High Impact Games

High Impact Games
Company typePrivate Company
IndustryVideo games
Founded2004[1]
DefunctNovember 2012; 11 years ago (2012-11)
FateDormant
HeadquartersBurbank, California, USA
Websitewww.highimpactgames.com

High Impact Games was an American video game developer based in Burbank, California, formed in 2004 by former Insomniac Games and Naughty Dog members. In 2007, the company released Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters for the PlayStation Portable, with a PlayStation 2 port released the next year, and Secret Agent Clank in 2008, also for the PlayStation Portable. On November 3, 2009,[2] the company released its third game, Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier, for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2. The game was based on the Jak & Daxter series made by Naughty Dog.[3] In 2010, High Impact Games was developing a remake of Crash Team Racing for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii, but the game Activision canceled the game before the prototype initial.[4] In 2011 an environmental artist, who had worked on some games, revealed that High Impact Games was working on a new project for the Wii.[5] This game was revealed to be Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension.[6]

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  2. ^ "Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier Confirmed". Newstin. Retrieved April 8, 2009.[permanent dead link]
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  4. ^ "Crash Team Racing 2010 Screenshots Show Cancelled Kart Game". Cinemablend.com. September 3, 2012. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  5. ^ "High Impact Games' Next Frontier Is Developing For Wii". Siliconera. October 12, 2010. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
  6. ^ "News". High Impact Games. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2012.