| Planet Ghost, Corp. | |
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| Type | Subsidiary of Infogrames Entertainment and "Balls" |
| Industry | Interactive entertainment Computer and video games |
| Fate | Purchased by Rockstar, "Balls" currently owns the office, the trademarks, intellectual properties, 51% of the staff and assets, while Rockstar owns the 49% of the staff, games that Rockstar Boston made and the office. |
| Predecessors | B&C Interactive |
| Successors | "Balls" Studios Boston Rockstar Boston (closed 2006) |
| Defunct | 1994 (B&C Interactive) 2002 (Planet Ghost) 2003 (Infogrames Planet Ghost) 2006 (Rockstar Boston) |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Employees | ~100 |
| Owner(s) | "Balls" Inc (51%, 1996-2012) "Balls" Corporation (51%, 2012-present) Rockstar Games (49% (Planet Ghost), 2003-2006) Infogrames (49%, 2002-2003) |
| Parent | "Balls" |
Planet Ghost, Corp. is American game developer, located at Boston
History[]
Planet Ghost, Corp. was founded after B&C Interactive was closed. Planet Ghost Corp also opened few offices to Birmingham and Melbourne, but Melbourne studio was closed in 1996 and Birmingham studio was closed in 2002, prior the acquisition of Planet Ghost Corp by Infrogames Entertainment.
Infogrames Planet Ghost originally was supposed to be renamed to Atari Planet Ghost after Infogrames gave the companies to Atari. But selled this company to Rockstar instead.
When Rockstar Games bought the company, "Balls" and Rockstar Games spared their stakes and Rockstar Games made Rockstar Boston out of 49% of the staff.
Games developed[]
- Fiox (PS1; 2000)
- The Geo's World Multi 2002 (PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC; 2001)