The Collective (company)

The Collective, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	1997
Founder	Douglas Hare, Richard Hare, Gary Priest
Defunct	2007
Fate	Merged with Backbone Entertainment to form Foundation 9 Entertainment
Headquarters	Newport Beach, California , United States
Products	Video games including Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, The Da Vinci Code

The Collective, Inc. was a United States-based video game developer located in Newport Beach, California. Established in 1997 by former executives of Virgin Interactive—Douglas Hare, Richard Hare, and Gary Priest—the studio created games such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, and The Da Vinci Code.

On March 29, 2005, The Collective combined operations with Backbone Entertainment, resulting in the formation of Foundation 9 Entertainment. Following this merger, Douglas Hare took on the role of co-president, Richard Hare became chief creative officer, and Gary Priest served as co-chairman. In October 2007, Foundation 9 unified The Collective with its subsidiary Shiny Entertainment, moving both teams into a new office located in Irvine, California. This integration culminated in March 2008 with the establishment of Double Helix Games, led by Shiny’s Michael Persson, aiming to enhance Foundation 9’s market position and streamline business functions.

Games developed

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher(s)	Note(s)
1998	Men in Black: The Game	PlayStation	Gremlin Interactive	Adapted from a PC title originally developed by Gigawatt Studio and published by SouthPeak Interactive.
	The Game of Life	PlayStation	Hasbro Interactive	Ported from a PC version created by Mass Media.
2000	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen	Microsoft Windows, Macintosh	Simon & Schuster Interactive	Built utilizing the Unreal Engine.
2002	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Xbox	Electronic Arts	Introduced the studio’s proprietary Slayer Engine, which was used in all following projects.
2003	Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb	Xbox, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, OS X	LucasArts
2004	Wrath Unleashed	Xbox, PlayStation 2	LucasArts
	The X-Files: Resist or Serve	PlayStation 2	Vivendi Universal Games	Initial design work was done before passing development to Black Ops Entertainment.
2005	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	Xbox, PlayStation 2	LucasArts
2006	Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure	Xbox, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows	Atari
	The Da Vinci Code	Xbox, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows	2K Games

Cancelled games

Several projects based on prominent intellectual properties were discontinued by the studio. These included Witchblade, a sequel to their Indiana Jones title, a game centered on Jonathan Harker from Dracula, as well as a cancelled Dirty Harry game.