Universomo
Universomo Ltd. was a Finnish video game developer based in Tampere, Finland, founded in 2002, and acquired by THQ on May 9, 2007. Universomo also had offices in Helsinki, Finland and San Diego, United States. The studio focused on games for mobile phones, the iPhone and the N-Gage. On January 12, 2010, THQ announced the Nintendo DS title Beat City, developed by Universomo, marking the developer's first entry to the handheld gaming market.
| Company type | Subsidiary of THQ |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Defunct | March 2, 2010 |
| Fate | Shuttered |
| Headquarters | Tampere, Finland |
| Products | The Force Unleashed de Blob |
On March 2, 2010, Universomo's closure was announced. This left THQ Wireless without any studios under its umbrella, and development of its games would be outsourced to external studios.
Universomo was best known for the favorably reviewed mobile and iPhone versions of de Blob, the mobile, iPhone and N-Gage versions of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and the mobile versions of Lego Star Wars: The Video Game.