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Engine Software (formerlyMSX-Engine) is a Dutchvideo game developer, located inDoetinchem,Netherlands, which specialized inhandheld video games and digital platforms until 2011. In the period after (2011-present) they have become more active and known for high-end ports and adaptations of games to modern consoles, mobile, PC and streaming services likeStadia andLuna. Some of the best known games they have worked on includePuzzle Quest for the Nintendo DS,Terraria for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Wii U,Killer7 Remastered for PC,Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch for Nintendo Switch andNo More Heroes /No More Heroes 2 for Nintendo Switch.

In 2020 Engine Software announced they are working with Ubisoft to rereleaseScott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game,^[1] and also working with NIS America to release ports for Nintendo Switch and PC of Japanese developer Nihon Falcom's flagship titlesYs IX^[2] andTrails of Cold Steel IV.^[3]

Engine Software BV was founded in 1995 by several friends who met and worked together previously in the active Dutch demo scene for theMSX home computer. In this period (1989-1993) the group (named MSX-Engine^[4]) released threeindie games, a disk magazine, amusic tracker and anAssembler.^[5] In 1994 some of the people from MSX-Engine started working on a game for theSuper NES, and the name was changed toEngine Software later the same year. In 1995 the group officially founded the company, making it the oldest (still active) game developer in The Netherlands. The game for SNES,Corn Buster, was unreleased after a publishing deal with Sunsoft fell through.^[6]

After this, Engine Software was asked by fellow game developerVicarious Visions to support them in the development of severalGame Boy Color games for clients like THQ^[7] and Vatical Entertainment.^[8] The relation betweenVicarious Visions and Engine Software lasted another generation of handheld consoles, theGame Boy Advance, releasing games such asPowerrangers: Timeforce^[9] andSpyMuppets: License to Croak. Soon after the companies each went their own way.

In terms of sheer quantity this was Engine Software's most productive period, with 51 Nintendo DS titles released.^[10] Following their supporting developer role with Vicarious Visions earlier, Engine Software worked in the same role with 1st Playable Productions^{[citation needed]} and Artificial Mind and Movement^[11] (rebranded back toBehaviour Interactive in 2010) on a wide range of Nintendo DS games based on licensed properties fromDisney andNickelodeon. At the same time the studio launched more games of its own design like Just Sing! and Lost Identities. With German publisherDTP Young Entertainment they developed a range of educational games for the German Market called "Think Kids" (licensed fromRavensburger),^[12] and they also signed a multi-game development deal with Belgian production houseStudio 100 based on their TV properties (Mega Mindy, Maya the Bee, K3).

Dutch publisher Playlogic Entertainment NV, which purchased a minority share in Engine Software in 2003^[13] invested in an original concept by the studio for PlayStation Portable called Stateshift. After a year in development Playlogic cancelled the development, and in early 2007 Engine Software bought back the shares from Playlogic Entertainment. The gameStateshift for PlayStation Portable was independently finished by Engine Software and published by Midas Interactive^[14] in Europe andConspiracy Entertainment in the United States. Engine Software and Playlogic still collaborated on two Nintendo DS games after this:Dragonhunters in 2008^[15] andAliens in the Attic in 2009.^[16] During this time Engine Software also formed a relationship with Milan-based publisher505 Games due to their penchant of creating games based on licensed materials. With 505 Games, Engine Software released movie-based gamesCats & Dogs 2: The Revenge of Kitty Galore andHOP: THe Video Game.^[17]

Around 2012 most work-for-hire licensed games work had dried up, and Engine Software rebranded itself as a multi-platform developer specializing in ports and adaptations of a wide area of games, from indie titles to triple-A titles. The first project was a multi-year multi-platform collaboration with505 Games andRe-Logic to bring the smash-hitTerraria from PC to consoles, starting with PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360^[18] in 2013 and later that year to PlayStation Vita.^[19] These releases were followed by versions of Terraria for PlayStation 4^[20] and Xbox One^[21] in 2014, and finally a Wii U version 2016.^[22] During this time Engine Software and Re-Logic also collaborated on the concept and design for a Terraria spin-off title calledTerraria: Otherworld which Re-Logic announced in 2015.^[23] Otherworld's development had some significant issues and delays causing Re-Logic to move development of the title to a different studio in 2017.^[24]

TheEngine Software Music Replayer is a piece ofmusic sequencer middleware, developed by Engine Software. It was developed for use on the Game Boy Advance, and later reproduced in a version for use on the Nintendo DS. It was licensed to many other developers for both platforms.

Engine Software is run by Ivo Wubbels (CEO) and Ruud van de Moosdijk (VP Development), both founders of the company in 1995. Other key figures within the company include Senior producer Jeroen Schmitz also one of the founders of the company, Lead Technology programmer Jan-Lieuwe Koopmans who created the Music Replayer, and composer Bart Roijmans who scored almost all of Engine Software's games.

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