Maximum Games
Industry | Video games |
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Founded | August 2009 |
Founder |
Christina Seelye (CEO) Len Ciciretto (President) |
Headquarters | Walnut Creek, California, USA |
Area served | International |
Products | Video games |
Website |
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Maximum Games (formerly Maximum Family Games) is a boutique publisher and distributor of interactive video games.[1] Founded in 2009, Maximum Games publishes video games on all leading platforms.[2] Notable titles include: The Golf Club Collector's Edition, Alekhine’s Gun (their first title developed in-house), Farming Simulator 17, Mark McMorris Infinite Air, Loading Human, and The Technomancer.
Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Maximum Games is the publisher of upcoming games Road Rage and Troll and I.
History
Maximum Games is a privately held California corporation, and was originally founded as "Maximum Family Games" in 2009 by two industry veterans, Christina Seelye and Len Ciciretto. During the 2009 holiday season, the company launched two very successful Junior DS titles, Junior Brain Trainer and Junior Classic Games, with placement in all USA major retailers. In 2010, the company published 16 new products for the Nintendo DS, Wii and PC platforms. In 2010, the company was granted Third Party Publishing status with Nintendo of America and Sony Computer Entertainment America, and in 2011, the was granted the same status in Europe with both companies. Maximum Family Games ultimately produced more than 20 new titles that year, including the addition of Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 titles.
On May 25, 2012, Maximum Family Games changed its name to Maximum Games to reflect its expanding portfolio.[3]
On March 1, 2016, Maximum Games released their first game developed in-house, the action-stealth title Alekhine’s Gun. The game is a spiritual successor to the Death to Spies series, reviving it after a failed crowdfunding campaign in October 2014.
On March 31, 2016, Maximum Games acquired UK-based video game publisher and distributor, Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd.[4] Maximum Games is now a full-service publisher with a full sales and marketing team and offices in both the UK and the US, as well as distribution partnerships that serve both North American and European markets.
Maximum Games has received a number of awards and recognitions, including several for rapid business growth. In 2015, the company ranked #2808 on Inc Magazine’s Inc 5000 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America, won the American Business Awards bronze award for Fastest Growing Tech Company of the Year, and ranked #12 and #41 in San Francisco Business Times’s lists of the 50 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the East Bay and 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area, respectively. Maximum Games has also been recognized by the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, garnering a silver award for the “More than 10 Employees" category of the Women-Run Workplace of the Year competition in November 2015.
Published Titles
- 1001 Touch Games
- 4 in 1 Racing Pack
- 50 Classic Games
- Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers
- Alekhine's Gun
- American Mensa Academy
- American Truck Simulator
- Atlantic Quest
- Burger Bot
- Canada Hunt
- City Builder
- Crab Cakes Rescue
- Crash Car Racer
- Deer Drive Legends
- Deer Hunt Legends
- Dr. Nano
- Drag & Stock Racer
- DS Junior Brain Trainer
- DS Junior Classic Games
- Farming Simulator
- Farming Simulator 14
- Farming Simulator 15
- Farming Simulator 17
- Farming Simulator Titanium
- GP Classic Racing
- Hello Kitty Online
- History Great Battles Medieval
- Hoppie
- Mark McMorris Infinite Air
- JASF: Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters
- Jewel Link: Mountains of Madness
- Jr. Classic Games
- Junior Brain Trainer 2
- Junior Brain Trainer: Math Edition
- Junior Classic Books and Fairytales
- Junior Island Adventure
- Junior Mystery Quest
- Kart Racer
- Let's Sing 2016
- Lichdom: Battlemage
- Loading Human
- Mark McMorris Infinite Air
- Motorcycle Club
- My First Trainz Set
- MYST
- Mystery Quest: Curse of the Ancient Spirits
- PC Canada Hunt
- Putty Squad
- Puzzler World 2013
- Rugby 15
- Rally Racer
- Road Rage
- Safari Quest
- Serious Sam Collection
- Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
- Sniper Elite
- Sportsman's Pack
- Sprint Cars
- Super Karts
- Super Truck Racer
- The Golf Club Collector's Edition
- The Golf Club 2
- The Technomancer
- Truck Racer
- Ultimate Hunt Pack
- Veggy World
- Worms Collection
- Worms Revolution Collection
- WRC 4
- WRC 5
References
- ↑ "IGN: Maximum Family Games Company Profile". IGN. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ↑ "Maximum Games's Profile". Metacritic.
- ↑ "Gamasutra: Maximum Family Games Changes Name to Maximum Games". Gamasutra. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ↑ "Businesswire: Video Game Publisher Maximum Games Acquires Avanquest Software Publishing UK". Businesswire. Retrieved 4 March 2016.