the company former type subsidiary industry interactive entertainment computer and video games fate closed by microsoft studios successor lightbulb founders ole teglbj rg rune dittmer mikkel thorsted defunct march 10 2016 headquarters copenhagen denmark products video games owner microsoft parent microsoft studios website pressplay.dk press play was a video game development studio based in central copenhagen in denmark . since 2006 press play have released five titles including the max & the magic marker max the curse of brotherhood and kalimba . in 2012 the studio was acquired by microsoft and press play was then part of the microsoft studios family along with other studios like 343 industries rare lionhead studios turn 10 studios and twisted pixel games . 1 on march 7 2016 microsoft announced the plan to close press play and their title knoxville was cancelled . on march 10 2016 press play was officially closed by microsoft studios . 2 after the closure the founders of press play founded a new studio called lightbulb and is working on a new sandbox game called pioneers . 3 games edit title year platform s android ios mac os nintendo ds psn wii microsoft windows windows phone xbox 360 xbox one max & the magic marker 2010 no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no no tentacles enter the dolphin 2012 yes yes no no no no no yes no no max the curse of brotherhood 2013 no no no no no no yes no yes yes tentacles enter the mind 2014 no no no no no no yes yes no no kalimba 2014 no no no no no no yes no no yes knoxville canceled no no no no no no no no no yes references edit crapple craig february 10 2014 . from indie to in house press play s journey to becoming a first party microsoft studio . develop . retrieved june 29 2016 . jarvis matthew march 7 2016 . lionhead ceases fable legends development considering closure . develop . retrieved march 8 2016 . kerr chris june 28 2016 . press play co founders regroup to form new studio lightbulb . gamasutra . retrieved june 29 2016 . external links edit official website v t e microsoft studios franchises age of empires alan wake banjo kazooie battletoads black & white blinx conker crackdown crimson skies dance central the dishwasher fable forza gears of war halo hexic hydro thunder jetpac joy ride killer instinct kinect party kinect sports lips max & the magic marker mechwarrior microsoft flight simulator midtown madness minecraft miss teen usa motocross madness ninety nine nights perfect dark pinball fx project gotham racing quantum redshift rallisport challenge rise of nations scene it shadowrun splosion man viva pi ata zoo tycoon current subsidiaries 343 industries bigpark the coalition good science studio launchworks lift london mojang rare turn 10 studios former subsidiaries aces studio bungie carbonated games digital anvil ensemble studios fasa studio hired gun lionhead studios press play twisted pixel games xbox entertainment studios people phil spencer phil harrison larry hryb casey hudson bonnie ross joseph staten related list of microsoft studios video games msn games retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title press play company & oldid 734094688 categories defunct video game companiesvideo game companies based in copenhagenfirst party video game developersvideo game development companiesvideo game companies established in 2007video game companies disestablished in 20162007 establishments in denmarkmicrosoft subsidiaries navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 03 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view