Game Companies: VU Games

Company Data

Web Site Address: www.vugames.com/vug/

Company Info: A game developer with more than 700 PC and console titles to its credit, Vivendi Universal prides itself on being the second-largest publisher of PC game software in North America. Studios that fall under the Vivendi umbrella include Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment, Radical Entertainment, Massive Entertainment, and Swordfish Studios.

Developed and Published Games

1981
Apple II	Outpost	1981

1982
Apple II	Jawbreaker II	1982
PC	Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress	1982
Atari 8-bit	Ultima I	1982

1985
MSX	Oil's Well	1985

1986
Amiga	Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood	1986

1988
Macintosh	Thexder	1988

1989
Atari ST	Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places)	1989
PC	A-10 Tank Killer	1989

1990
PC	Fire Hawk: Thexder - The Second Contact	1990

1991
Amiga	Nova 9	1991

1992
PC	Air Bucks	1992
PC	Mega Math	1992

1993
PC	When Two Worlds War	1993

1994
PC	The Incredible Toon Machine	1994

1995
PC	Thexder 95	1995
PC	Metaltech: Battledrome	04/30/95

1996
PC	The Realm Online	1996
PC	Stay Tooned!	1996

1998
PC	Driver's Education 98	1998
PC	Fisher-Price Big Action Garage	1998

1999
PC	Field & Stream Trophy Bass 3-D	09/16/99
PlayStation	Xena: Warrior Princess	09/30/99

2000
PC	You Don't Know Jack: Louder! Faster! Funnier!	03/30/00
PlayStation	The Grinch	12/08/00

2001
PlayStation	Rescue Heroes: Molten Menace	2001
PC	Fisher-Price Big Action Construction	06/28/01
PC	Math Blaster: Cross Terrain Challenge	07/08/01
PlayStation	Woody Woodpecker Racing	07/12/01
Palm OS Classic	The Incredible Machine	08/28/01
Macintosh	The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions	08/28/01
PC	Hoyle Word Games 2002	09/25/01
PlayStation 2	Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex	10/29/01
Game Boy Advance	Spyro: Season of Ice	10/29/01
PlayStation 2	Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction	11/22/01
Game Boy Advance	Robot Wars	11/30/01
PlayStation 2	Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance	12/02/01
Game Boy Color	Diva Starz: Mall Mania	12/03/01
Game Boy Color	Shelly Club	12/14/01

2002
PC	Kelly Club: Pet Parade	2002
PC	Tribes 2	03/22/02
Game Boy Advance	The Scorpion King: Sword of Osiris	03/31/02
Xbox	Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex	04/15/02
PlayStation 2	The Thing	08/19/02
PC	The Thing	08/20/02
Game Boy Advance	Barbie Groovy Games	09/04/02
PC	Hoyle Casino 2003	09/07/02
GameCube	4x4 EVO 2	09/09/02
Xbox	The Thing	09/09/02
PlayStation 2	The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian	09/10/02
GameCube	The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian	09/11/02
PC	Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Battles	09/17/02
GameCube	Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex	09/17/02
PC	ARC - Attack Retrieve Capture	09/20/02
Game Boy Advance	Spyro 2: Season of Flame	09/25/02
PC	Secret Agent Barbie	09/30/02
Game Boy Advance	Butt Ugly Martians: B.K.M. Battles	11/01/02
PlayStation 2	Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly	11/03/02
GameCube	Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly	11/08/02
GameCube	Whirl Tour	11/12/02
PC	Barbie as Rapunzel: A Creative Adventure	11/15/02
PC	Barbie Sparkling Ice Show	11/15/02
Game Boy Advance	Secret Agent Barbie: Royal Jewels Mission	11/22/02
Game Boy Advance	Robot Wars: Advanced Destruction	11/22/02
PlayStation 2	The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian	11/22/02
PlayStation 2	Butt Ugly Martians: Zoom or Doom!	12/06/02
GameCube	Bomberman Generation	12/06/02

2003
Game Boy Advance	Rock 'N Roll Racing	2003
PlayStation 2	Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis	03/25/03
Xbox	Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis	03/26/03
Game Boy Advance	Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend	03/28/03
PC	Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis	03/28/03
GameCube	Butt-Ugly Martians: Zoom or Doom!	05/10/03
GameCube	BloodRayne	05/23/03
PlayStation 2	Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter	06/20/03
Game Boy Advance	Iridion II	06/20/03
Xbox	Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter	06/20/03
GameCube	Black & Bruised	06/27/03
PlayStation 2	Die Hard: Vendetta	06/27/03
Xbox	Die Hard: Vendetta	06/27/03
PC	Hoyle Majestic Chess	08/14/03
Game Boy Advance	Rescue Heroes: Billy Blazes	08/27/03
PlayStation 2	Hunter: The Reckoning Wayward	09/09/03
PC	Enclave	09/12/03
Xbox	The Simpsons: Hit & Run	09/16/03
Game Boy Advance	Polly Pocket! Super Splash Island	09/17/03
Game Boy Advance	Barbie Horse Adventures: Blue Ribbon Race	10/17/03
PlayStation 2	Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds	10/24/03
PlayStation	Adiboo & Paziral's Secret	10/24/03
GameCube	Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds	10/24/03
Xbox	Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer	10/28/03
GameCube	The Simpsons: Hit & Run	10/31/03
PlayStation 2	The Simpsons: Hit & Run	10/31/03
Game Boy Advance	Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat	11/05/03
PlayStation	Barbie: Gotta Have Games	11/07/03
PC	The Simpsons: Hit & Run	11/13/03
Game Boy Advance	Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs	11/14/03
PC	Contract J.A.C.K.	11/21/03
GameCube	Crash Nitro Kart	11/28/03
PlayStation 2	Crash Nitro Kart	11/28/03
Xbox	Crash Nitro Kart	11/28/03
Xbox	Battlestar Galactica	12/05/03
GameCube	Metal Arms: Glitch in the System	12/05/03
Xbox	Metal Arms: Glitch in the System	12/05/03
PlayStation 2	Metal Arms: Glitch in the System	12/05/03
PlayStation 2	Battlestar Galactica	12/12/03

2004
PC	Diablo II: Lord of Destruction	2004
PC	Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat	03/19/04
PlayStation 2	Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat	03/19/04
Xbox	Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat	03/19/04
PC	Lords of the Realm III	03/26/04
Xbox	Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel	04/02/04
PC	World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 International	04/09/04
PC	Jump Ahead Discover Geography	04/23/04
PC	Jump Ahead Discover History	04/23/04
PC	World Soccer Winning Eleven 7	Q2 2004
Game Boy Advance	Van Helsing	05/06/04
Xbox	Van Helsing	05/07/04
PlayStation 2	Van Helsing	05/14/04
Game Boy Advance	Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy	06/03/04
Game Boy Advance	Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage	06/25/04
PC	Ground Control II: Operation Exodus	06/25/04
N-Gage	Crash Nitro Kart	06/30/04
N-Gage	Crash Nitro Kart	07/28/04
Game Boy Advance	Thunderbirds	08/10/04
Xbox	The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay	08/13/04
PC	Barbie Fashion Show	08/17/04
PC	Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper	09/09/04
Game Boy Advance	Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper	09/12/04
PC	Hoyle Card Games 2005	09/14/04
Palm OS Classic	Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games 2005	09/14/04
Windows Mobile	Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games 2005	09/14/04
PC	Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games 2005	09/14/04
PlayStation 2	Adiboo and the Energy Thieves	09/24/04
PC	Evil Genius	09/28/04
PlayStation 2	Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude	10/05/04
PlayStation 2	Crash Twinsanity	10/08/04
PC	Tribes: Vengeance	10/12/04
Xbox	Men of Valor	10/19/04
PC	Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude	10/29/04
PC	Men of Valor	10/29/04
Xbox	Spyro: A Hero's Tail	11/03/04
GameCube	Spyro: A Hero's Tail	11/03/04
PlayStation 2	Spyro: A Hero's Tail	11/03/04
Xbox	Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude	11/05/04
Mobile	Crash Twinsanity	11/06/04
Xbox	Fight Club	11/16/04
PC	Half-Life 2	11/16/04
PC	The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay - Developer's Cut	12/03/04
PlayStation 2	Fight Club	12/10/04

2005
PC	Robots	02/24/05
GameCube	Robots	02/24/05
PlayStation 2	Robots	02/24/05
Xbox	Robots	02/24/05
DS	Robots	02/24/05
Xbox	Red Ninja: End of Honor	03/29/05
PlayStation 2	Red Ninja: End of Honor	04/01/05
PC	Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich	04/22/05
Xbox	Predator: Concrete Jungle	04/26/05
PlayStation 2	Predator: Concrete Jungle	04/26/05
PlayStation 2	Cold Winter	06/03/05
Game Boy Advance	Robots	07/28/05
Xbox	The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction	08/23/05
PlayStation 2	The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction	08/23/05
GameCube	The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction	08/23/05
Game Boy Advance	Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus	09/06/05
PC	My Scene Goes Hollywood	09/13/05
Game Boy Advance	Barbie Superpack: Secret Agent / Groovy Games	09/14/05
PC	Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus	09/14/05
Xbox	Crash Twinsanity	09/23/05
PC	F.E.A.R.	10/17/05
Game Boy Advance	Spyro Superpack	10/18/05
DS	Spyro: Shadow Legacy	10/18/05
PlayStation 2	Crash Tag Team Racing	10/19/05
Game Boy Advance	Crash & Spyro Superpack	10/20/05
Xbox	Crash Tag Team Racing	10/20/05
PC	Counter-Strike: Source	10/21/05
PlayStation 2	Bass Pro Trophy Fishing	11/01/05
Mobile	Spyro the Dragon	11/08/05
PSP	Crash Tag Team Racing	11/10/05
Xbox	50 Cent: Bulletproof	11/17/05
PlayStation 2	50 Cent: Bulletproof	11/17/05
GameCube	Crash Tag Team Racing	12/01/05

2006
PC	Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy	02/14/06
Mobile	SWAT Force	02/28/06
PC	Ice Age 2: The Meltdown	03/31/06
GameCube	Ice Age 2: The Meltdown	03/31/06
PlayStation 2	Ice Age 2: The Meltdown	03/31/06
Xbox	Ice Age 2: The Meltdown	03/31/06
PC	Empire Earth II	06/06/06
PC	Outlaw Chopper	07/11/06
DS	Crash Boom Bang!	07/27/06
Xbox	Scarface: The World Is Yours	10/13/06
PlayStation 2	Scarface: The World Is Yours	10/13/06
PSP	50 Cent: Bulletproof G Unit Edition	10/27/06
PC	Lawnmower Racing Mania 2007	11/20/06
PlayStation 2	Victorious Boxers 2: Fighting Spirit	11/20/06
Xbox	Ultimate Pro Pinball	11/21/06
Xbox	Mashed: Drive to Survive	12/13/06
PlayStation 2	Drive to Survive	12/13/06

2007
Xbox 360	F.E.A.R.	2007
PSP	M.A.C.H. Modified Air Combat Heroes	03/09/07
PC	F.E.A.R. Gold Edition	03/20/07
Mobile	Surviving High School '08	12/23/07

Canceled
Xbox	The Fast and the Furious	Canceled
Xbox	World's Scariest Police Chases	Canceled
PlayStation 2	The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard	Canceled
N-Gage	Leisure Suit Larry: Pocket Party	Canceled
PlayStation 2	Jurassic Park: Survival	Canceled
Xbox	DMZ North Korea	Canceled
Xbox	The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard	Canceled
Xbox	Cold Winter	Canceled
Xbox	Hoyle Majestic Chess	Cancelled
Game Boy Advance	The Fast and the Furious	Canceled
DS	Crash Tag Team Racing	Canceled
PlayStation 2	Sandlot Basketball	Canceled
PlayStation 2	Gander Mountain Trophy Hunter 2007	Canceled
PC	Gander Mountain Trophy Hunter 2007	Canceled
Game Boy Advance	The Fast and the Furious	Canceled
Xbox 360	Scarface: The World Is Yours	Cancelled
GameCube	Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter	Cancelled
GameCube	Enclave	Cancelled
GameCube	Adiboo and the Energy Thieves	Cancelled

TBA
PC	Overhaulin	TBA