Behaviour Interactive


Behaviour Interactive Inc. is a Canadian video game development studio specializing in the production of 2D and 3D action/adventure games for home video game consoles, handheld game consoles and personal computers.

History

The company was founded in 1992 in Quebec City as Megatoon. Two years later, Racine co-founded a Montreal-based Multimedia Interactive to develop interactive entertainment software for CD-ROM. Both companies were sold to Malofilm Communications in 1996, and a year later, they were merged into Behaviour Interactive. In 1999, Racine and some investors bought the studio back, but they had to rename it, changing the name in 2000 to Artificial Mind & Movement Inc.. In November 2008, the company acquired Santiago-based Wanako Games from Activision Blizzard, which was the first and largest South American game studio. By 2010, the studio's name was reverted to Behaviour Interactive, partly due to increased production of original titles and thus stronger presence in the gaming community, partly due to the availability of the original name, and partly due to one particular obscene interpretation of the initialism "A2M".

Titles

as Artificial Mind & Movement

as Behaviour Interactive

Game titleYear releasedPlatformPublisher
Jersey Devil1997PS, PC
'1999PS, PCInfogrames
MySims SkyHeroes2010X360, Wii, PS3, DSEA
Doritos Crash Course2010X360Microsoft Studios
Tetris2011PSN EA
'2011PSN, XLA, PCAtari
Rango: The Video Game2011X360, Wii, PS3, DSEA
Paramount Digital Entertainment
'2011Wii, 3DS, DSActivision
Wipeout in the Zone2011X360Activision
'2011Wii, DS, X360
Victorious: Hollywood Arts Debut2011DSD3 Publisher
'2011PSN, XLA THQ
Brave: The Video Game2012Wii, DS, PS3, X360, PCDisney Interactive Studios
'2012Wii, 3DS, DS, X360Activision
'2012Wii, Wii U, X360Activision
Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise2012PSN, XLA 505 Games
Monsters University2013iOS, AndroidDisney Mobile
Doritos Crash Course 22013X360Microsoft Studios
Disney's Planes2013Wii, Wii UDisney Interactive Studios
Pacific Rim: The Mobile Game2013iOS, Android
'2013Wii, Wii U, 3DS, DS, X360
'2013Wii, Wii U, 3DS, DS, PS3, X360Activision
'2014Windows 8, Windows PhoneMicrosoft Studios
'2014PS3, X360Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Pro Feel Golf2015iOS, AndroidBehaviour Interactive
SpongeBob HeroPants20153DS, PS Vita, X360Activision
Home: Boov Pop!2015iOS, AndroidBehaviour Interactive
Fallout Shelter2015iOS, AndroidBethesda Softworks
'20153DS, PS4, Wii U, X360, XOneActivision
Dead by Daylight2016PS4, XOne, PCStarbreeze Studios
2016PCBandai Namco
Love & Hip Hop The Game2016iOS, AndroidBehaviour Interactive
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition2016XOne, PCMicrosoft Studios
Assassin's Creed: Rebellion2017iOS, AndroidUbisoft
Westworld2018iOS, AndroidWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Deathgarden2018PS4, XOne, PCBehaviour Interactive
Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall2020iOS, AndroidBehaviour Interactive

Bethesda infringement lawsuit

On June 21, 2018, Bethesda Softworks sued Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Behaviour Interactive over Westworld, a mobile game based on the science fiction television series Westworld, alleging that the game is a "blatant rip-off" of Fallout Shelter, another mobile game, co-developed by Behaviour.
In a suit filed in a United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Bethesda alleges that Westworld "has the same or highly similar game design, art style, animations, features and other gameplay elements" as Fallout Shelter. Bethesda sued for copyright infringement, breach of contract and misappropriating trade secrets, seeking a jury trial and damages. The lawsuit also alleged that Westworld identically reproduced some software bugs that were originally present in Fallout Shelter. The lawsuit was settled in January 2019 on friendly terms.