TKO Software 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...

 founded in 2002 in Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California in the US. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, Santa Cruz had a total population of 59,946...

, United States

United States

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 by Jacob Hawley and Michael Songy.

TKO Software created Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Breakthrough

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault is a first-person shooter computer game developed by 2015, Inc. and created by Steven Spielberg. It is the 3rd installment of the Medal of Honor series...

(2003) and the multiplayer portion of Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault is a first-person shooter computer game the story of which takes place during the Pacific War. It is the 7th installment of the Medal of Honor series.- Plot :...

(2004), both for Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts

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. Apart from this, the company has created content for EA's GoldenEye: Rogue Agent

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent is a 2004 action-adventure Science-Fiction First-Person Shooter video game, developed and published by Electronic Arts. Despite it is set in an alternate timeline of James Bond universe, the player takes the role of an ex-MI6 agent who is recruited by Auric Goldfinger, a...

, and multiple mobile and handheld titles, including The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey for Nokia's N-Gage

N-Gage

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 and mobile versions of Tenchu

Tenchu

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, X-Men 2: Battle, Gauntlet

Gauntlet (arcade game)

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and an adventure game based on the movie The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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.

At one time, the company was working on a Windows/console version of the Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew David McConaughey is an American actor.After a series of minor roles in the early 1990s, McConaughey gained notice for his breakout role in Dazed and Confused . He then appeared in films such as A Time to Kill, Contact, U-571, Tiptoes, Sahara, and We Are Marshall...

 movie Sahara, and a video game version of classic sci-fi movie Logan's Run.

In 2004, TKO Software sold back the multiplayer rights of Ashen Empires to refocus on its core business.

In January of 2005 TKO Software shut down its PC

Personal computer

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 and console game

Console game

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s development studio, located in Santa Cruz, leading to the loss of around 60 jobs. TKO's cellphone

Mobile phone

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 and handheld game console

Handheld game console

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 divisions, located in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 and Dublin, were unaffected. Dave Reese, GM of TKO's Austin

Austin, Texas

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 studio re-formed his team as Iron Will Games. The studio recently merged with Austin-based Pyramind Labs, founded by Michael Songy and his engineering team from TKO's former Santa Cruz studio.

In August of 2005, Marcus Hopkins, founder of TKO's Dallas office acquired his studio assets and re-established the business as Method Solutions to continue the team's work in cellphone

Mobile phone

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 development and expand into iPod

IPod

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 games.

The Dublin studio set up by Will Golby was acquired by PopCap Games

PopCap Games

PopCap Games is an American video game developer and publisher, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 2000 by John Vechey, Brian Fiete and Jason Kapalka, and currently employs about 400 people...

in October 2005 and under Golby it became one of the largest development studios in Ireland.