Drinkbox Studios
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DrinkBox Studios is an independent video game development studio located in downtown Toronto
Toronto
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, Canada
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.

The company was founded in 2008 by several members of Pseudo Interactive
Pseudo Interactive
Pseudo Interactive was a video game developer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and started in 1995 by David Wu, Rich Hilmer, and Daniel Posner. In 2006, the company had over fifty employees....

, after that company closed. Their first game was announced in 2010 and released in 2011 for PS3
PlayStation 3
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 via PSN. Their second game was announced in 2011 for release in 2012 for PS Vita via PSN. The studio also offers work-for-hire development services.

History

Drinkbox Studios was founded in April 2008 by Chris Harvey, Ryan MacLean and Graham Smith shortly following the closing of Pseudo Interactive
Pseudo Interactive
Pseudo Interactive was a video game developer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and started in 1995 by David Wu, Rich Hilmer, and Daniel Posner. In 2006, the company had over fifty employees....

 where the three had worked. They decided to start an independent studio aimed at creating unique gaming experiences.

Games

Drinkbox Studios is certified to develop for iOS, Nintendo DS
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, PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

, PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...

, Wii
Wii
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, Xbox 360
Xbox 360
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. In addition to developing original game projects of its own, they also have also provided work-for-hire development services in programming, art and design on a number of projects for 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...

, Vicarious Visions
Vicarious Visions
Vicarious Visions is an American video game developer founded by the high school brothers Karthik and Guha Bala in 1990, which developed some PC and Game Boy Color games in late 90's and 2000. They later developed Terminus, which won two Independent Games Festival Awards in 1999...

, Playbrains, Bedlam Games, Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...

, Bytemark Games, TransGaming, Capybara Games
Capybara Games
Capybara Games is an award-winning independent game studio based out of Toronto, Canada. It focuses on the development of iPhone, Nintendo DS, and downloadable console games...

 and Visual Sports.

They announced their first game, titled Tales from Space: About a Blob
Tales from Space: About a Blob
Tales from Space: About a Blob is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer about a race of alien Blobs developed and published by Drinkbox Studios for PSN downloadable...

on June 11, 2011 and released it for PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

 via PlayStation Network on February 1, 2011 for PlayStation Plus subscribers and on February 8, 2011 for everyone else.

They announced their second game, titled Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack!!! on August 23, 2011 for release for PlayStation Vita via PlayStation Network in early 2012.

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