Company Profile
The Collective, Inc.
Company Overview
In 1997 three game industry veterans - Douglas
Hare, Gary Priest, & Richard Hare - formed The
Collective, Inc. Their vision, as reflected in
the name of the company, was to bring together a
collective of talented and motivated people to
create cutting-edge entertainment software.
The Collective continues to build upon this
vision and is now home to over 70 highly-skilled
individuals representing all of the key
disciplines of video game development. The
members of this remarkable team have experience
on every major platform, from the early 8-bit
home computers and consoles through to the
current generation of consoles and PCs, and have
developed marquee products for publishers like
Electronic Arts and LucasArts. In the process,
The Collective has developed a proprietary
technology with a suite of powerful tools that
has proven invaluable in the game industry and is
transferable to a number of alternative markets.
The Company started out producing the highly
successful conversions of Men in Black and The
Game of Life for the PlayStation. Since then the
Company has grown into a premiere developer in
its own right, and has developed a number of
critcally-acclaimed games based on major movie
and television licenses, including Star Trek:
Deep Space Nine – The Fallen™ for PC and Mac,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer™ for Xbox and Indiana
Jones and the Emperor's Tomb™ for PS2, Xbox and
PC. As a team, The Collective possess a great
deal of experience working on licensed titles and
have proven that they understand how to translate
well-established properties into compelling
interactive entertainment.
The Company has most recently developed its first
original title, Wrath Unleashed, which shipped in
February 2004, and is currently working on a
number of high-profile projects scheduled for
2005.
During this process, the Company realized the
importance of having the technology in place to
make great games and having development tools
that enable artists and designers to be creative
without becoming bogged down in that technology.
To accomplish this, the Company has spent over 5
years developing and constantly improving and
evolving its proprietary Slayer™ engine and
SlayED™ world builder and tool set. This
technology serves as the foundation of Buffy,
Indiana Jones and Wrath and the projects
currently under development.
The Collective is a privately held company and is
located in Newport Beach, California.
Notable Products / Brands
Since being founded in 1997, The Collective has established itself as a leading developer of interactive entertainment software having worked on the critically acclaimed Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb. The company's most recent game, Wrath Unleashed is a stunning genre-defining original title.
Benefits
We are conveniently located in the sunny Newport
Beach, California. We offer an excellent
compensation package including paid medical,
dental, and vision benefits for employees, and a
401(k) plan with company matching. Sodas, snacks,
and donuts are provided!