Foundation 9 Stakes Claim as Industry's "Secret Weapon"

[Logan Westbrook]

Foundation 9 Stakes Claim as Industry's "Secret Weapon"

The name Foundation 9 might not be well known, but its CEO says that it's one of the most popular developers around.

Forget about the likes of Valve or Bungie, it's apparently Foundation 9 that's the world's biggest independent developer. CEO James North-Hearn says that his company is the "go-to guy" for some of the biggest publishers in the world, even going as far as to call Foundation 9 the industry' "secret weapon."

Foundation 9 is the parent company of six different studios, all of which operate independently, which explains why Foundation 9 isn't a household name among gamers. Foundation 9 studios are responsible for Super Street Fighter 2: HD Remix, the port of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on XBLA and PSN, X-Men Origins: Wolverine [http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Hill-Homecoming-Playstation-3/dp/B00149MEVY/ref=sr_1_1?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285342806&sr=8-1].

"Secret weapon" might be a touch on the hyperbolic side, but it's clear that Foundation 9 does a lot of work on a lot of games that people might not be aware of. Whether it's actually the largest independent developer in the world is debatable, however, as it's really six studios operating under a single banner. You strap six PopCaps together, and then we'll see who's biggest.

Source: Eurogamer [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-24-foundation-9-industrys-secret-weapon]




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[GeneticallyModifiedDucks]

So they're responsible for Homecoming, eh? OK, I'll know to stay away now that I know who they are.


The rest of the games are pretty good, though.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

So they are the ones to blame for secretly ruining the games industry.

 

[Kapol]

So they make games that are generally not good in most people's opinions, such as handheld ports and such. In fact, it sounds like most of their games are ports. Why are they proud of that?

 

[Dexiro]

Their 2 best games were a port and a HD remake, neither of which were anything special.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Who are these jokers again?

Really, their biggest accompishments are ports and remakes. That does not a secret weapon make.

 

[sephiroth1991]

I wouldn't say there the Secret Weapon.

Out of the games listed i've only play Silent Hill H so they not a big deal to me it's not like i go "Oh Boy! a new Foundation 9 game".

 

[Kinichie]

I think this might be a self claim...

 

[Jared]

Seems everyone wants the title right now.

As for secret weapons...yeah

 

[Worgen]

till they manage to make something original and make it good, they are more of an industry "*****" then anything else

 

[Christemo]

so they have made ports of mediocre console games, remade games with pretty much no changes and released the 2nd worst silent hill game. if they actually were our secret weapon, the industry would be completely fucked.

 

[Andronicus]

Isn't the point of a secret weapon that noone, err, knows about it? Hence the "secret"? And how do you turn videogames into a "weapon"? Does this guy plan on using his company to blow up a city or something? I don't understand any of what he just said...

 

[latenightapplepie]

Secret? Clearly. I mean, I'd never heard of them.

Secret weapon? Maybe not.

 

[Ldude893]

Who the heck is Foundation 9?

 

[The DSM]

"Secret" yes "Weapon" no.

All they seem to do is make ports...

 

[HentMas]

"That does not a secret weapon make."​

The master is right, it does not make a secret weapon, it just make them the worst porters ever (never liked their ports) but anywhay, good to know who is behind all that stuff.