 Logo used since Tommo's purchase of the brand; earlier versions of this logo were purple | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | March 1992 in Woodinville, Washington, US |
| Founder | |
| Defunct | August 22, 2005 |
| Fate | Closed, assets sold |
| Headquarters | , US |
| Parent | Atari, Inc. (1996–2005) |
| Website | humongous |
Humongous Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Bothell, Washington. Founded in 1992, the company developed multiple edutainment franchises, most prominently Putt-Putt, Freddi Fish, Pajama Sam, Spy Fox, and the Backyard Sports franchise, which, combined, sold over 15 million copies and earned more than 400 awards of excellence.[1]
Humongous Entertainment was acquired by GT Interactive (later renamed Infogrames, Inc., then Atari, Inc.) in July 1996. By October 2000, sales of Humongous games had surpassed 16 million copies.[2] GT sold the Humongous business to its parent company, Infogrames (later renamed Atari SA), in August 2005 and laid off the studio's employees. Infogrames held the assets under a new subsidiary, Humongous, Inc., until its bankruptcy in 2013, in which the assets were sold to Tommo, who re-released some of its games on digital distribution channels using the Humongous name.
- ^ "Majesco Brings Humongous' Best-Selling Children's Properties to Wii". GameZone. March 25, 2008. Archived from the original on January 17, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
- ^ Kubin, Jacquie (October 1, 2000). "There's Humongous Rewards in Edutaining Little Kids". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016.