Local Video Game Companies – Orlando

Posted on March 25th, 2009 by hailpza

I mentioned a while back that I thought it would be interesting to start putting together some “local game industry” profiles, with an emphasis on cities that weren’t the first 4 or 5 you think of when you think development hubs.  Since I live in Orlando and am pretty familiar with the local scene, I figured it was a good place to start.  I’ll try and make these as detailed as I can, but feel free to ping me if I leave anyone out.

Game Studios

  • EA Tiburon – by far the largest player in town.  This is the studio responsible for Madden, Tiger Woods, and more
  • n-Space- mid-sized studio that’s been around for quite a while.  They’ve worked on a lot of DS and Wii titles recently
  • Zeitgeist Games – these guys are up to all sorts of interesting things.  Virtual worlds, casual titles, a DS game.  You name it, they’ve probably dabbled in it
  • Dot Matrix Interactive – a new developer of iPhone titles.  The studio was founded by several EA vets – check out their first title, Croke
  • The Dreamhive – another team made up of EA (and lots of other studios) vets.  They’ve done an iPhone game (Squish Squash), and a lot of really cool animation and game work
  • 360ed – surprise surprise, ex-EA people involved.  ;)   They’re working on some interesting educational games

Game Schools

  • Full Sail - big campus, great facilities.  Heavily involved in local IGDA
  • FIEA – really nice campus, and great people to boot
  • DAVE School

Other Organizations

  • IGDA - our local chapter meets about once a month.  It’s a fun group, with people from all over the industry

Hope this (and future city profiles) is helpful!  If I left anyone out, let me know.

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8 Responses to “Local Video Game Companies – Orlando”

  1. Lesa Wilcox, on March 30th, 2009 at 8:48 pm Said:

    I’ve checked out gamejobhunter.com before, but this is the first time I have ran across the blog. I think it is great that you are doing city profiles! Good luck with your future profiles!

  2. hailpza, on March 30th, 2009 at 10:06 pm Said:

    Thanks Lesa – I was impressed by your Baltimore post. It was definitely the inspiration!

  3. Carl Dungca, on April 17th, 2009 at 2:09 am Said:

    Nice, current listing of stuff in that area. As a FIEA alumnus, I’ve got a vested interest in asking you to correct the link to their website.

  4. hailpza, on April 17th, 2009 at 7:24 am Said:

    Link fixed. Thanks for the catch, Carl.

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  7. Derrick Barra, on February 19th, 2010 at 12:04 am Said:

    Nice summary of FL, we sure don’t have too many companies in our state, but with Full Sail and Fiea pumping out students that’s bound to change sooner or later.

  8. Dave, on March 25th, 2010 at 9:07 pm Said:

    Hi, I’m a teacher and author and have developed a series of math lessons from add to trigonometry that are funny, yet greatly simplify algebra, etc, all without using calculators. I’ve taught logarithms to 8th graders. I was hoping you could recommend an educational video game company that might create an interactive, high perfomance product aimed at kids who hate school, but love video games. Thanks for your help.

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