O3 Entertainment

O3 Entertainment, whose name stood for "On Our Own Entertainment," was an American video game publisher founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2008. Operating during the sixth and early seventh console generations, the company specialized in publishing niche and imported titles for platforms including the GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, and PC. Its catalog reflected a strategy of bringing lesser-known Japanese and European games to North American audiences, alongside original and licensed PC releases. Among its earliest releases in 2004 were the GameCube and Xbox versions of Alien Hominid, the PC titles D-Day, Medieval Lords, and Torrente. In 2005 the company published Chaosfield for GameCube and Pocket Dogs for Game Boy Advance. The following year saw Back to Stone and Mazes of Fate for Game Boy Advance, plus Konductra for Nintendo DS. In 2007 O3 released Tank Beat for Nintendo DS, and in 2008 it published Chaos Wars for PlayStation 2. A GameCube title, Radio Allergy, was announced but ultimately cancelled. The company ceased operations in 2008, leaving a modest but distinctive legacy as a small publisher that catered to dedicated handheld and console audiences. Its official website, o3ent.com, is no longer active.

O3 Entertainment, also known as On Our Own Entertainment, was an American video game publisher founded in 2004. The company emerged during a period when independent publishers carved out niches by localizing and distributing titles that larger publishers overlooked, particularly Japanese action, strategy, and role-playing games for handheld and console platforms. In its founding year, 2004, O3 published several titles: the GameCube and Xbox versions of Alien Hominid, the PC real-time strategy game D-Day, the PC strategy title Medieval Lords, and the PC action game Torrente. These releases established the company's eclectic approach, spanning console action, PC strategy, and European-developed action games. In 2005, O3 published Chaosfield for the GameCube, a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up originally developed in Japan, and Pocket Dogs for the Game Boy Advance. The following year, 2006, saw the release of Back to Stone and Mazes of Fate for Game Boy Advance, and Konductra for Nintendo DS. These titles further demonstrated the publisher's focus on handheld and niche console software. In 2007, O3 released Tank Beat for Nintendo DS, a tank combat game. Its final known release came in 2008 with Chaos Wars for PlayStation 2, a crossover tactical role-playing game. A GameCube title, Radio Allergy, was announced but cancelled before release. The company disappeared in 2008, having operated for roughly four years. Its official website, o3ent.com, is no longer active. O3 Entertainment's legacy rests on its catalog of imported and cult titles that found audiences among dedicated fans of Japanese and European game design.

• 2008

  Publishes Chaos Wars for PlayStation 2; company ceases operations.

• 2007

  Publishes Tank Beat for Nintendo DS.

• 2006

  Publishes Back to Stone and Mazes of Fate for Game Boy Advance, and Konductra for Nintendo DS.

• 2005

  Publishes Chaosfield for GameCube and Pocket Dogs for Game Boy Advance.

• 2004

  O3 Entertainment founded as an American video game publisher.

• 2004

  Publishes Alien Hominid for GameCube and Xbox, D-Day, Medieval Lords, and Torrente for PC.

Niche publisher of imported and cult video games for North American console and handheld markets.

• 2004

  Alien Hominid

• 2004

  D-Day

• 2004

  Medieval Lords

• 2004

  Torrente

• 2005

  Chaosfield

• 2005

  Pocket Dogs

• 2006

  Back to Stone

• 2006

  Mazes of Fate

• 2006

  Konductra

• 2007

  Tank Beat

• 2008

  Chaos Wars

• Radio Allergy

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2. 2O3 Entertainment - Wikipédia (fr)fr.wikipedia.org