Melbourne House
Melbourne House is a game development studio owned by Atari and based in Melbourne, Australia. They were founded in 1980 as the name Beam Software. They are known for the early games Way of the Exploding Fist (Commodore 64) and The Hobbit (Sinclair Spectrum). They are the largest and most established Australian software developer.
In the mid-to-late 90s, Melbourne House found success with PC titles Krush Kill 'n' Destroy (KKND), and the sequel KKND2: Krossfire.
The studio developed racing games DethKarz and GP500 shortly before being acquired by Infogrames and cementing a reputation as a racing game developer with Test Drive: Lemans and Looney Tunes: Space Race (both Dreamcast and PlayStation 2), followed by the technically impressive Grand Prix Challenge (PlayStation 2), before a disastrous venture into 3rd person shooters with Men In Black II: Alien Escape (PlayStation 2, Gamecube).
In 2004 the studio released Transformers: Armada for the PlayStation 2 games console and based on the toy franchise of the same name.
The studio is currently working on a PlayStation 2 port of Eden's next-generation Xbox 360 title Test Drive: Unlimited.
External links
- Melbourne House official web site - currently "under development"
- Transformers game page on Gamespot
- main page for the Krush Kill 'n' Destroy series