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{{cleanup}} {{Infobox Company |company_name = Blue Castle Games |company_logo = Blue Castle Games logo.png |company_type = [[Privately held company]] |foundation = 2005 |location = [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]<ref name="company_profile">{{cite web |url = http://www.bluecastlegames.com |title = Company Homepage |accessdate = 2008-09-10 |publisher = Blue Castle Games}}</ref> |industry = [[Video game industry|Computer and video game industry]] |key_people = [[Rob Barrett (Blue Castle Games)|Rob Barrett]] (President) |num_employees = {{formatnum:170}}<ref name = "company_profile" /> |products = ''[[The Bigs|The BIGS]]'', ''[[MLB Front Office Manager]]'', ''[[The Bigs 2|The BIGS 2]]'' |homepage = [http://www.bluecastlegames.com/ www.bluecastlegames.com] }} '''Blue Castle Games''' is a [[third party developer]] of [[video games]]. The company is the creator of several successful [[baseball]] [[sports video game]]s, including ''[[The Bigs|The BIGS]]'' and ''[[The Bigs 2]]''. Currently, they are working on ''[[Dead Rising 2]]''.<ref name="announcement">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=285199| title= Blue Castle making Dead Rising 2|date= 2008-11-07| author= Johnny Minkley}}</ref><ref name="kotaku dr2 rumor">{{cite web|title=Dead Rising 2: Dead Rising 2 Set in Vegas?|url=http://kotaku.com/5023576/dead-rising-2-set-in-vegas-|publisher=Kotaku|author=Brian Crecente|date=2008-07-09}}</ref><ref name = "games_in_development">{{cite web|url = http://www.bluecastlegames.com/#pageId,14|title = Blue Castle Games - Games under development|accessdate = 2008-09-10|publisher = Blue Castle Games}}</ref> ==History== The company was formed on July 4, 2005 in [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] by three core founders with thirty five years of combined video game experience. Starting with only twelve staff and one game (''[[The Bigs|The BIGS]]''<ref name="the_bigs">{{cite web|url = http://2ksports.com/games/thebigs/|title = 2K Sports - The BIGS|accessdate = 2008-09-10|publisher = 2K Sports}}</ref>), the company has grown to 170 people with 3 shipped titles.<ref name = "company_profile" /> In February 2008, Blue Castle Games won the award for Best New Video Game Company at the 2008 Elan Awards for [[The BIGS]], in a tie with another local Vancouver company.<ref name = "elan_award">{{cite web|url = http://www.theelans.com/2009/past-winners/2nd-annual-elans-winners/|title = 2nd Annual ELANS Winners|date = 2008-02-15|publisher = ELAN Awards}}</ref> A wide number of developers in Blue Castle Games were formerly of [[EA Games]]. Recently at the Tokyo Game Show 2010, Keiji Inafune of Capcom said there are plans to acquire Blue Castle Games and forming into ''Capcom Games Vancouver''. ==Titles== Since the company’s inception, Blue Castle Games has shipped three products with multiple SKUs and is currently working on ''[[Dead Rising 2]]''. According to one of their recruitment pages, Blue Castle is also working on "an unannounced Action project".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bluecastlegames.com/#pageId,15|title = unannounced Action project|date = 2010-05-27|publisher = Blue Castle Games}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Game Name !Publisher !Ship Date !Platforms |- |''[[The Bigs]]'' |[[2K Sports]] |June 2007 |[[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]], [[Xbox 360]], and [[Wii]] |- |''[[MLB Front Office Manager|Major League Baseball Front Office Manager]]'' |[[2K Sports]] |January 2009 |[[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[Xbox 360]] and [[Personal computer|PC]] |- |''[[The Bigs 2]]'' |[[2K Sports]] |July 7, 2009 |[[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]], [[Xbox 360]], and [[Wii]] |- |''[[Dead Rising 2#Case Zero|Dead Rising 2: Case Zero]]'' |[[Capcom]] |August 31, 2010 | [[Xbox 360]] |- |''[[Dead Rising 2]]'' |[[Capcom]] |September 2010 |[[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[Xbox 360]] and [[Personal computer|PC]] |} ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *[http://www.bluecastlegames.com Official website] [[Category:Video game developers]] [[Category:Companies established in 2005]] [[Category:Canadian video game companies]] [[Category:Privately held companies of Canada]] [[Category:Companies based in Burnaby]]
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