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The 3DO Company
American video game company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 3DO Company, also known as 3DO, was an American video game company. It was founded in 1991 by Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins, in a partnership with seven other companies. After 3DO's flagship video game console, the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, failed in the marketplace, the company exited the hardware business and became a third-party video game developer and published well-known games series like Army Men, Battletanx, High Heat Major League Baseball and Might and Magic but It went bankrupt in 2003 due to poor sales of its games. Its headquarters were in Redwood City, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.[2]
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Company type | Public |
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Nasdaq: THDO | |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | September 12, 1991; 32 years ago (1991-09-12)[1] |
Defunct | May 28, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-05-28) |
Fate | Chapter 11 bankruptcy |
Headquarters | Redwood City, California, U.S. |
Key people | Trip Hawkins, RJ Mical, Dave Needle |
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Subsidiaries | New World Computing |
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