creating entertaining family-friendly...

 in 2008, to produce games aimed at older kids, like The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Spiderwick Chronicles (video game)

The Spiderwick Chronicles is a video game adaptation of the film of the same name. It was released in February 2008 for PC, Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 2.-Plot:...

 and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a video game, developed by EA's Bright Light Studio and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released on June 30, 2009 to coincide with the film's new mid-2009 release date. The game was released on the, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, Wii,...

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Today, it's a subsidiary of Backbone Entertainment

Backbone Entertainment

Backbone Entertainment is an independent video game development company located in Emeryville, California.Backbone Entertainment is the result of a 2003 merger between Digital Eclipse Software and ImaginEngine...

, who owns ImaginEngine

ImaginEngine

ImaginEngine is a leading studio in the development of quality children's titles and casual title software. The ImaginEngine team is known for its award-winning, commercially successful console, handheld, PC and online games. ImaginEngine specializes in creating entertaining family-friendly...

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