the russian developer and publiser see gaijin entertainment . choice provisions inc. formerly called gaijin games 2007 2014 type private industry computer and video games founded 2007 headquarters santa cruz california key people alex neuse mike roush chris osborn products bit.trip series woah dave website totallychoice.com choice provisions inc. formerly known as gaijin games inc. prior to june 2014 is an independent video game development studio best known for their bit.trip series of video games . the studio was founded in 2007 by alex neuse mike roush and chris osborn and is located in santa cruz california . contents 1 history 2 games 2.1 bit.trip series 2.2 other games 3 references 4 external links history edit gaijin games initially emerged in 2004 . the founder alex neuse had been employed at lucasarts since 1997 but after the project he had been working on was cancelled neuse decided that he wanted greater creative freedom which spurred him to create his own studio . however the company was unable to acquire sufficient funds or support from a publisher and all of its development endeavors were halted indefinitely when neuse was offered the position of creative director at santa cruz games . at santa cruz games mike roush alex neuse and chris osborn formed a friendship . neuse roush and osborn were involved in the development of several games tied in to licensed properties but they became dissatisfied with the restrictions on their creativity . osborn with his love for chiptunes neuse with his affinity for atari 2600 and roush with his aesthetic and drive for unique experiences shared the same philosophies of game design . subsequently the trio quit their jobs at santa cruz to start up gaijin games again . 1 neuse had a variety of game ideas that he had sketched out in a notebook which he pitched to roush and osborn . eventually they settled on their favorite six concepts and formed the idea of a series called 8 bit a series of six new classics in the 8 bit style for humans who enjoy fun . gaijin signed a publishing deal with aksys games then ditched the previous title in favor of bit.trip and began development on the first title . danny johnson joined gaijin during the fifth game in the series . between the fifth and sixth games gaijin collaborated with different cloth to bring an iphone ipod touch game lilt line to the wiiware service . after all six games in the series were completed osborn left gaijin games to form another independent studio known as tracer . after osborn s departure roush and neuse took on the monikers of co founders and co creators of all gaijin projects and creative endeavors . following the climax of the bit.trip series gaijin games announced that they are very interested in developing games for the nintendo 3ds and have since obtained development kits for the handheld device . their first 3ds title was released in 2011 and was revealed to be a compilation of the six bit.trip games called bit.trip saga . 2 in february 2011 the studio also absorbed the small time developer robotube founded by jason cirillo 3 roush explained this move as an effort to branch out into more experimental casual games . the first game under the robotube brand destructamundo will be released in early 2014 . 4 after almost a 2 year development cycle gaijin games completed the hit sequel to runner runner2 in february 26 2013 . runner2 sold over 1 million units within the first year . in june 2014 the company announced it would be changing its name to choice provisions . the studio decided to change their name due to the arguably negative connotations of the term gaijin meaning foreigner in japanese . 5 games edit bit.trip series edit game title release platform s notes bit.trip beat march 16 2009 wii ios windows os x linux nintendo 3ds android bit.trip core july 6 2009 wii nintendo 3ds windows os x bit.trip void october 27 2009 bit.trip runner may 14 2010 wii windows os x nintendo 3ds linux bit.trip fate october 25 2010 wii nintendo 3ds microsoft windows os x bit.trip flux february 25 2011 wii nintendo 3ds microsoft windows os x bit.trip saga 6 september 13 2011 nintendo 3ds enhanced compilation of the six original bit.trip games bit.trip complete 7 september 13 2011 nintendo wii enhanced compilation of the six original bit.trip games bit.trip presents ... runner2 future legend of rhythm alien 8 february 26 2013 9 microsoft windows os x linux wii u eshop xbox 360 xbla playstation 4 psn playstation 3 psn playstation vita ios an hd sequel to runner the bit.trip 10 december 5 2015 playstation vita playstation 3 playstation 4 enhanced compilation of the six original bit.trip games other games edit game title release platform notes lilt line december 13 2010 wiiware published wiiware version developed by different cloth bloktonik june 15 2011 ipad published ios version developed by robotube games woah dave october 30 2014 microsoft windows ios mac nintendo 3ds wii u playstation vita playstation 4 linux android developed under the minivisions label destructamundo december 10 2014 ios android developed under the minivisions label dragon fantasy the volumes of westeria april 9 2015 microsoft windows mac nintendo 3ds wii u linux published steam wii u & 3ds versions developed by muteki shutshimi august 25 2015 microsoft windows mac playstation vita playstation 4 linux developed by neon deity games laserlife september 22 2015 microsoft windows playstation 4 xbox one tharsis january 12 2016 microsoft windows ios playstation 4 space dave tbd 2016 microsoft windows mac nintendo 3ds playstation 4 linux developed under the minivisions label references edit wahlgren jon . the history of bit.trip part 1 . nintendo life . jc fletcher on april 28 2011 . bit.trip saga brings all six of commandervideo s adventures together on 3ds . joystiq . retrieved december 3 2012 . north dale . gaijin games acquires robotube games . hinkle david . destructamundo is a game about interplanetary destruction from robotube games . wawro alex june 5 2014 . gaijin games tackling new projects as choice provisions . gamasutra . retrieved june 5 2014 . tiny cartridge . bit.trip saga announced for nintendo 3ds ... tiny cartridge nintendo 3ds dsi & ds news media videos imports homebrew & retro junk . tiny cartridge . retrieved december 3 2012 . klepek patrick . bit.trip saga bit.trip complete get bit.trippy in september . giant bomb . bit.trip runner is getting a strange looking hd sequel . destructoid . retrieved december 3 2012 . jackson perry august 3 2012 . bit.trip presents runner 2 slides into 2013 . xblafans.com . retrieved december 3 2012 . ben davis . review the bit.trip . ben davis . retrieved december 15 2015 . external links edit choice provisions website authority control musicbrainz b7a46e1f f7c9 438a 9c56 d23f201086fc retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title choice provisions & oldid 739678504 categories american companies established in 2007companies based in santa 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