High Moon Studios is a video game developer formerly known as Sammy Studios, Inc, originally a subsidiary of Sammy Corporation. In 2005, Sega Sammy Holdings, the result of the merger between Sammy Corporation and Sega, decided to close Sammy Studios so that they could disengage from game development in North America and instead focus on its Japanese productions. On March 7, 2005 CEO John Rowe along with an investment group purchased all rights to Sammy Studios and renamed it High Moon Studios. High Moon Studios retained their console title under development, Darkwatch, which Capcom published in the summer of 2005. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Sammy Corporation (サミー) was established on November 1, 1975 and is a leading developer and retailer of pachinko and pachislot systems in Japan. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sammy Corporation (サミー) was established on November 1, 1975 and is a leading developer and retailer of pachinko and pachislot systems in Japan. ... Sega Corporation ) is an international video game software and hardware developing company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Darkwatch is a first-person shooter video game about an outlaw turned vampire named Jericho Cross. ... Capcom ) TYO: 9697 is a leading Japanese developer and publisher of video games. ...

Currently, High Moon Studios is developing a secret project for the XBOX 360. The Xbox 360 is the successor to Microsofts Xbox video game console, developed in co-operation with IBM, ATI, Samsung and SiS. Information on the console first came through viral marketing campaigns and it was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information...

On January 5, 2006, Vivendi Universal Games acquired High Moon Studios for an undisclosed sum ^[1] and is now part of Sierra Entertainment January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vivendi Universal (VU) is a French company active in media and communications with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications and the Internet. ... The most recent logo (Sierra Entertainment) Sierra Entertainment is a computer game developer and publisher active from 1980 to the present. ...

References

• ↑  Vivendi Universal Games Acquires High Moon Studios. Retrieved on January 5, 2005.

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External links

• High Moon Studios official site
• High Moon Studios profile on MobyGames