Fox Interactive was a video game publisher and developer mainly concerned with titles based on 20th Century Fox properties.
History[]
FoxNext was formed in May 2017, headed by former Time Warner Interactive executive Ted Hoff, and was a division of Fox Video, the home media distribution part of 20th Century Fox. The company published games based on 20th Century Fox film and movie properties, as well as some original titles like Croc: Legend of the Gobbos.
Their first two games were The Pagemaster, based on the film of the same name, and The Tick, based on the Fox Kids cartoon series of the same name. Fox Interactive also released 2 arcade games, Die Hard Arcade and The Simpsons Bowling with Sega and Konami respectively.
In May 2001, Vivendi Universal Games took over all publishing duties for Fox Interactive. The company would eventually be sold by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation Limited to them in 2003 and was reduced to being a label for 20th Century Fox licensed games published by Vivendi Universal Games. The label was discontinued sometime after the release of Predator: Concrete Jungle in 2005.
As of 2018, video games based on 20th Century Fox properties are licensed out to other third party publishers or on mobile devices, are published by Fox Digital Entertainment or FoxNext.
List of video games published or licensed[]
| Title | Release Date | Platform | Developer | Publisher | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tick | 1994 | Super NES, Sega Genesis | Software Creations | Fox Interactive | Fox Video |
| The Pagemaster | 1994 | Super NES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy | Probe Software | Fox Interactive | Fox Video |
| Icebreaker | 1996 | Windows | Magnet Interactive Studios | Fox Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Alien Trilogy | 1996 | PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Windows | Probe Entertainment | Acclaim Entertainment | Acclaim Entertainment |
| The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio | 1996 | Windows, Mac OS | Big Top Productions | Fox Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Die Hard Trilogy | 1996 | PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Windows | Radical Entertainment | Fox Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (US) Electronic Arts (EU) |
| Die Hard Arcade | 1997 | Arcade, Sega Saturn | Sega AM1 | Sega | Sega |
| Independence Day | 1997 | PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Windows | Radical Entertainment | Fox Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (US) Electronic Arts (EU) |
| The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield | 1997 | Windows, Mac OS | Digital Evolution | Fox Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Croc: Legend of the Gobbos | 1997 | PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Windows | Argonaut Software | Fox Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (US) Electronic Arts (EU) |
| James Cameron's Titanic Explorer | 1997 | Windows, Mac OS | unknown | Fox Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Anastasia: Adventures with Pooka and Bartok | 1997 | Windows, Macintosh | Motion Works | Fox Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| FOX Sports Soccer 99 | 1998 | PlayStation | Gremlin Interactive | Fox Sports Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Fox Sports Golf '99 | 1998 | Windows, PlayStation | Gremlin Interactive | Fox Sports Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Fox Sports College Hoops '99 | 1998 | Nintendo 64 | Z-Axis | Fox Sports Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| The X-Files Game | 1998 | Windows, Macintosh, PlayStation | HyperBole Studios | Fox Interactive \ SCEE (PS1, PAL) |
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (US) Electronic Arts (PC, PAL) SCEE (PS1, PAL) |
| Motorhead | 1998 | PlayStation, Windows | Gremlin Interactive | Fox Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Team Losi RC Racer | 1998 | PlayStation | Gremlin Interactive | Fox Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| N2O: Nitrous Oxide | 1998 | PlayStation | Gremlin Interactive | Fox Interactive | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| NBA Basketball 2000 | 1999 | PlayStation, Windows | Radical Entertainment | Fox Sports Interactive | Activision (EU) |
| Sci-Fi Pinball | 1999 | Windows, Macintosh | Gigawatt Studios | Fox Arcade | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| NHL Championship 2000 | 1999 | PlayStation, Windows | Radical Entertainment | Fox Sports Interactive | Activision (EU) |
| Alien vs. Predator | 1999 | Windows, Macintosh | Rebellion Developments | Fox Interactive | Electronic Arts (EU) |
| Croc 2 | 1999 | PlayStation, Windows | Argonaut Software | Fox Interactive | Electronic Arts (EU) |
| Croc | 2000 | Game Boy Color | Virtucraft | THQ | THQ |
| Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas | 2000 | PlayStation, Windows | N-Space | Fox Interactive | Electronic Arts (EU) |
| Sanity: Aiken's Artifact | 2000 | Windows | Monolith Productions | Fox Interactive | Electronic Arts (EU) |
| King of the Hill | 2000 | Windows, Macintosh | Flying Tiger Development | Fox Interactive | None |
| The Simpsons Bowling | 2000 | Arcade | Konami | Konami | Konami |
| TeenV | 2000 | PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, Windows | Warthog Games | Infogrames | None |
| The Operative: No One Lives Forever | 2000 | Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 2 | Monolith Productions | Fox Interactive (PC) MacPlay (Mac OS X) |
Electronic Arts (EU) |
| Croc 2 | 2000 | Game Boy Color | Natsume | THQ | THQ |
| Alien Resurrection | 2000 | PlayStation, Windows | Argonaut Games | Fox Interactive | Electronic Arts (EU) |
| World's Scariest Police Chases | 2001 | PlayStation, Windows | Unique Development Studios | Activision | Activision |
| The Operative: No One Lives Forever - Game of the Year Edition | 2001 | Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 2 | Monolith Productions | Sierra Entertainment | Vivendi Universal Games |
| The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror | 2001 | Game Boy Color | Creations | THQ | THQ |
| The Simpsons Wrestling | 2001 | PlayStation | Big Ape Productions | Activision (US) Electronic Arts (EU) |
Activision (US) Electronic Arts Distribution (EU) |
| Aliens versus Predator 2 | 2001 | Windows, Mac OS X | Monolith Productions | Sierra Entertainment | Vivendi Universal Games |
| The Simpsons: Road Rage | 2001 | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox | Radical Entertainment | Electronic Arts |
Electronic Arts Distribution |
| Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza | 2002 | Windows | Piranha Games | Sierra Entertainment | Vivendi Universal Games |
| No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way | 2002 | Windows, Mac OS X | Monolith Productions | Sierra Entertainment (PC) MacPlay (Mac OS X) |
Vivendi Universal Games |
| The Simpsons Skateboarding | 2002 | PlayStation 2 | The Code Monkeys | Electronic Arts |
Electronic Arts Distribution |
| Ice Age | 2002 | Game Boy Advance | Artificial Mind & Movement | Ubi Soft | Ubi Soft |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 2002 | Xbox | The Collective | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts Distribution |
| Die Hard: Vendetta | 2002 | PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube | Bits Studios | Sierra Entertainment (US) NDA Productions (EU) |
Vivendi Universal Games |
| Aliens Versus Predator: Extinction | 2003 | PlayStation 2, Xbox | Zono | Electronic Arts |
Electronic Arts Distribution |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Rath of the Darkhul King | 2003 | Game Boy Advance | Natsume | THQ | THQ |
| The Simpsons: Road Rage | 2003 | Game Boy Advance | Altron | THQ | THQ |
| Futurama | 2003 | PlayStation 2, Xbox | Unique Development Studios | Vivendi Universal Games (US) SCi Games (EU) |
Vivendi Universal Games (US) SCi Entertainment Group PLC (EU) |
| The Simpsons: Hit & Run | 2003 | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Windows | Radical Entertainment | Vivendi Universal Games (US) Sierra Entertainment (EU) |
Vivendi Universal Games |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds | 2003 | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox | Eurocom | Vivendi Universal Games (US) Sierra Entertainment (EU) |
Vivendi Universal Games |
| The X-Files: Resist or Serve | 2004 | PlayStation 2 | Black Ops Entertainment | Vivendi Universal Games (US) Sierra Entertainment (EU) |
Vivendi Universal Games |
| Robots | 2005 | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Windows, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS | Eurocom | Sierra Entertainment | Vivendi Universal Games |
| Predator: Concrete Jungle | 2005 | PlayStation 2, Xbox | Eurocom | Vivendi Universal Games (US) Sierra Entertainment (EU) |
Vivendi Universal Games |