High Moon Studios

Type	Subsidiary of Activision
Genre	Gaming
Headquarters	San Diego, California, USA
Owner(s)	Activision Blizzard
Employees	over 130
Parent	Sammy Corporation (2001-2004) Sega Sammy (2004-2005) Independent (2005-2006) Sierra Entertainment (2006-2008) Activision (2009-present)
Website	www.highmoonstudios.com

High Moon Studios (formerly Sammy Studios), was part of Sierra Entertainment, is an American video game developer that started out as Sammy Studios and, after a period as independent studio in January 2006 under the current studio name, was acquired by Vivendi Games. It is now owned by Activision Blizzard, and is now a subsidiary of Activision.

Contents 1 Games 2 Company Information 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Games

High Moon is known for their 2005 Xbox and PlayStation 2 game Darkwatch, a first person shooter (FPS) blending the Vampire-Horror and Western genres. They are also known for The Bourne Conspiracy, a game based on the character Jason Bourne from Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity series (novels), which received generally positive reviews for its sense of excitement and hand-to-hand fighting^{[citation needed]}. On December 2009, Activision has announced Transformers: War for Cybertron.

[edit] Company Information

High Moon Studios employs around 100 people and the studio is based in Carlsbad, California, a seaside city in San Diego County. The company's development teams are utilizing a product methodology known as Scrum, a process derived from Agile methodology.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Agile software development
• Scrum (management)
• Sierra Entertainment
• Vivendi Games

[edit] References

• ^  "Vivendi Universal Games Acquires High Moon Studios". http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-05-2006/0004243752&EDATE=. Retrieved January 5, 2005. 
• ^  "A Day in the Life". Games From Within. http://www.gamesfromwithin.com/articles/0602/000104.html. Retrieved July 21, 2008. 

[edit] External links

• High Moon Studios official site
• Darkwatch official site
• Agile Game Development site
• High Moon Studios profile on MobyGames

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