Hypnotix

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Hypnotix, Inc.
Fate	Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2005
Founded	1993
Defunct	Shut down in 2005
Location	Little Falls, New Jersey
Industry	Computer and video game industry
Products	Outlaw Golf Outlaw Volleyball Deer Avenger
Key people	Mike Taramykin, President Thomas Kirtchner John Sousa Mike Cayado Jason Shenkman

Hypnotix, Inc. is an American video game developer that was founded in 1993 and located in Little Falls, New Jersey.^[1] The company is best known for creating the Outlaw series of sports games which included Outlaw Golf and Outlaw Volleyball. Hypnotix is also responsible for a wide variety of PC and console products including the Deer Avenger series, which has sold over a million copies.^[2]

In July 2005 the company was acquired by Electronic Arts and most of the the team was relocated to Orlando, Florida to develop titles such as the Arena Football series.^[3][4]

[edit] Games

• Wetlands (1995)
• Soldier Boyz (1997)
• Deer Avenger (1998)
• Deer Avenger 2: Deer in the City (1999)
• Miss Spider's Tea Party (1999)
• Bass Avenger (2000)
• Deer Avenger 3d (2000)
• Panty Raider: From Here to Immaturity (2000)
• The $100,000 Pyramid (2001)
• Deer Avenger 4: The Rednecks Strike Back (2001)
• Deer Avenger: Open Season (2001)
• MTV Total Request Live Trivia (2001)
• Outlaw Golf (2002)
• Outlaw Golf: Holiday Golf (2002)
• Outlaw Volleyball (2003)
• Outlaw Golf: 9 More Holes of X-mas (2003)
• Outlaw Volley: Red Hot (2003)
• Dragon Tales: Learn & Fly With Dragons (2004)
• Outlaw Golf 2 (2004)
• Outlaw Tennis (2005)
• Outlaw Volleyball: Remixed (2005)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Game Theory; On Deer Hunter's Trail, Rivals and a Spoof at The New York Times
• Outlaw Golf Interview at IGN
• Outlaw Volleyball Interview at TeamXbox