Kronos Digital Entertainment

Kronos Digital Entertainment
IndustryVideo games
Founded1992
Defunct2002
Headquarters
Pasadena, California
,
United States
Key people
Stanley Liu
ProductsFear Effect series

Kronos Digital Entertainment was an American video game developer, founded by Stan Liu in 1992. It developed original properties, beginning with the visually appealing[1] early 3D fighting games Criticom, Dark Rift and Cardinal Syn (called the "Trilogy of Terror" by one gaming journalist).[2]

Kronos gained greater critical and commercial success for its later Fear Effect series with Eidos,[2] and retained all rights to the franchise.[3] It was developing the third Fear installment, Fear Effect Inferno, when Eidos discontinued funding following a major budget restructuring. The developer then shopped the game around to other publishers before failing to secure a deal and finish it.[4] It dissolved soon after, finally releasing Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix. Outside of video games, they provided computer animation to Spider Man on Fox Kids.

Games

Year Game Platform(s)
1995 Criticom PlayStation, Sega Saturn
1997 Meat Puppet Microsoft Windows
Dark Rift Nintendo 64, Microsoft Windows
1998 Cardinal Syn PlayStation
2000 Fear Effect
2001 Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix

Animation

Year Television Original network(s)
1994 Spider-Man Fox Kids

References

  1. ^ Ryan Mac Donald (July 8, 1998). "Cardinal Syn Review". GameSpot.com. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix Review - GameCritics.com". Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  3. ^ "Interview With Kronos". Mastergamer.com. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
  4. ^ Steve Pollack (August 3, 2003). "Fear Effect Inferno". Steve Pollack. Archived from the original on December 27, 2003. Retrieved August 30, 2007.


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