Luxoflux

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Luxoflux Corp was an American video game developer based in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in January 1997 by former Sega developers Peter Morawiec and Adrian Stephens. The studio’s name was Luxoflux, chosen after considering the name Alpha Channel; it was meant to evoke “movement of light.” Early team members included Jeremy Engelman, David Goodrich, and Edvard Toth, and its first game was Vigilante 8, which was later ported to the Nintendo 64, followed by Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense in 1999.

In October 2002, Activision bought Luxoflux. The studio was then working on True Crime: Streets of LA and went on to release True Crime: Streets of LA and its sequel True Crime: New York City, as well as licensed titles such as Shrek 2, Kung Fu Panda, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. On February 11, 2010, Activision announced the shutdown of Luxoflux along with RedOctane and Underground Development as part of a broad staff reduction. After leaving Luxoflux, Morawiec and Stephens founded Isopod Labs in January 2007 and released Vigilante 8 Arcade on Xbox Live Arcade in November 2008. Luxoflux had about 80 employees and operated as an Activision subsidiary from 2002 to 2010.