Fox Interactive
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20th Century Fox Games (or Fox Interactive) is a video game publisher and developer mainly concerned with titles based on 20th Century Fox
properties, such as The Simpsons
, Family Guy
, Futurama
, the Alien
and Predator
film franchises, Independence Day
, Charmed
, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files
, Avatar, 24
, the Ice Age
trilogy of films and the Die Hard series of films. They have also been involved with original titles, including Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
, Croc 2
, Angry Birds Rio and The Operative: No One Lives Forever
. The company was formed in 1982 as Fox Video Games.
company. The company published, developed and produced games mainly for titles based on 20th Century Fox film and movie properties.
Their first computer game was The Tick
, based on a superhero cartoon character. Fox Interactive released both arcade games, Die Hard Arcade and The Simpsons Bowling. The company became most well known for its Croc, Aliens Vs. Predator, Die Hard and Charmed games.
In March 2003, Fox Interactive was acquired by Vivendi Universal Games.
is called "Crox Interactive", which is a pun on Fox Interactive.
The third level of Girls Trapped In A Cage in Charmed (video game)
is called "Wox Interactive", which is also a pun on Fox Interactive.
In Charmed 2, Piper sees the 2009 20th Century Fox logo reading "20th Century Halliwell", which is a pun on 20th Century Fox Games. Then, she freezes the logo and said "That's a good story."
|-
! Title
! Release Date
| Alien Trilogy
|| December 31, 1995 || PlayStation
, Sega Saturn
, MS-DOS
| The Simpsons Cartoon Studio
|| June 1, 1996 || Windows, Mac OS
| Independence Day
|| February 28, 1997 || PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Windows
| The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield || September 2, 1997 || Windows
| Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
|| September 29, 1997 || PlayStation, Game Boy Color
, Sega Saturn, Windows
| The X-Files Game || May 31, 1998 || PlayStation, Windows
| Croc 2
|| June 30, 1999 || PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Windows
| Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas || February 29, 2000 || PlayStation, Windows
| The Simpsons Bowling
October 16, 2000 || PlayStation
| The Operative: No One Lives Forever
|| November 9, 2000 || PlayStation 2
, Windows, Mac OS X
| The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror || March 26, 2001 || Game Boy Color
| The Simpsons Wrestling
April 12, 2001 || PlayStation
| The Simpsons Road Rage
November 24, 2004 || PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance
, Xbox
| Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza
April 22, 2004 || Windows
| The Simpsons Skateboarding November 13, 2004 || PlayStation 2
| Die Hard: Vendetta
November 19, 2004 || PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
| Family Guy Video Game! October 16, 2006 || PlayStation 2, Xbox, PSP
| The Simpsons Hit & Run
|| September 16, 2007 || PlayStation 2
, GameCube, Xbox
, Microsoft Windows
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
properties, such as The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
, Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
, Futurama
Futurama
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
, the Alien
Alien (franchise)
The Alien film series is a science fiction horror film franchise, focusing on Lieutenant Ellen Ripley and her battle with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as "the Alien"...
and Predator
Predator (franchise)
The Predator film series is a science fiction horror film franchise. Produced by 20th Century Fox, the series started in 1987 with the film Predator, which led to two sequels and novel, comic book and video game spin-offs....
film franchises, Independence Day
Independence Day (film)
Independence Day is a 1996 science fiction film about an alien invasion of Earth, focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they converge in the Nevada desert and, along with the rest of the human population, participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4 – the same...
, Charmed
Charmed (video game)
Charmed is a platform video game based on the fourth season of the television series of the same name. The game was developed by In-Fusio and Fox Digital Entertainment, and released in January 2003 in Europe, and September 2004 in North America by In-Fusio for mobile phones.- Introduction :The...
, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files
The X-Files
The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s...
, Avatar, 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
, the Ice Age
Ice Age (film series)
Ice Age is a series of animated films produced by Blue Sky Studios, a division of 20th Century Fox, and featuring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Chris Wedge. Three films have been released in the series thus far, Ice Age in 2002, Ice Age: The Meltdown in 2006, and Ice...
trilogy of films and the Die Hard series of films. They have also been involved with original titles, including Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a platform video game published by Fox Interactive and developed by Argonaut Software for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and GameBoy Color. It was released on September 29, 1997 in the North America...
, Croc 2
Croc 2
Croc 2, called Croc Adventure in Japan , is a video game released in 1999, is the sequel to Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, developed by Argonaut Software between 1998 and 1999, and published by Fox Interactive. Croc 2 was released on Game Boy Color, Windows, and PlayStation...
, Angry Birds Rio and The Operative: No One Lives Forever
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
The Operative: No One Lives Forever is a first-person shooter video game with stealth gameplay elements, developed by Monolith Productions and published by Fox Interactive, released for Windows in 2000. The game was also ported later to the PlayStation 2 and Mac OS X...
. The company was formed in 1982 as Fox Video Games.
History
Fox Interactive was formed in December 1994 (with the release of The Pagemaster: The Video Game) and was an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News CorporationNews Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
company. The company published, developed and produced games mainly for titles based on 20th Century Fox film and movie properties.
Their first computer game was The Tick
The Tick (video game)
The Tick was a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed by Software Creations and released by Fox Interactive in 1994. The game was released on the Super NES and Sega Genesis systems and was based on the comic book and Fox Kids animated series of the same name...
, based on a superhero cartoon character. Fox Interactive released both arcade games, Die Hard Arcade and The Simpsons Bowling. The company became most well known for its Croc, Aliens Vs. Predator, Die Hard and Charmed games.
In March 2003, Fox Interactive was acquired by Vivendi Universal Games.
In popular culture
The fourth level of Secret World in Croc: Legend of the GobbosCroc: Legend of the Gobbos
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a platform video game published by Fox Interactive and developed by Argonaut Software for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and GameBoy Color. It was released on September 29, 1997 in the North America...
is called "Crox Interactive", which is a pun on Fox Interactive.
The third level of Girls Trapped In A Cage in Charmed (video game)
Charmed (video game)
Charmed is a platform video game based on the fourth season of the television series of the same name. The game was developed by In-Fusio and Fox Digital Entertainment, and released in January 2003 in Europe, and September 2004 in North America by In-Fusio for mobile phones.- Introduction :The...
is called "Wox Interactive", which is also a pun on Fox Interactive.
In Charmed 2, Piper sees the 2009 20th Century Fox logo reading "20th Century Halliwell", which is a pun on 20th Century Fox Games. Then, she freezes the logo and said "That's a good story."
As Fox Interactive
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! Title
! Release Date
| Alien Trilogy
Alien Trilogy
Alien Trilogy is a 3D first-person shooter based on the first three movies in the Alien film series. It was released for the MS-DOS, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn platforms.-Plot:...
|| December 31, 1995 || PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
, Sega Saturn
Sega Saturn
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
, MS-DOS
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s, until it was gradually superseded by operating...
| The Simpsons Cartoon Studio
The Simpsons Cartoon Studio
The Simpsons Cartoon Studio is a computer program based on the animated television series The Simpsons that was released for PC and Mac computers in 1996 by Fox Interactive. It allows users to create their own Simpsons cartoons, using characters, sounds, music, and locations from the show. The cast...
|| June 1, 1996 || Windows, Mac OS
Mac OS
Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
| Independence Day
Independence Day (video game)
Independence Day is a 1997 video game based on the movie of the same name. It was released in 1997 for the PlayStation, PC, Sega Saturn, and Mobile.-Gameplay:...
|| February 28, 1997 || PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Windows
| The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield || September 2, 1997 || Windows
| Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a platform video game published by Fox Interactive and developed by Argonaut Software for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and GameBoy Color. It was released on September 29, 1997 in the North America...
|| September 29, 1997 || PlayStation, Game Boy Color
Game Boy Color
The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...
, Sega Saturn, Windows
| The X-Files Game || May 31, 1998 || PlayStation, Windows
| Croc 2
Croc 2
Croc 2, called Croc Adventure in Japan , is a video game released in 1999, is the sequel to Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, developed by Argonaut Software between 1998 and 1999, and published by Fox Interactive. Croc 2 was released on Game Boy Color, Windows, and PlayStation...
|| June 30, 1999 || PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Windows
| Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas || February 29, 2000 || PlayStation, Windows
| The Simpsons Bowling
The Simpsons Bowling
The Simpsons Bowling is a 3-D trackball arcade game, which features characters from The Simpsons. This game was made by Konami and Fox Interactive, and released in 2000. The game will be released on Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in early or mid 2012.-Gameplay:The game featured nine...
October 16, 2000 || PlayStation
| The Operative: No One Lives Forever
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
The Operative: No One Lives Forever is a first-person shooter video game with stealth gameplay elements, developed by Monolith Productions and published by Fox Interactive, released for Windows in 2000. The game was also ported later to the PlayStation 2 and Mac OS X...
|| November 9, 2000 || PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
, Windows, Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
| The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror || March 26, 2001 || Game Boy Color
| The Simpsons Wrestling
The Simpsons Wrestling
The Simpsons Wrestling is a professional wrestling video game based on the animated television series The Simpsons, made for the PlayStation console. The game was developed by Big Ape Productions, and published by Fox Interactive and Activision...
April 12, 2001 || PlayStation
| The Simpsons Road Rage
The Simpsons Road Rage
The Simpsons Road Rage is a 2001 video game based on the animated television series The Simpsons, and is part of a series of games based on the show. It was developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 2, the Xbox, and the GameCube...
November 24, 2004 || PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...
, Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
| Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza
Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza
Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza is a first-person shooter for PC made by Piranha Games. The game originally used a modified Build engine, later the GoldSrc engine, before it was finally moved to the Lithtech engine...
April 22, 2004 || Windows
| The Simpsons Skateboarding November 13, 2004 || PlayStation 2
| Die Hard: Vendetta
Die Hard: Vendetta
Die Hard: Vendetta is a first-person shooter video game that was exclusive to the Nintendo GameCube. It has since been released for both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and is not to be confused with the PC-exclusive Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza, also a first-person shooter.Taking place after the first...
November 19, 2004 || PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
| Family Guy Video Game! October 16, 2006 || PlayStation 2, Xbox, PSP
| The Simpsons Hit & Run
The Simpsons Hit & Run
The Simpsons Hit & Run is an action-adventure video game based on the animated sitcom The Simpsons. It was released for the GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2, and Windows in North America on September 16, 2003, In Europe and Australia on October 31, 2003 and in Japan on December 25, 2003...
|| September 16, 2007 || PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
, GameCube, Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...