Majesco Entertainment Company is an American video game publisher and distributor based in Hazlet, New Jersey.
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18 Facts About Majesco Entertainment
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Majesco Entertainment was founded as Majesco Sales in Edison, New Jersey in 1986, and was a privately held company until acquiring operation-less company ConnectivCorp in a reverse merger takeover, becoming its subsidiary and thus a public company on December 5,2003.
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On December 1,2016, Majesco Entertainment was acquired by PolarityTE, Inc, a biotech company, in another reverse merger takeover, because of which it formally ceased all video game operations on December 8,2016.
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Majesco Entertainment was first known as a reissuer of old titles that had been abandoned by their original publisher.
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Majesco had a licensing agreement with publisher Red Storm Entertainment to bring Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six to the Sega Dreamcast platform in 1999.
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In 2000, Majesco Entertainment had a licensing agreement with Activision to publish ports of their classic titles for various platforms, most notably the PlayStation 2 and the Game Boy Advance.
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Majesco Entertainment focused on developing for console systems, such as Nintendo's GameCube and Game Boy Advance, Microsoft's Xbox, and Sony's PlayStation 2.
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Majesco Entertainment published PC games with Terminal Reality as the developer, such as BloodRayne and BloodRayne 2.
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On September 14,2006, Majesco Entertainment released Advent Rising and re-released BloodRayne and BloodRayne 2 on Steam.
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On November 6,2007, Majesco Entertainment announced the opening of a new development facility in the Los Angeles area dedicated to the development of casual game products and properties.
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On December 10,2007, Majesco Entertainment announced that they would be publishing a rhythm-based game, Major Minor's Majestic March, exclusively for the Wii developed by NanaOn-Sha.
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Majesco Entertainment has announced that it will be launching an internet version of Bananagrams on August 18,2008, that will be available on Facebook, a social networking website.
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On June 6,2011, Majesco Entertainment announced that it was acquiring the assets of social game developer Quick Hit and Quick Hit Football to build out its social gaming strategy.
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In December 2016, Majesco announced it was ceasing operations in the entertainment industry, and merged with biotech firm PolarityTE.
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In November 2017, Majesco Entertainment announced that it had re-entered the video game business after having previously been brought back to a privately held company, releasing their Romans from Mars onto Steam.
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On January 15,2018,51 percent of Majesco Entertainment was bought by Liquid Media Group, and Jesse Sutton became LMG's Gaming Advisor.
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In June 2020, Ziggurat Interactive purchased a number of IP formerly owned by Majesco Entertainment, including the rights to BloodRayne, Advent Rising, Flip's Twisted World, and Raze's Hell.
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