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'''Humongous''' is a video game company founded by Ron Gilbert and Shelley Day. | '''Humongous Entertainment''' is a video game company founded by Ron Gilbert and Shelley Day. | ||
The company built it's reputation by making excellent graphic adventures for children beginning in the early 1990s. They soon expanded into the popular children's sport franchise ''Backyard Sports'', which is still continuing today. | |||
The company was purchased by [[GT Interactive]] in 1996, which was in turn sold to [[Infogrames]], whose US branch became [[Atari]] in 2003. In 2005, Atari sold Humongous Entertainment back to the main Infogrames branch in France. Infogrames renamed Humongous Entertainment to Humongous in 2006. | The company was purchased by [[GT Interactive]] in 1996, which was in turn sold to [[Infogrames]], whose US branch became [[Atari]] in 2003. In 2005, Atari sold Humongous Entertainment back to the main Infogrames branch in France. Infogrames renamed Humongous Entertainment to Humongous in 2006. Atari filed for bankruptcy in January 2013, and Tommo purchased Humongous at the bankruptcy auction in July 2013. Tommo renamed the company back to Humongous Entertainment. | ||
Other than the Backyard Sports series, their other famous game franchises include [[Putt-Putt series|Putt-Putt]], [[Freddi Fish series|Freddi Fish]], [[Pajama Sam series|Pajama Sam]], [[Let's Explore with Buzzy series|Let's Explore with Buzzy]], [[Big Thinkers series|Big Thinkers]], [[Fatty Bear series|Fatty Bear]] and [[SPY Fox series|SPY Fox]]. | Other than the Backyard Sports series, their other famous game franchises include [[Putt-Putt series|Putt-Putt]], [[Freddi Fish series|Freddi Fish]], [[Pajama Sam series|Pajama Sam]], [[Let's Explore with Buzzy series|Let's Explore with Buzzy]], [[Big Thinkers series|Big Thinkers]], [[Fatty Bear series|Fatty Bear]] and [[SPY Fox series|SPY Fox]]. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humongous_(game_developer) Wikipedia article on Humongous Entertainment]<br/> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humongous_(game_developer) Wikipedia article on Humongous Entertainment]<br/> | ||
[http://www.humongous.com Humongous | [http://www.humongous.com Humongous Entertainment Website] | ||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||