Sanzaru Games, Inc. | |
Type: | Subsidiary |
Foundation: | [1] |
Location: | Foster City, California, U.S.[2] |
Num Locations: | 3 studios |
Num Locations Year: | 2018 |
Industry: | Video games |
Products: | Sonic Boom Asgard's Wrath |
Parent: | Oculus Studios |
Owner: | Meta Platforms |
Num Employees: | 60 (2010)[3] |
Subsid: | Kitazaru |
Key People: | Bill Spence |
Homepage: | sanzaru.com |
Sanzaru Games, Inc. is an American video game development company that was founded in Foster City, California in 2006. Sanzaru also has a satellite studio based in Ottawa, Ontario called Kitazaru, as well as an office in Dublin, California. The company name is based on the three wise monkeys (called sanzaru in Japan).
Their first game was Ninja Reflex, released on March 1, 2008, for PC, Nintendo DS and Wii. Their second game was a port of the High Impact Games developed PlayStation Portable game Secret Agent Clank, released on May 26, 2009, for PlayStation 2. Their third game was a high definition remastered collection of the Sly Cooper games originally developed by Sucker Punch Productions for the PlayStation 2, titled The Sly Collection and released on November 9, 2010, for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. Their fourth game was , which they assisted in development with Big Fish Games on, was released on June 27, 2011, for Wii. Their fifth game is , which was set to be released late 2012, but was delayed to February 2013. Their latest game was revealed as a remake of , which was included in the Spyro Reignited trilogy.
On October 10, 2019, the company released Asgard's Wrath, an epic AAA VR action adventure title on the Oculus Rift. It was critically praised by various media such as IGN, UploadVR and VRFocus.
On February 25, 2020, the company was acquired by Facebook as part of its Oculus Studios.[4]
Game title | Release date | Platform(s) | |
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Ninja Reflex | 2008 | Wii, Nintendo DS, PC | |
Secret Agent Clank | 2009 | PlayStation 2 | |
2010 | Wii | ||
The Sly Collection | PlayStation 3 | ||
2013 | PS3, PlayStation Vita | ||
Dark Manor[5] | iOS | ||
Bentley's Hackpack[6] | PS3, PS Vita, Android, iOS | ||
God of War Collection | 2014 | PS Vita | |
The Sly Collection | |||
[7] | Nintendo 3DS | ||
[8] | 2016 | ||
Ripcoil | Oculus Rift | ||
VR Sports Challenge[9] | |||
Tron RUN/r[10] | PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | ||
Marvel Powers United VR | 2018 | Oculus Rift | |
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (Year of the Dragon) | PS4, Xbox One | ||
2019 | PC, Nintendo Switch | ||
Asgard's Wrath | Oculus Rift | ||
Asgard's Wrath 2 | 2023 | Meta Quest 3 |