Groove Games

Groove Games at a Glance

Groove Games operated as a Canadian publisher and developer from 2003 until it closed its doors in 2009. Based in Toronto, the company released fifteen games during its six-year run, with fourteen titles appearing under its publishing label. The studio focused heavily on the shooter genre, which accounts for all fifteen of its listed releases, while maintaining a minor presence in strategy games with just one title. Their distribution was primarily centered on Microsoft Windows PC, where every game found a home. They also published six versions for Xbox and a single release for iOS. The company did not achieve high critical acclaim during its active years. Out of the two titles that received ratings on IGDB, only one fell into the good range between 60 and 79 points. The other title rated as mixed, scoring between 40 and 59. The highest rated game was Pariah, released in 2005 with a score of 64.9. Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green, also from 2005, received a lower score of 55.3. Their output remained steady throughout the 2000s, releasing all fifteen games within that decade. No titles were recorded for any other time period. Later releases in their catalog included Day of the Zombie in March 2009 and several entries in the Marine Sharpshooter series between 2007 and 2008. Other notable titles from this final stretch include Close Quarters Conflict from January 2007 and WarPath from July 2006. The studio was owned by Groove Media, Inc., but operations ceased quietly in 2009 without any new projects following that year. Players looking for their catalog will find a consistent but unremarkable selection of shooters that did not reach the higher tiers of critical success.

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