Behaviour Interactive Chile Ltda. (Behaviour Santiago; formerly Wanako Games Chile Ltda.) was a Chilean video game developer based in Santiago. The company was founded as Wanako Games in 2002, by Esteban Sosnik, Tiburcio de la Cárcova, Santiago Bilinkis, Wenceslao Casares. The studio was first acquired by Vivendi Games in February 2007 and ended up under Artificial Mind and Movement in December 2008. When Artificial Mind and Movement was renamed Behaviour Interactive in 2010, Wanako Games was renamed Behaviour Santiago. Behaviour Santiago was shut down on 20 November 2017.

Behaviour Interactive Chile Ltda.
FormerlyWanako Games Chile Ltda. (2002–2010)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Founders
Defunct20 November 2017 (2017-11-20)
FateDissolved
Headquarters,
Chile
Parent
Wanako Games's logo (2002–2010)

History

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Wanako Games was founded in 2002 by Esteban Sosnik, Tiburcio de la Cárcova, Santiago Bilinkis, Wenceslao Casares.[1]

In February 2007, the studio was acquired by Vivendi Games for US$10 million,[2] leaving it under the umbrella of Sierra Online, the Vivendi division in charge of producing online games and which, until then, had been the distributor of games. Wanako Games.[3] Casares withdrew from the company after the sale.[4]

On 20 February 2007, the studio announced that it had been acquired by Vivendi Games.[5] After the merger between Vivendi Games and Activision that formed Activision Blizzard in July 2008, Wanako Games was sold by Activision to Artificial Mind and Movement on 15 December 2008.[6] On 8 November 2010, Artificial Mind and Movement changed its name to Behaviour Interactive, also renaming Wanako Games to Behaviour Santiago.[7] The studio was shut down on 20 November 2017.[8] A mobile game based on Westworld was finished before shutting down and was released on 1 February 2018.

Games developed

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Year Title Platform(s)
PS3 Win X360 PS4 XONE Wii U 3DS Vita IOS AND
2004 Ford Virtual Racing No Yes No No No No No No No No
Cut to the Beat No Yes No No No No No No No No
Blackhawk Striker 2 No Yes No No No No No No No No
Groove-O-Matic No Yes No No No No No No No No
Phoenix Assault No Yes No No No No No No No No
2005 Polar Tubing No Yes No No No No No No No No
everGirl No Yes No No No No No No No No
Jewel Thief No Yes No No No No No No No No
Tornado Jockey No Yes No No No No No No No No
2006 Blasterball 3 No Yes No No No No No No No No
Assault Heroes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
2007 Sea Life Safari No Yes Yes No No No No No No No
3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures No Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Arkadian Warriors No Yes Yes No No No No No No No
2008 Assault Heroes 2 No No Yes No No No No No No No
2009 Revenge of the Wounded Dragons Yes No No No No No No No No No
2010 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures 2 Yes No Yes No No No No No No No
Doritos Crash Course No No Yes No No No No No No No
Tetris Yes No No No No No No No No No
2011 Wipeout in the Zone No No Yes No No No No No No No
Wipeout 2 Yes No Yes No No No No No No No
Voltron: Defender of the Universe Yes No Yes No No No No No No No
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
2015 SpongeBob HeroPants No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No No
Fallout Shelter No No No No No No No No Yes Yes
The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy's Grand Adventure No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
2018 Westworld No No No No No No No No Yes Yes

References

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  1. ^ Montes, Carlos (24 November 2017). "Cierra el estudio de videojuegos más importante del país". latercera.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Vivendi Games compra la empresa chilena Wanako para potenciar su división de juegos 'online'". Finanzas.com / Europa Press. 22 February 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2007.
  3. ^ "Evalacticus" (17 January 2011). "Behaviour Interactive Santiago, chilenos de corazón [Ex Wanako Games]". LagZero. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. ^ Almendra B., Carlos (12 September 2010). "(083) Hecho en Latinoamérica: Wanako Games". FayerWayer. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  5. ^ Boyer, Brandon. "Vivendi Acquires Wanako Games". gamasutra.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ^ Caoili, Eric. "A2M Acquires Chilean Dev From Activision". gamasutra.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ^ "A2M reverts to former name - Behaviour". gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Behaviour closes Santiago studio". gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 21 July 2018.