# n-Space

> n-Space, Inc. was an independent Orlando video game developer founded in 1994 and closed in March 2016. It built licensed console and handheld games for publishers including Activision, Disney and THQ, and developed Geist with Nintendo, Heroes of Ruin for Square Enix, and Sword Coast Legends with Digital Extremes. Its particular strength was turning established franchises into games suited to Nintendo handheld hardware.

- **Founded:** 1994
- **Headquarters:** Orlando, United States
- **Founders:** Erick S. Dyke (Co-founder; president during the Geist era), Dan O’Leary (Co-founder; CEO by 2013), Sean Purcell (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Publisher-funded game development, TigerShark, Duke Nukem: Time to Kill, Rugrats: Search for Reptar, Geist
- **Notable:** Developed Geist in collaboration with Nintendo for GameCube., Shipped seven titles in 2010 despite a subsequent financing gap., Rebuilt to about 60 employees by April 2011, according to a report of the company’s blog update.

## Products & services

- **Publisher-funded game development** — Historical development of licensed and original games, including console and handheld-specific entries commissioned by external publishers. The studio is closed.
- **TigerShark** — Vehicle-combat game published by GT Interactive for PlayStation and Windows.
- **Duke Nukem: Time to Kill** — PlayStation action game developed by n-Space using the Duke Nukem license.
- **Rugrats: Search for Reptar** — PlayStation game developed for THQ using Nickelodeon’s Rugrats property.
- **Geist** — GameCube first-person adventure built around ghostly possession, developed with and published by Nintendo.
- **Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS)** — Handheld-specific game developed by n-Space for Activision; distinct from the main console and PC release.
- **Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS)** — Nintendo DS entry developed for Activision.
- **TRON: Evolution - Battle Grids** — Wii game developed for Disney Interactive, among the seven titles n-Space shipped in 2010.
- **Heroes of Ruin** — Original Nintendo 3DS action RPG published by Square Enix.
- **Skylanders: Swap Force (Nintendo 3DS)** — Handheld Skylanders entry developed for Activision.
- **Sword Coast Legends** — Forgotten Realms action RPG with a single-player campaign and online Dungeon Master features; PC/Mac/Linux release in 2015, console release in 2016. Online servers closed in July 2018.

## Achievements

- Developed Geist in collaboration with Nintendo for GameCube.
- Shipped seven titles in 2010 despite a subsequent financing gap.
- Rebuilt to about 60 employees by April 2011, according to a report of the company’s blog update.
- Released Heroes of Ruin as an original action RPG for Nintendo 3DS in 2012.
- Developed multiple Nintendo DS Call of Duty games and Nintendo 3DS Skylanders entries.

## Latest updates

- **2016-03** — Closure became public on March 29 via artist Ben Leary; subsequent reporting and a publisher statement confirmed it.
- **2016-07** — Sword Coast Legends launched on PS4 and Xbox One on July 19, after the studio’s closure.
- **2017-12** — Sword Coast Legends was scheduled to stop being sold after December 31 as its publishing contract ended.
- **2018-07** — Sword Coast Legends multiplayer servers were scheduled to close on July 25; the official Steam notice preserved access to offline content for existing Steam owners.
- **2024-09** — Co-founder Dan O’Leary publicly recalled founding n-Space with Erick and Sean in 1994 while congratulating EA Tiburon on its thirtieth anniversary.

## Links

- Website: http://www.n-space.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/n-space/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/n_Space
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nSpaceInc/

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