WayForward Technologies
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WayForward Technologies, Inc. is an American independent video game developer and publisher based in Valencia, California. Founded in March 1990 by technology entrepreneur Voldi Way, WayForward started by developing games for consoles such as the Super NES and Sega Genesis, as well as TV games and PC educational software. In 1997, they relaunched their video games arm, placing the company as a contractor for publishers and working on a variety of licensed assets.
Key facts
- Company.name
- WayForward Technologies, Inc.
- Company.logo
- WayForward Technologies Logo.png
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.industry
- Video games
- Company.founder
- Voldi Way
- Company.hq_location_city
- Valencia, Santa Clarita, California
- Company.hq_location_country
- U.S.
- Company.key_people
- Voldi Way (CEO) Matt Bozon (creative director)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game publisher
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Valencia
- Industry
- video game industry
- Legal form
- privately held company
- Official website
- wayforward.com
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- inception
- 1990-01-01
- social media followers
- 75400
- product or material produced
- Shantae
- web feed URL
- wayforward.com/feed
- privacy policy URL
- wayforward.com/privacy
- official jobs URL
- wayforward.com/jobs
- name
- WayForward Technologies
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Games
- Cancelled game
- References
- External links
WayForward Technologies, Inc. is an American independent video game developer and publisher based in Valencia, California. Founded in March 1990 by technology entrepreneur Voldi Way, WayForward started by developing games for consoles such as the Super NES and Sega Genesis, as well as TV games and PC educational software. In 1997, they relaunched their video games arm, placing the company as a contractor for publishers and working on a variety of licensed assets.
The company has created a variety of original game properties such as their flagship Shantae series, including the first title in the series which appeared on the Game Boy Color and was published by Capcom. WayForward Technologies has worked on games for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita handheld consoles, WiiWare games for Nintendo's Wii and Wii U, Nintendo Switch consoles and games for PC and mobile phones.
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