Sidhe (company)

Sidhe (formerly Sidhe Interactive until 2009) is a New Zealand video game company headquartered in Wellington. Sidhe is a co-founding member of the New Zealand Game Developers Association and the New Zealand Institute of Screen Innovation. Sidhe has produced more than 20 titles, including several licensed non-realistic racing games.

Sidhe
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FoundedMay 1997[1]
FounderMario Wynands
Tyrone McAuley
Stuart Middleton
HeadquartersWellington, New Zealand
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Mario Wynands
(Managing Director)
Tyrone McAuley
(Technical Director)
Andy Satterthwaite
(Producer)
ProductsRugby Challenge series
Rugby League series
Websitesidhe.co.nz (archived)

PikPok
Main article: PikPok

The Sidhe brand was superseded in 2012 by what was a subsidiary brand, PikPok, which was an iOS and Android development team.[2] Notable PikPok titles include Bird Strike and the Flick Kick sports arcade series of games. In September 2010, a publishing partnership between PikPok and Lexaloffle Games was announced,[3] and the first title from that collaboration, Zen Puzzle Garden, was released in December 2010. PikPok is now the primary brand of the studio.

Both the Sidhe and PikPok brand is collected under the Prodigy Design Limited holding company.[4][5]

Industry awards

PikPok received an honorable mention in the 2011 Independent Games Festival awards for Flick Kick Football, under Best Mobile Game,[6] and Bird Strike was a finalist in the 7th annual IMG Awards (2011).[7]

Sidhe scholarship

Sidhe offers a scholarship[8][9] for students who wish to study game development at a graduate level at the Media Design School in Auckland. At the end of 2010, Sidhe announced the Sidhe Elite financial scholarship for 2011 aiming to support young aspiring game developers. Several Media Design School graduates have gone on to work for Sidhe.[10]

Games developed

Other games contributed to by Sidhe

References
  1. IGN: Sidhe Interactive
  2. "PikPok | News - PikPok's History". PikPok. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  3. PikPok/Lexaloffle partnership announced Archived 2011-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "New Zealand Company Office - Prodigy Design Limited".
  5. "PRODIGY DESIGN LIMITED - NZLBusiness.com". Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  6. IGF 2011 Awards Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
  7. IMGA 2011 Archived 2011-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Sidhe Offers Scholarships For Media Design School Game Development Diploma – PC News Archived November 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. tsumea – Sidhe continues scholarship support for Game Dev students
  10. Elite Scholarship For Aspiring Game Developers Announced
  11. "RUGBY CHALLENGE 2: THE LIONS TOUR EDITION ANNOUNCED FOR PS3, 360 AND PC". Gamasutra. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  12. "Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures (Video Game 2004)". IMDb. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  13. "barbie-sparkling-ice-show". IGN India. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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