Skyworks Interactive, Inc., formerly known as Skyworks Technologies, Inc. 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...

 most known for their work in advergaming

Advergaming

Advergaming is the practice of using video games to advertise a product, organization or viewpoint. The term "advergames" was coined in January 2000 by Anthony Giallourakis, and later mentioned by Wireds "Jargon Watch" column in 2001...

. It was founded in 1995 by Garry Kitchen

Garry Kitchen

Garry Kitchen is a programmer who is perhaps best known as the author of Garry Kitchen's Gamemaker for Commodore 64.He was also the president of Absolute Entertainment throughout the company's life, and then pulled the plug and became the founding president of Skyworks Technologies in 1995...

 and David Crane

David Crane (programmer)

David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more...

, industry veterans formerly from Activision

Activision

Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...

 and Absolute Entertainment

Absolute Entertainment

Absolute Entertainment was a video game publisher based in Glen Rock, New Jersey and later in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Through its development house Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Game Boy,...

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Skyworks was the creator of the Candystand

Candystand

Candystand.com is a casual game portal owned by Funtank LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Publishers Clearing House and based in New York City, NY. Launched in 1997 by Nabisco, Inc., it was the first major advergame portal available on the World Wide Web. The site was created for Nabisco by...

, one of the first, large scale branded gaming sites online. Nintendo DS games include ATV: Quad Frenzy

ATV: Quad Frenzy

ATV: Quad Frenzy is a video game developed for the Nintendo DS by Skyworks Technologies and published by Majesco.ATV: Quad Frenzy was released November 14, 2005. The title is an ATV racing game which contains 40 different tracks and has upgradable vehicles....

and Texas Hold 'Em Poker

Texas Hold 'Em Poker (video game)

Texas Hold 'Em Poker is a card game video game developed by Skyworks Technologies and published by Majesco Games for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS.-Gameplay:...

. In 2007 Skyworks developed the ESPN Arcade, a sports-themed casual gaming site published in partnership with ESPN, which it currently runs. In 2008, Skyworks entered the iPhone business with the release of their first game title, Arcade Hoops Basketball

Arcade Hoops Basketball

Arcade Hoops Basketball is a basketball video game developed and published by Skyworks Interactive. It was released as a download-only title on April 17, 2009 for the iOS and on December 28, 2009 for the Nintendo DSi via the DSiWare service...

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Skyworks Interactive is a wholly owned subsidiary of Skyworks Ventures, Inc., a privately funded startup founded in 2006.