Mass Media Games


Mass Media, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Moorpark, California. The current focus of the company is to develop original material for Sony platforms.

History

Mass Media began in the 1980s at Cinemaware. In 1991, they formed a production unit called Philips P.O.V. Entertainment Group. Mass Media left Philips in 1995 and the company became an exclusive developer for Time Warner Interactive. After Time Warner halted their interactive division, Mass Media became an independent developer. It was acquired by THQ in February 2007 who closed the studio in November 2008. The company started back up immediately, focusing on developing for the Sony platforms, including the PlayStation 3. On the PlayStation 3, they developed content and spaces for its social gaming network PlayStation Home including the games The Midway, The Midway 2, and The Midway 3 which were three game spaces with ten mini-games in each with ten rewards per mini-game. The Green Ticket, used to play the games in the three Midways, was consistently the best selling item in PS Home. Mass Media has also continued to develop game engine technology for PlayStation 3 and other platforms. Notably this includes one of the first non-Sony PlayStation 3 implementations of fully SPU based GPU rendering command generation, significantly reducing rendering overhead on the main CPU.

Games

Mass Media has developed over forty titles and currently has additional titles in various stages of development. All of their titles were developed with their development tool set called BOLT.
YearTitlePlatform
1992Defender of the CrownCD-i
1992Girl's ClubCD-i
1992Lords of the Rising SunCD-i
1992'CD-i
1992TetrisCD-i
1992Zombie Dinos from Planet ZeltoidCD-i
1993Caesars World of BoxingCD-i
1993Mystic Midway: Phantom ExpressCD-i, DOS
1993VoyeurCD-i
1994'DOS
1994NFL Hall of Fame FootballCD-i
1994VoyeurDOS
1995Thunder in Paradise InteractiveCD-i, DOS
19963-D TableSportsDOS
1998The Game of LifeWindows, PlayStation
1999BassMasters 2000Nintendo 64
1999Namco Museum 64Nintendo 64
2000Ms. Pac-Man Maze MadnessDreamcast, Nintendo 64
2000Namco Museum 64Dreamcast
2000Saban's Power Rangers: Lightspeed RescueNintendo 64
2000StarCraft 64Nintendo 64
2001Namco MuseumGame Boy Advance, PlayStation 2
2001Pac-Man CollectionGame Boy Advance
2002Namco MuseumGameCube, Xbox
2002Pac-Man FeverGameCube, PlayStation 2
2002Shrek: Super PartyPlayStation 2, Xbox
2003BlackthorneGame Boy Advance
2003Jim Henson's Muppets Party CruiseGameCube, PlayStation 2
2003Rock n' Roll RacingGame Boy Advance
2003Shrek: Super PartyGameCube
2003The Lost VikingsGame Boy Advance
2004Nicktoons MovinPlayStation 2
2005Full Spectrum WarriorPlayStation 2
2005The Bible GamePlayStation 2
2006'PlayStation 2
2006The Bible GameXbox
2007Tetris EvolutionXbox 360
2008Saints Row 2PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2009Marvel Super Hero SquadPlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii
2009Saints Row 2Windows
2010DarksidersWindows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2010The MidwayPlayStation Home
2010The Midway 2PlayStation Home
2011'Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2012Jak and Daxter CollectionPlayStation 3
2012The Midway 3PlayStation Home
2013Jak and Daxter CollectionPlayStation Vita
2014Ratchet & Clank CollectionPlayStation Vita
2015EvolveWindows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2016Mafia IIIWindows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2017'PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2018Carnival Games''Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One