Presto Studios was a computer game development company of the 1990s. The company is notable for its award-winning series The Journeyman Project as well as Myst III: Exile, the 2001 sequel to Cyan's Myst series.
In August 2002, Presto Studios shut down new development after the release of the Xbox title Whacked!. In a statement, Greg Uhler (executive producer) announced the closing of the company:[2]
Due to business, financial, and personal reasons, Presto Studios is discontinuing software development. Whacked! for the Xbox will be the last product that we ship. The company will remain as a corporate entity for many years, but will not be developing products. A minimal staff, including Michel and myself, will be here until the end of October.
Whacked! for Xbox was Presto Studios' final title before closing its doors shortly afterward. Though still in decent financial shape, Presto was facing an uphill challenge in the transition from the PC to console game market. The directors of the company anticipated a rapidly shrinking PC game market and decided to close the company while it was ahead.[3] A significant number of the creative staff moved on to high-profile roles in motion picture and animation production.
Beneath — приключенческая игра от третьего лица, разработанная Presto Studios, которую Activision планировала выпустить в 1999 году , но она была отменена. [4]
В 1906 году Джек Уэллс отправляется в Арктику в поисках своего отца, пропавшего без вести во время археологической экспедиции. Исследование ведет под землю в огромный подземный мир. [5]
Движок 3D-игры должен был иметь 16-битную графику и аппаратное ускорение . [6]