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alan bunker ceo craig heffler cfo products see below number of employees 80 website www.hb studios.com hb studios is a canadian video game developer founded in 2000 and located in nova scotia canada . they are best known for their rugby and cricket games released on the ea sports label . contents 1 history 2 games developed 3 games contributed to 4 references 5 external links history edit hb studios was founded in 2000 by jeremy wellard in lunenburg nova scotia . the company started with nine employees and developed cricket 2002 for electronic arts asia pacific studio . 1 in 2004 hb studios entered a multi project deal with ea canada to continue developing sports games for the ea sports label including further games in the rugby and cricket series fifa street 2 for the playstation portable as well as co development on madden 07 for the wii . this exclusivity deal ended in 2007 2 after which the company was hired by thq to create big beach sports for the wii . this was hb studios first non sports simulation game as well as the first game not developed for the ea sports label . in 2008 hb studios opened a second studio in halifax nova scotia as well as now operating with 130 employees . 3 the halifax studio was closed at the end of july 2012 with all development moved to their headquarters in lunenberg . the last games developed by the satellite studio were nba baller beats for kinect and medal bound on ios . 4 a second label hb arcade was formed in 2009 with the goal of self publishing downloadable titles on wiiware psn and xbox live arcade . games released under this label included hb arcade cards and hb arcade disc golf both for the wiiware platform as well as jam space for dsiware . 5 in 2011 hb studios developed rugby world cup 2011 a self funded title published by 505 games . 6 it was well received and entered the uk charts at no. 3 . 7 in january 2014 it was announced that hb s the golf club for playstation 4 xbox one and pc would be launching in the spring of 2014 . 8 the game is a golf simulator that includes a course creator using procedural generation allowing users to create edit and share courses online . the game went to steam early access in april 2014 and was fully released in august 2014 . in february 2015 hb studios founder jeremy wellard announced he was stepping down as president of the company with coo alan bunker announced as his replacement . 9 in march 2016 hb studios and maximum games announced a joint venture to release infinite air featuring mark mcmorris an open world physics based snowboarding video game that was built in partnership and close collaboration with multiple x games winner mark mcmorris . infinite airwill include vast customizable mountain ranges as well as a highly reactive fluid control system . hb and maximum have promised it to be the most authentic snowboarding game to date . it will be released on playstation 4 xbox one and pc in the fall of 2016 . 10 games developed edit list of games developed by hb studios year title publisher platform 2001 cricket 2002 ea sports ps2 pc 2003 cricket 2004 ps2 pc rugby 2004 ps2 pc 2005 rugby 2005 xbox ps2 pc cricket 2005 xbox ps2 pc 2006 fifa street 2 psp rugby 2006 xbox ps2 pc madden nfl 07 wii 2007 cricket 07 ps2 pc uefa champions league 2006 2007 ps2 psp pc nba live 08 ps2 pc rugby 08 ps2 pc nhl 08 ps2 pc 2008 big beach sports thq wii nba live 09 ea sports ps2 psp wii nhl 09 ps2 pc 2009 rock revolution konami wii ds tiger woods pga tour 10 ea sports psp ps2 football academy nintendo ds hb arcade cards hb arcade wiiware fifa 10 ea sports pc ps2 psp nba live 10 psp 2010 2010 fifa world cup south africa wii psp xbox 360 ps3 fifa 11 ultimate team xbox 360 ps3 backyard sports sandlot sluggers gt interactive wii xbox 360 pc fifa 11 ea sports psp ps2 hb arcade disc golf hb arcade wiiware backyard sports rookie rush gt interactive wii 360 pc hb arcade jam space hb arcade dsiware 2011 rugby world cup 2011 505 games ps3 xbox 360 madden nfl 12 ea sports wii psp ps2 hb rugby fixture challenge hb studios ios 2012 fifa 12 ea sports wii medal bound hb studios ios nba baller beats majesco entertainment kinect madden nfl 13 vita wii maze adventures hb studios ipad ace geographer canada ipad 2013 mlb.com home run derby mlb.com ios android mlb.com franchise mvp ios android 2014 mlb.com home run derby 2014 ios android the golf club hb studios ps4 pc xbox one rugby 15 ps4 xbox one pc ps3 xbox 360 ps vita 2015 rugby world cup 2015 ps4 xbox one pc ps3 xbox 360 ps vita 2016 infinite air ps4 xbox one pc games contributed to edit 2009 guitar hero 5 wii 2009 guitar hero van halen ps3 360 2009 need for speed nitro wii 2010 ea sports madden nfl 11 ps3 360 2010 ea sports nhl 11 ps3 360 2010 fifa 11 ps3 360 pc 2011 ea sports madden nfl 12 ps3 360 2012 ea sports madden nfl 13 ps3 360 wiiu 2012 ea sports madden nfl 13 social ios 2010 2012 sony s wonderbook platform ps3 2013 ea sports ncaa football 14 ps3 360 2013 ea sports madden nfl 25 ps3 360 ps4 xbox one 2013 ea sports madden nfl 25 mobile ios android 2014 ea sports madden nfl 15 ps3 360 ps4 xbox one references edit acoa website news news releases . mediaroom.acoa apeca.gc.ca . 2007 03 23 . archived from the original on october 9 2011 . retrieved 2011 10 19 . itnovascotia.com where it s at in nova scotia news east coast video games firm expands beyond exclusive ties with industry giant . web.archive.org . archived from the original on 2008 03 04 . retrieved 2011 10 19 . about hb studios . retrieved 2009 01 06 . nba baller beats developer closing halifax studio . hb studios . hb arcade . retrieved 2011 10 19 . official rugby world cup 2011 . gfk chart track . chart track.co.uk . retrieved 2011 10 19 . the golf club announced by hb studios . hb studios announces ceo s retirement . http www.businesswire.com news home 20160307005431 en hb studios maximum games carve tracks infinite external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hb studios & 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