Private | |
Industry | Video game development |
Founded | 1999 |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Products | |
Owner |
THQ (1999–2009) Independent (2009–present) |
Website | heavy-iron.com |
Heavy Iron Studios is an American video game developer, based in Los Angeles, California. They were a wholly owned subsidiary of THQ until being spun off as an independent company in May 2009 as part of a cost-cutting move. They are most known for their Pixar games, and their three SpongeBob SquarePants games, fan-dubbed The unofficial Trilogy.
In 2007, Heavy Iron Studios hired Marc Vulcano, a former Senior Character Animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks and animation director at Big Idea Productions. He is now the studio's Animation Director.