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Game Development companies/studios in Orange County (listings in parentheses appear to no longer be in business) 1. Altus USA, Irvine – http://www.altus.com 2. Bandai Games/BandaiAmerica, Cypress -- http://www.bandaigames.com 3. Blizzard Entertainment, Irvine -- http://www.blizzard.com/ 4. Codefire, Irvine -- http://www.codefire.com/ 5. Coresoft, Laguna Hills -- http://www.coresoft.com/ 6. GameConsultants.com -- http://www.gameconsultants.com/ 7. GameInvestors.com -- http://www.gameinvestors.com/ 8. Gamespy/IGN Entertainment, Costa Mesa – http://www.gamespy.com http://corp.ign.com/contact.html 9. InExile Entertainment, Newport Beach -- http://www.rpgcodex.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1925 (scroll down) 10. In-Fusio, Tustin -- http://corporate.in-fusio.com/corpweb/ 11. Interplay, Irvine -- http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1057232/000117091806001092/presentation .pdf 12. Javaground USA – http://www.javaground.be/corporate_contact.html 13. K2 Network, Costa Mesa -- http://www.k2network.net/ 14. Leadwerks, Newport Beach, -- http://www.leadwerks.com 15. NCsoft -- http://www.plaync.com/us/jobs/jobs_oc.html 16. Nexus Entertainment, Huntington Beach -- http://www.nexusent.com/ 17. Obsidian Entertainment, Santa Ana -- http://www.obsidianent.com/ 18. Papaya Studio, Irvine – http://www.papayastudio.com 19. Planetwide Games, Aliso Viejo -- http://www.planetwidegames.com/ 20. Point of View, Tustin -- http://www.pointofview.com/ 21. Ready at Dawn Studios, Santa Ana -- http://www.readyatdawn.com/news.asp 22. Red5 Studios, Aliso Viejo, CA -- http://red5studios.com 23. Shiny Entertainment, Newport Beach – http://www.shiny.com 24. SquareSoft USA/Square-Enix, Costa Mesa -- http://www.square-enix.com/ 25. Superscape, San Clemente -- http://www.superscape.com/about/offices/usa.php 26. SuperVillain Studios, Costa Mesa/Santa Ana -- http://www.supervillainstudios.com/ 27. (Taldren, Costa Mesa) 28. The Collective/Foundation 9 Entertainment, Newport Beach – http://www.colletivestudios.com 29. (Troika Games, Irvine) 30. VPI/Visual Perspectives Internet-- http://www.vpi.net/ 31. Zeek Interactive, Huntington Beach -- http://www.zeek.com/.

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