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Housemarque is an independent game developer that creates downloadable games based on original game concepts and licensed IP’s. Housemarque is located in Finland; established in 1995, it is one of the oldest Finnish video game companies existing today. Housemarque is best known for its series of ''Super Stardust'' games. == History == Housemarque was founded in1995 by two Finnish game industry pioneers, Ilari Kuittinen from Terramarque and Harri Tikkanen from Bloodhouse.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Kovalainen, Jari. Pelintekijän hedelmällinen avoliitto. Kauppalehti, 7.9.2010. p. 14. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Carless, Simon. Interview: Seeing Stardust With Housemarque's Kuittinen. )〕 Both Terramarque and Bloodhouse were video game developers for Amiga, but the new company, Housemarque, targeted the evolving PC game market.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Nimim. Sciere. Housemarque Ltd. overview. )〕 The first CD-ROM games for PC’s developed by Housemarque were the space shooter game ''Super Stardust'' (1996), the adventure game ''Alien Incident'' (1996) and the shooter game ''The Reap'' (1997). None of the games were commercial hits even though they received good reviews from the game press.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Suomipelien Kronikka )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Super Stardust )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The Reap )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Muukalaisten yö (Alien Incident) )〕 In 1999, Housemarque signed a contract with Infogrames Entertainment to develop the PC CDROM extreme sports game ''Supreme Snowboarding'' (known as ''Boarder Zone'' in the US).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Infogrames Supreme Snowboarding Gets a Name Change )〕 The game took advantage of the rapid PC component development, and it was claimed to be one of the most visually stunning games of its time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Supreme Snowboarding Review )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Supreme Snowboarding (Boarder Zone) Review )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Supreme Snowboarding (PC) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Boarder Zone )〕 The game was presented by 3D graphics processing units manufacturer 3dfx Interactive at their stand at E3 in 1998 in Atlanta,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 IGNPC's Best of E3 1999 )〕 by Intel Corporation at the Game Developers Conference in 1998 in San Francisco and at the official launch event of Pentium III processors in February 1999 in San Jose. Supreme Snowboarding sold over 1,5 million copies worldwide.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Review of The Finnish Games Studios - An Analysis Beyond Angry Birds' Wings )〕 At the start of the new millennium, Housemarque shifted its focus from PC games to new game platforms. Following the genre of Supreme Snowboarding, their first console game ''Transworld Snowboarding'' was published for Microsoft Xbox in 2002 and ''Floboarding'' for Nokia's new handheld game console N-Gage in 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Pelibisnes - Pelibisnes räiskii IT-alan kärjessä )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Transworld Snowboarding: Housemarque Interview )〕 Other mobile platforms that Housemarque developed games for included Gizmondo (Gizmondo Motocross in 2005), J2ME and Brew (The Chronicles of Narnia 2005, based on the movie of the same name).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Gizmondo Motocross 2005 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe )〕 Housemarque developed games also for PlayStation 2 but they were never published.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Interview: Seeing Stardust With Housemarque's Kuittinen )〕 Housemarque’s commercial success came with PlayStation 3. In 2007, Housemarque developed an updated and revised version of the space shooter game ''Super Stardust'' called ''Super Stardust HD'' for PlayStation Network (PSN). The game received very good reviews, praised for its great visuals, attention to detail in the graphics and gameplay with a surprising amount of depth in its demolition scenes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Super Stardust HD - Review )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Super Stardust HD review )〕 The game was one of the top 10 selling PSN games in the PAL & NTSC regions according to 2008 statistics. Housemarque continued to conquer new platforms with the golf game ''Golf: Tee It Up!'' for Xbox 360 (XBLA) and the PSP version of ''Super Stardust'' in 2008, and new genres with the PEGI 18 rated zombie shooter game ''Dead Nation'' for PlayStation 3 (PSN) in 2010. Although different in styles, both of the games received acclaim for theirs visuals, amount of details and gameplay suitable to the genre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Golf: Tee It Up Review )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Golf: Tee It Up! Review )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Golf: Tee It Up! )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Dead Nation review: It's dangerous to go alone )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Dead Nation Review )〕 In 2011, Harri Tikkanen still works as the Creative & Technical Director of the company and Ilari Kuittinen is the CEO of Housemarque. The game ''Outland'' was published in April 2011 for both PSN and XBLA. The game puts together 2D platformer, action game and rich graphics, and has received very good reviews for its beautiful visuals, gameplay and music.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Outland Review )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Outland Review - A color-bending downloadable adventure )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Housemarque」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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