Universomo

Universomo Ltd. was a Finnish video game developer based in Tampere, Finland, founded in 2002, and acquired by THQ on May 9, 2007.^[1][2] 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,^[3] marking the developer's first entry to the handheld gaming market.

Company typeSubsidiary

IndustryVideo games

Founded2002; 24 years ago (2002)

DefunctMarch 2, 2010 (2010-03-02)

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Universomo Ltd.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Defunct	March 2, 2010 (2010-03-02)
Fate	Shuttered
Headquarters	Tampere, Finland
Products	The Force Unleashed de Blob
Parent	THQ (2007–2010)

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On March 2, 2010, Universomo's closure was announced.^[4] 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^[5] and iPhone^[6] 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.