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.

Filed under: Local Profiles, Video Game Companies

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6 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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