Reaxion
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Reaxion Corp is a Seattle-based mobile game publishing company. While its primary business is developing and publishing games for mobile phones, Reaxion has also produced several other types of mobile applications, including a mobile Content Management System. Reaxion produces a number of well-known mobile games in a variety of genre
s, including puzzle
, fighting, sports, and strategy
. Games from Reaxion include Men in Black
, Kojak
, Shop 'Til You Drop
and Frame Games. Reaxion also manages a mobile gaming community called Gamarama, which allows users to compete in several mobile games using their phones. Reaxion has relationships with all major North American wireless service carriers, such as Sprint, Verizon, and Cingular, as well as several other North American and some major European and Asian carriers
In addition to publishing mobile games, Reaxion also has an in-house development department that does most of its software development
work for both the BREW and Java ME
platforms. Reaxion’s development team also manages the quality assurance
process. In addition, Reaxion does all of its own marketing and advertising.
(Development, Creative, Product Marketing, & Russia & Direct Sales) and Minsk
(Development). In 2002, the company released the first commercially available BREW extension, an XML
parser. Then, in 2003, it released the first commercially available MMS
client on BREW. In 2004, Reaxion acquired the Java ME
developer 3SYM. More recently, Reaxion closed a $2M Series A investment from i-Hatch Venture Partners in August 2005.
Games Developed and/or Published by Reaxion:
Following is a partial list of the games that Reaxion has published.
List Updated: December 7, 2006
Reaxion was finally closed in June 2010.
Genre
Genre , Greek: genos, γένος) is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time...
s, including puzzle
Puzzle
A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle, one is intended to put together pieces in a logical way in order to come up with the desired solution...
, fighting, sports, and strategy
Strategy
Strategy, a word of military origin, refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked...
. Games from Reaxion include Men in Black
Men in Black
Men in Black , in American popular culture and in UFO conspiracy theories, are men dressed in black suits who claim to be government agents who harass or threaten UFO witnesses to keep them quiet about what they have seen. It is sometimes implied that they may be aliens themselves...
, Kojak
Kojak
Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier...
, Shop 'Til You Drop
Shop 'Til You Drop
Shop 'til You Drop is an American game show that aired on various broadcast television networks from 1991–2006. The series was hosted by Pat Finn from 1991–2002, followed by JD Roberto from 2003–2005. Co-hosts/announcers included Mark L...
and Frame Games. Reaxion also manages a mobile gaming community called Gamarama, which allows users to compete in several mobile games using their phones. Reaxion has relationships with all major North American wireless service carriers, such as Sprint, Verizon, and Cingular, as well as several other North American and some major European and Asian carriers
In addition to publishing mobile games, Reaxion also has an in-house development department that does most of its software development
Software development
Software development is the development of a software product...
work for both the BREW and Java ME
Java Platform, Micro Edition
Java Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes...
platforms. Reaxion’s development team also manages the quality assurance
Quality Assurance
Quality assurance, or QA for short, is the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service or facility to maximize the probability that minimum standards of quality are being attained by the production process...
process. In addition, Reaxion does all of its own marketing and advertising.
History
Reaxion was founded in 2001 as a mobile game development and publishing company. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA (Executive, Sales & Finance) and has a test and QA office in San Diego. In addition, the company maintains wholly owned subsidiary offices in MoscowMoscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(Development, Creative, Product Marketing, & Russia & Direct Sales) and Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
(Development). In 2002, the company released the first commercially available BREW extension, an XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
parser. Then, in 2003, it released the first commercially available MMS
Multimedia Messaging Service
Multimedia Messaging Service, or MMS, is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones. It extends the core SMS capability that allowed exchange of text messages only up to 160 characters in length.The most popular use is to send photographs from...
client on BREW. In 2004, Reaxion acquired the Java ME
Java Platform, Micro Edition
Java Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes...
developer 3SYM. More recently, Reaxion closed a $2M Series A investment from i-Hatch Venture Partners in August 2005.
Games Developed and/or Published by Reaxion:
Following is a partial list of the games that Reaxion has published.
List Updated: December 7, 2006
- Detective Puzzles
- Men in Black: Alien Assault
- Fightality
- Sexy Mahjong
- Incadia
- Frame Games
- The Longest Yard
- Shop 'til You Drop
- Pro Curling
- Mahjong Deluxe
- Minigolf 2
- Yetisports
- Hero's Quest
- Hive of Evil
Reaxion was finally closed in June 2010.