Info: 27 dead ducks listed
Objective: Publish listing of game companies that have gone bankrupt,
closed shop, ceased production, laid off all their developers, been sold
to other companies, become a subsidiary of another company, or which are
mired in a show-stopping legal battle. If the company still exists, albeit
in a different form, this will be indicated beside the name.
Comments: If you know about any other game companies that have fallen
upon hard times, tell me about
it!
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| Dead Game Companies | City | Province |
| ArcMedia Inc. (dead, may be licensing old game library) | Toronto | Ontario |
| Arcanium Productions (dead, The Isle of Four Winds: Rune War) | North York | Ontario |
| Aztech New Media (out of games) | Don Mills | Ontario |
| Barking Dog Studios (bought by Rockstar, now Rockstar Vancouver, made Homeworld: Cataclysm, Global Operations) |
Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Blab Media Inc (dead) | Toronto | Ontario |
| Black Box Games (bought by Electronic Arts, now Electronic Arts Black Box, self-made NHL Hitz 2002, NASCAR Thunder 2002) | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Creativeway Services (fate unknown) | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Digital Game Systems Inc. (fate unknown) | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Dreamlords Studios (fate unknown) | Montreal | Quebec |
| Dream Mechanics (made Alias Underground, acquired by DC Studios: 30 April 2003) | Montreal | Quebec |
| Game Saint (fate unknown) | Toronto | Ontario |
| GoatPants (fate unknown) | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Hoffman & Associates Inc. (dead) | Toronto | Ontario |
| Jeff Noel (fate unknown) | Quebec | Quebec |
| Jenstar (fate unknown) | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| LO-FI game audio development (fate unknown) | Toronto | Ontario |
| Microforum Inc. (out of games) | Toronto | Ontario |
| Micro-Intel (fate unknown) | Montréal | Quebec |
| Millenia Multimedia Technologies (fate unknown) | What City | Quebec |
| Malofilm Interactive (fate unknown; read more) | Montreal | Quebec |
| Megatoon Studios (purchased by Malofilm Communications in 1996; read more) | Quebec | Quebec |
| MMI Multimedia Interactif (purchased by Malofilm Communications in 1996; read more) | Montreal | Quebec |
| Necessary Madness (dead) | Toronto | Ontario |
| ReadySoft (purchased by Malofilm Communications in 1996; Developed: Dragon's Lair, read more) | Toronto | Ontario |
| Sandbox Studios Canada (Merged with Digital Illusions of Sweden, now Digital Illusions Canada, History: Founded 1998: Texas; Opened London HQ: 11/03/1999; 60+ employees, Deals: Mattel, GT Interactive, The Learning Company, Vatical) | London | Ontario |
| Simulations Canada (Dead (2001); Made Grand Fleet, Northern Fleet Simulation (1989), Red Sky at Morning; buy games here) | What City | What Province |
| Zen Tao Interactive | Montreal | Quebec |