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HB Studios is a Canadian video game developer founded in 2000 and located in Nova Scotia, Canada. They are best known for their rugby and cricket games, released on the EA Sports label. ==History== HB Studios was founded in 2000 by Jeremy Wellard in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The company started with nine employees, and developed ''Cricket 2002'' for Electronic Arts' Asia Pacific studio. In 2004, HB Studios entered a multi-project deal with EA Canada to develop further sports games for the EA Sports label, and created games including further games in the ''Rugby'' and ''Cricket'' series', ''FIFA Street 2'' for the PlayStation Portable as well as co-development on ''Madden 07'' for the Wii. The exclusivity deal ended in 2007, after which the company was hired by THQ to create ''Big Beach Sports'' for the Wii. This was HB Studios' first non-sports simulation game and was the first game not developed for the EA Sports label. In 2008, HB Studios opened a second studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia and grew to employ 130 people.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About HB Studios )〕 A second label, HB Arcade, was formed in 2009, with the goal of self-publishing downloadable titles on WiiWare, PSN and Xbox Live Arcade. Games released under this label included HB Arcade Cards and HB Arcade Disc Golf, both for the WiiWare platform, as well as Jam Space for DSiWare. In 2011, HB Studios developed ''Rugby World Cup 2011'', a self-funded title published by 505 Games. It was well-received, and entered the UK charts at No.3. At the end of July 2012 HB Studios closed their Halifax studio and consolidated all development to their headquarters in Lunenberg. The last games developed by the satellite studio were ''NBA Baller Beats'' for Kinect and ''Medal Bound'' on iOS. In January 2014, it was announced that HB's ''The Golf Club'' for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC would be launching in the Spring of 2014. The game is a golf simulator that includes a Course Creator using procedural generation, allowing users to create, edit and share courses online. The game went to Steam Early Access in April 2014 with its full release coming in August 2014. HB Studios' founder, Jeremy Wellard, announced he was stepping down as President of the company in February 2015 with COO Alan Bunker moving into the CEO role. 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「HB Studios」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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