Beenox Inc. is a Canadian video game developer established in 2000 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The studio became a ⭕️ wholly owned subsidiary of Activision on May 25, 2005.[2]
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Between 2003 and 2006, the developer was essentially a ⭕️ porting house. They completed approximately 30 projects for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems, based on popular franchises such as ⭕️ X-Men, Spider-Man and Shrek.
In 2006, they returned to original game development with the console versions of Bee Movie Game,[3] inspired ⭕️ by the feature film from DreamWorks Animation. As part of Activision's E3 2007 media blitz, it was announced that Beenox ⭕️ was the developer behind the Windows version of Activision's Spider-Man game Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, which was released in October ⭕️ 2007.[4] They released the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Windows versions of Monsters vs. Aliens and the ⭕️ console versions of Guitar Hero Smash Hits. Beenox later developed the Spider-Man games Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions,[5] Spider-Man: Edge of Time,[6] ⭕️ The Amazing Spider-Man,[7] and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.[8]
After founder Dominique Brown's departure in December 2012,[9] the studio's focus shifted from ⭕️ leading original game development to doing a number of support tasks on Activision's superbrands Skylanders and Call of Duty. In ⭕️ 2024, Beenox worked in conjunction with Mercenary Technology on bringing Call of Duty: Black Ops III to PlayStation 3 and ⭕️ Xbox 360.[10]
