SkyBox Labs
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Computer and video games Interactive entertainment |
| Headquarters | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
| Products | Video games |
| Website | skyboxlabs.com |
SkyBox Labs is an independent video game developer located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. They are mostly known for their work with Microsoft Studios.
SkyBox Labs collaborated with Relentless Software on their first title, Kinect Nat Geo TV, which was developed exclusively for Xbox 360 with Kinect. It was published by Microsoft Studios and released on September 18, 2012. It received mostly positive reviews, scoring 78 out of 100 on review aggregator site Metacritic.
SkyBox Labs continued working with Microsoft Studios after that, co-developing an expansion pack for Age of Empires II HD called The Forgotten with Forgotten Empires, which was released on November 7, 2013. They also worked on a remaster of Age of Mythology called Age of Mythology: Extended Edition, which was released in May 8, 2014 and received mixed reviews, scoring 66 out of 100 on Metacritic, they also co-developed a new expansion for Age of Mythology: Extended Edition called Tale of the Dragon together with Forgotten Empires, which was released on January 28, 2016. It received mixed reviews from users scoring it a 40 out of 100 on Steam, no metacritic score is available yet. They also did a remaster of Rise of Nations called Rise of Nations Extended Edition, released on June 12, 2014.
Released five days after Rise of Nations remaster, on June 17, 2014, EA Sports UFC was a collaboration between EA Canada and SkyBox Games. It was the first UFC game after THQ lost the license and it was sold to Electronic Arts. Final product received mixed, but mostly positive reviews, with Xbox One version scoring 71 out of 100 on Metacritic and PlayStation 4 version scoring 69 out of 100.
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