Infinite Interactive
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Infinite Interactive was 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...

 with headquarters in St Kilda
St Kilda, Victoria
St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...

, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The company was founded by Steve Fawkner
Steve Fawkner
Steve Fawkner is an Australian software designer, programmer and composer who has worked for several video game design companies.He was originally made famous as the creator of Warlords game series in 1989, but in recent years has found fame once again as creator of the Puzzle Quest series...

 in 1989. After a long alliance with SSG
Strategic Studies Group
Strategic Studies Group, commonly known as SSG, is an Australian software development company that makes primarily strategy wargames.The company was founded by strategy game enthusiasts Ian Trout and Roger Keating. Ian was proprietor of a military books store and Roger had had several of his games...

, resulting in the development of the Warlords
Warlords (game series)
Warlords is a computer game series created by Steve Fawkner, in which role-playing elements are combined with strategy in a fantasy setting. The series has been split into two different games lines, the traditional turn-based strategy Warlords series , and a newer real-time based strategy Warlords...

 series of games, Steve moved on to make Infinite totally independent in 2003. In 2011, the company was acquired by fellow Australian developers Firemint
Firemint
Founded in 1999 by CEO Robert Murray, Firemint is a developer and publisher of video games based in Melbourne, Australia. Originally an independent company, in May 2011, Electronic Arts announced the acquisition of Firemint Pty Ltd for an undisclosed sum, making it an in-house studio for EA...

, creators of Flight Control
Flight Control (video game)
Flight Control is a game for the iOS, WiiWare, DSiWare, Android and Windows Phone 7 developed by Firemint and first released for iOS on March 5, 2009. The app was a number one bestseller on the App Store in 19 countries simultaneously on April 6, 2009 and has sold over two million copies...

 and Real Racing
Real Racing (video game)
Real Racing is game developed by Firemint for the iOS. It was released for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and later a HD version was released for the iPad and is a port of the original game, but with some new added features and better graphics to take full advantage of the iPad's...

.

Infinite has continued to produce Warlords games (Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria and Warlords Battlecry III
Warlords Battlecry III
Warlords Battlecry III is a real-time strategy game developed by Infinite Interactive and published in 2004. It is the third installment in the Warlords Battlecry series and the sequel to Warlords Battlecry II.-Gameplay:...

), but has recently branched out into the more casual marketplace.

They have also released Puzzle Quest for the 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...

, Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

, IPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

, PS3, Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

 and PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...

. Galactrix, another match-3-based puzzle game in the Puzzle Quest series, this time with a science fiction setting and hexagonal tiles. May 2009 saw the release of Puzzle Kingdoms
Puzzle Kingdoms
Puzzle Kingdoms is a puzzle video game developed by Infinite Interactive for the PC, Nintendo DS and Wii. The PC version is currently only available to download online through services such as IGN's Direct2Drive and Steam....

, a turn-based strategy
Turn-based strategy
A turn-based strategy game is a strategy game where players take turns when playing...

 iteration of the successful Puzzle Quest franchise.

Games

  • Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria
  • Warlords Battlecry III
    Warlords Battlecry III
    Warlords Battlecry III is a real-time strategy game developed by Infinite Interactive and published in 2004. It is the third installment in the Warlords Battlecry series and the sequel to Warlords Battlecry II.-Gameplay:...

  • Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
    Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
    Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is a game developed by Australian company Infinite Interactive and published by D3 Publisher. The game combines role-playing with strategy and puzzle elements...

  • Neopets Puzzle Adventure
    Neopets Puzzle Adventure
    Neopets Puzzle Adventure is the latest Neopets video game. Published by Capcom, the Nintendo DS version of the game was developed by Griptonite Games and the other two platforms were developed by Infinite Interactive...

  • Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
    Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
    Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, or Galactrix, is a puzzle video game developed by Infinite Interactive for the PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade, and PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network service....

  • Puzzle Kingdoms
    Puzzle Kingdoms
    Puzzle Kingdoms is a puzzle video game developed by Infinite Interactive for the PC, Nintendo DS and Wii. The PC version is currently only available to download online through services such as IGN's Direct2Drive and Steam....

  • Puzzle Chronicles
  • Puzzle Quest 2
    Puzzle Quest 2
    Puzzle Quest 2 is a video game developed by Infinite Interactive for the Nintendo DS, Xbox Live Arcade, iOS, Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft Windows. It was released on June 22, 2010 by D3 Publisher. It is the sequel to Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, and like its predecessor, it combines...

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