Sniper Studios is a newly created American

United States

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 game studio formed by veteran developers from companies such as Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts

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, Sega

Sega

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, etc. Their most recent game they developed was Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars

Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars

Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars , is a PSP game, which is a port of both Crazy Taxi and Crazy Taxi 2. There is also a multiplayer aspect which was not available in the games' predecessors, where players compete against one another for customers and fare money...

 for the PSP

PlayStation Portable

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 gaming system. The game was published by Sega

Sega

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 who choose Sniper Studios since their staff worked on key titles such as NASCAR

NASCAR

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 and the Simpsons.

The company's management and staff includes producers, artists, designers, and developers with experience from leading publishers and titles in the industry including Electronic Arts, Activision, SEGA, and 3DO.

The studios are recognized as a licensed Xbox 360

Xbox 360

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developer as of December 20, 2006.