Sidhe Interactive
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Sidhe is a game development studio based in Wellington
, New Zealand
.
Sidhe is an officially licensed developer for Microsoft
(Xbox, Xbox 360), Sony Computer Entertainment
Europe (PlayStation, PS2, PSP, PS3, PS Vita), and Nintendo
of America (GBA, DS, Wii). It is also a co-founding member of the New Zealand Game Developers Association
. They are the largest game developer in New Zealand, currently employing approximately 115 people. The company was formerly called Sidhe Interactive, but dropped the word Interactive in 2009 prior to the launch of the company's critically acclaimed game for PlayStation 3, Shatter
. In 2011 Shatter went on to be listed by IGN
as one of their top 25 PS3 games and was their number one PSN game.
For a number of years Sidhe created franchise based games, such as their Barbie
, and Rugby League Video Game Series titles. They provided services to and have produced products for a number of partners and clients such as Sony Online Entertainment
, Red Mile Entertainment, Ubisoft
, eUniverse, Krome Studios
, Adidas
International, Vivendi Universal Games
, and Midway Games
. In 2005 Sidhe released their first game based on an original IP, GripShift
, which was created completely in-house, from concept to final product.
Sidhe collaborated with Weta Digital
to achieve the first motion capture
of a horse at full gallop, for their horse racing game, Melbourne Cup Challenge / Frankie Dettori Racing
.
was nominated for the Best of E3 2009 award for Most Innovative Game and won the GDAA for Best Downloadable Title in the same year.
In 2007 Sidhe's Jackass: The Game
was also awarded the TUANZ Business Internet Award for User Generated Content.
Sidhe received a number of awards at the Australian Game Developers Conference
, 2005.
In 2004 Sidhe was awarded two The Dominion Post Wellington Region Gold Awards.
Sidhe also received awards at TUANZ, 2003.
PikPok received an honorable mention in the 2011 Independent Games Festival
awards for Flick Kick Football, under Best Mobile Game, and Bird Strike was a finalist in the 7th annual IMG Awards (2011).
/Android development team working under the brand PikPok. Notable titles include Bird Strike and the Flick Kick sports arcade series of games. In September 2010 a publishing partnership between PikPok and Lexaloffle Games was announced, and the first title from that collaboration, Zen Puzzle Garden, was released in December of 2010.
for students who wish to study game development at a graduate
level. At the end of 2010, Sidhe announced the Sidhe Elite financial scholarship for 2011 aiming to support young aspiring game developers.
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
Sidhe is an officially licensed developer for Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
(Xbox, Xbox 360), Sony Computer Entertainment
Sony Computer Entertainment
Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. is a major video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, and is a wholly owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products & Services Group of Sony...
Europe (PlayStation, PS2, PSP, PS3, PS Vita), and Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
of America (GBA, DS, Wii). It is also a co-founding member of the New Zealand Game Developers Association
New Zealand Game Developers Association
The New Zealand Game Developers Association was founded in 2001. It was formed to support the video game development industry in New Zealand....
. They are the largest game developer in New Zealand, currently employing approximately 115 people. The company was formerly called Sidhe Interactive, but dropped the word Interactive in 2009 prior to the launch of the company's critically acclaimed game for PlayStation 3, Shatter
Shatter (video game)
Shatter is a video game developed and published by Sidhe Interactive for the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Store, and for the PC via Steam and onlive...
. In 2011 Shatter went on to be listed by IGN
IGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
as one of their top 25 PS3 games and was their number one PSN game.
For a number of years Sidhe created franchise based games, such as their Barbie
Barbie
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration....
, and Rugby League Video Game Series titles. They provided services to and have produced products for a number of partners and clients such as Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment is a game development and game publishing division of Sony that is best known for creating massively multiplayer online games, including EverQuest, EverQuest II, The Matrix Online, PlanetSide, Star Wars Galaxies, Free Realms, and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, DC Universe...
, Red Mile Entertainment, Ubisoft
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries....
, eUniverse, Krome Studios
Krome Studios
Krome Studios is an Australian video game company. Its headquarters are in Brisbane and it previously had offices in Adelaide and Melbourne. Krome Studios is best known for their Ty the Tasmanian Tiger games and for revitalising the Spyro the Dragon series...
, Adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
International, Vivendi Universal Games
Vivendi Games
Vivendi Games, formerly known as Vivendi Universal Games, was the holdings company for Sierra Entertainment and Blizzard Entertainment. Vivendi Games was founded as Vivendi Universal Games after Vivendi bought Universal Studios in the early 2000s...
, and Midway Games
Midway Games
Midway Games, Inc. is an American company that was formerly a major video game publisher. Following a bankruptcy filing in 2009, it is no longer active and is in the process of liquidating all of its assets. Midway's titles included Mortal Kombat, Ms.Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Rampage, the...
. In 2005 Sidhe released their first game based on an original IP, GripShift
GripShift
GripShift is a hybrid title video game that was developed by Sidhe Interactive and co-published by Red Mile Entertainment, Sony Online Entertainment and Ubisoft Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable handheld in 2005. The game was later released for download on PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation...
, which was created completely in-house, from concept to final product.
Sidhe collaborated with Weta Digital
Weta Digital
Weta Digital is a digital visual effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was founded by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and Jamie Selkirk in 1993 to produce the digital special effects for Heavenly Creatures. In 2007 Weta Digital’s Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, Joe Letteri, was...
to achieve the first motion capture
Motion capture
Motion capture, motion tracking, or mocap are terms used to describe the process of recording movement and translating that movement on to a digital model. It is used in military, entertainment, sports, and medical applications, and for validation of computer vision and robotics...
of a horse at full gallop, for their horse racing game, Melbourne Cup Challenge / Frankie Dettori Racing
Melbourne Cup Challenge / Frankie Dettori Racing
Melbourne Cup Challenge is a horse racing simulation video game based on the Melbourne Cup. It was developed by Sidhe Interactive and was published by Tru Blu Entertainment. The game was released in Australia and New Zealand on 26 October 2006 and 8 December 2006 for Europe...
.
Industry Awards
ShatterShatter (video game)
Shatter is a video game developed and published by Sidhe Interactive for the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Store, and for the PC via Steam and onlive...
was nominated for the Best of E3 2009 award for Most Innovative Game and won the GDAA for Best Downloadable Title in the same year.
In 2007 Sidhe's Jackass: The Game
Jackass: The Game
Jackass: The Game is a video game based on the television series Jackass. It was developed under license by Sidhe Interactive in Wellington, New Zealand for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable...
was also awarded the TUANZ Business Internet Award for User Generated Content.
Sidhe received a number of awards at the Australian Game Developers Conference
Australian Game Developers Conference
The Australian Game Developers Conference is owned by the Academy of Interactive Entertainment Limited and was run by Interactive Entertainment Events , a subsidiary of AIE Ltd....
, 2005.
- Award for Outstanding Industry Contribution
- Award for Best Handheld Game for GripShift
- Award for Best Level Design for GripShift
- Award for Best Game Design for GripShift
- Editor's Choice Award for ShatterShatter (video game)Shatter is a video game developed and published by Sidhe Interactive for the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Store, and for the PC via Steam and onlive...
- Nomination for Most Innovative from 1UP.com for ShatterShatter (video game)Shatter is a video game developed and published by Sidhe Interactive for the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Store, and for the PC via Steam and onlive...
In 2004 Sidhe was awarded two The Dominion Post Wellington Region Gold Awards.
- The Supreme Award for Business Enterprise and Excellence
- Creative Gold
Sidhe also received awards at TUANZ, 2003.
- TUANZ Interactive Games Award for NRL Rugby League
- TUANZ Overall Craft Award for NRL NRL Rugby League
PikPok received an honorable mention in the 2011 Independent Games Festival
Independent Games Festival
The Independent Games Festival is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference, the largest annual gathering of the indie video game industry. It was founded in 1998 to assist and inspire innovation in video game development and to recognize the best independent video game developers...
awards for Flick Kick Football, under Best Mobile Game, and Bird Strike was a finalist in the 7th annual IMG Awards (2011).
PikPok
Sidhe has an iDeviceIDevice
iDevice in its widest sense, is an unofficial general term that can refer to any mobile electronic devices marketed by Apple Inc. that start with "i" or more specifically any mobile devices that use the iOS operating system, which includes:* iPad* iPhone...
/Android development team working under the brand PikPok. Notable titles include Bird Strike and the Flick Kick sports arcade series of games. In September 2010 a publishing partnership between PikPok and Lexaloffle Games was announced, and the first title from that collaboration, Zen Puzzle Garden, was released in December of 2010.
Sidhe Scholarship
Sidhe supports the local New Zealand video game industry by offering a scholarshipScholarship
A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award.-Types:...
for students who wish to study game development at a graduate
Graduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
level. At the end of 2010, Sidhe announced the Sidhe Elite financial scholarship for 2011 aiming to support young aspiring game developers.
Games Developed by Sidhe
- Rugby ChallengeRugby ChallengeRugby Challenge is a Rugby video game, developed by Sidhe and published by Tru Blu Entertainment.Rugby Challenge was released on 26 August 2011 in New Zealand for consoles and was released on 2 September for Australia and 8 September for South Africa. The release date for Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge...
(console & PC, Q3 2011) - Blood DriveBlood Drive (video game)Blood Drive is a vehicular combat video game for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, developed by Sidhe, published by Activision, and released worldwide in November 2010.-Plot:...
, (PS3, X360, 2010) - Rugby League 3Rugby League 3Rugby League 3 is a sports game for the Nintendo Wii, which was released on 18 March 2010 in Australia, France and New Zealand. It was released in United Kingdom on 16 April 2010...
, (Wii, 2010) - Madagascar KartzMadagascar KartzMadagascar Kartz is a racing game based on DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar. It was released on October 27, 2009 and the second game on Madagascar's spin-off series. The game uses the Wii Wheel, despite the cover.- Gameplay :...
, (PS3, X360, Wii, 2009) - Hot Wheels Battle Force 5Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (video game)Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 is a video game developed by Sidhe Interactive and published by Activision for the Wii and Nintendo DS. Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 is a children's vehicular combat game based on the Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 3D animated television series created by Mattel.- Features :*Crash...
, (Wii, 2009) - ShatterShatter (video game)Shatter is a video game developed and published by Sidhe Interactive for the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Store, and for the PC via Steam and onlive...
, (PS3, 2009) (PC, 2010) - Rugby League 2 World Cup Edition, (PS2, 2008)
- Speed RacerSpeed Racer (2008 video game)Speed Racer is a racing video game developed by Sidhe Interactive for the PlayStation 2 and Wii consoles and by Virtuos Games for the Nintendo DS console, and published in-house by a new division of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, WB Games. It is a tie-in to the 2008 film adaptation of the...
, (Wii, PS2, 2008) - GripShiftGripShiftGripShift is a hybrid title video game that was developed by Sidhe Interactive and co-published by Red Mile Entertainment, Sony Online Entertainment and Ubisoft Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable handheld in 2005. The game was later released for download on PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation...
, (PS3, X360, 2007) - Jackass: The GameJackass: The GameJackass: The Game is a video game based on the television series Jackass. It was developed under license by Sidhe Interactive in Wellington, New Zealand for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable...
, (PSP, PS2, 2007) - Melbourne Cup Challenge / Frankie Dettori RacingMelbourne Cup Challenge / Frankie Dettori RacingMelbourne Cup Challenge is a horse racing simulation video game based on the Melbourne Cup. It was developed by Sidhe Interactive and was published by Tru Blu Entertainment. The game was released in Australia and New Zealand on 26 October 2006 and 8 December 2006 for Europe...
, (PC, Xbox, PS2, 2006) - GripShift, (PSP, 2005)
- Rugby League 2NRL Rugby League 2Rugby League 2 is a sports game of Rugby League. It is a sequel to the 2002 Rugby League, and was released on December 9, 2005 for PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows, and in June 2006 for Xbox....
, (PC, PS2, 2005) (Xbox, 2006) - NRL Rugby League, (PC, Xbox, PS2, 2003)
- Adidas Football Fever, (PC Online Download, 2002)
- Frogmania Deluxe (PC Online Download)
- Wordjam Deluxe (PC Online Download)
- Barbie Beach Vacation, (PC, 2001)
- O'Neill Championship Surfer, (PlayStation, 2000)
Other Games Contributed to by Sidhe
- Aladdin Chess Adventures (PC, 2004)
- King ArthurKing Arthur (video game)-See also:* King Arthur: The Role-playing Wargame, King Arthur: The Role-playing Wargame ....
(Gamecube, PS2, Xbox, 2004) - The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet FusionThe Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet FusionThe Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion is a video game released in 2003 based on the animated TV series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius as well as the telefilm of the same name...
(PS2, GameCube, 2003) - Hoyle Majestic Chess (PC, 2003)
- Spy Hunter (PC, 2003)
- Barbie Sparkling Ice Show, (PC, 2002)