United Front Games
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United Front Games is a Vancouver
Vancouver
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 based game development studio. They currently create titles for the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
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 and PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
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. They are the developers of ModNation Racers
ModNation Racers
ModNation Racers is a kart racing game developed by United Front Games for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. User generated content will be a central aspect of the game, such that it uses the same "Play, Create, Share." adage as LittleBigPlanet to convey its basis in online user-generated...

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The studio consists of former members of EA Black Box, Rockstar Vancouver
Rockstar Vancouver
Rockstar Vancouver is a video game studio located in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Rockstar Vancouver released Bully, a controversial title exclusively for the PlayStation 2 on October 17, 2006...

, Radical Entertainment
Radical Entertainment
Radical Entertainment is a video game developer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1991 and previously developed games for game publishers such as THQ, Microsoft and Fox Interactive. It is now an entirely owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard after being acquired by...

 and Volition Inc, all of which made video games with an open world setting.

History

United Front Games was founded in 2007. Its first official title ModNation Racers
ModNation Racers
ModNation Racers is a kart racing game developed by United Front Games for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. User generated content will be a central aspect of the game, such that it uses the same "Play, Create, Share." adage as LittleBigPlanet to convey its basis in online user-generated...

, began production in 2008 and was released on May 21, 2010 in some countries and on May 25, 2010 in the US. A free demo was released on the PS3 of ModNation Racers on May 18, 2010. They are currently developing True Crime: Hong Kong
True Crime: Hong Kong
True Crime: Hong Kong is a video game in development by United Front Games and is to be published by Square Enix. It was going to be the third installment and a reboot of the True Crime series, and would not be developed by Luxoflux, largely due to the studio being closed in February 2010.The game...

, which is a reboot of the True Crime
True Crime (series)
True Crime is a series of action games set from the perspective of law enforcement and published by Activision.The first two games were developed by Luxoflux and are known for their GPS-accurate open world recreations of Los Angeles and New York City and "street crime" missions that randomly...

 series.

Games

Game Title Year Released Platform(s)
ModNation Racers
ModNation Racers
ModNation Racers is a kart racing game developed by United Front Games for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. User generated content will be a central aspect of the game, such that it uses the same "Play, Create, Share." adage as LittleBigPlanet to convey its basis in online user-generated...

 
2010 PlayStation 3
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True Crime: Hong Kong
True Crime: Hong Kong
True Crime: Hong Kong is a video game in development by United Front Games and is to be published by Square Enix. It was going to be the third installment and a reboot of the True Crime series, and would not be developed by Luxoflux, largely due to the studio being closed in February 2010.The game...

 
2012 Microsoft Windows
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, 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...

, PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
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United Front Games partnered with Sony Computer Entertainment
Sony Computer Entertainment
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 for the development of ModNation Racers
ModNation Racers
ModNation Racers is a kart racing game developed by United Front Games for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. User generated content will be a central aspect of the game, such that it uses the same "Play, Create, Share." adage as LittleBigPlanet to convey its basis in online user-generated...

: a "User-Generated Content
User-generated content
User generated content covers a range of media content available in a range of modern communications technologies. It entered mainstream usage during 2005 having arisen in web publishing and new media content production circles...

" kart racing game released in May 2010. United Front Games partnered with Square Enix
Square Enix
is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series...

 for the development of the open world action game True Crime: Hong Kong
True Crime: Hong Kong
True Crime: Hong Kong is a video game in development by United Front Games and is to be published by Square Enix. It was going to be the third installment and a reboot of the True Crime series, and would not be developed by Luxoflux, largely due to the studio being closed in February 2010.The game...

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