# Luxoflux > American video game developer **Wikidata**: [Q1526729](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1526729) **Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxoflux) **Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/luxoflux ## Summary Luxoflux was an American video game developer founded in 1997 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The studio created a number of commercial titles — including Vigilante 8 and entries in the True Crime series — operated as a subsidiary company, and was dissolved in 2010. ## Key Facts - Luxoflux is an instance of a video game developer (classification: video game developer). - Country of origin: United States. - Location of formation: Santa Monica, California. - Headquarters: Santa Monica. - Inception (founding year): 1997. - Dissolved / abolished date: 2010. - Legal form: subsidiary company. - Industry: video game industry. - Employees: 80. - Product(s) produced include Vigilante 8 (1998). - Video games developed or created by Luxoflux: Vigilante 8 (1998); Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle (1998); Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (1999); Star Wars: Demolition (2000); True Crime: Streets of LA (2003); True Crime: New York City (2005); Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009); and work on the True Crime video game series. - Owned by / parent organization: referenced in source material as (see provided references; parent_org reference includes an Italian Wikipedia edit URL). - Website: http://www.luxoflux.com (site language qualifier: English; archived snapshot: https://web.archive.org/web/20030718162013/http://luxoflux.com/). - Logo file location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luxoflux.jpg. - Wikidata description: American video game developer. - Instance metadata: freebase_id: /m/035thx. - MobyGames company ID: 2145. - Mod DB company id: luxoflux-corp. - MobyGames company id (former scheme): luxoflux-corp. - Golden.com identifier: Luxoflux-4NN6V5 (reference date 2022-09-10; source: https://golden.com/wiki/Luxoflux-4NN6V5). - lastdodo_area_id: 600737. - Sitelink count (Wikidata): 12. - Wikipedia title: Luxoflux. - Wikipedia available languages (listed in source): Arabic (ar), Egyptian Arabic (arz), German (de), English (en), Spanish (es), French (fr), Indonesian (id), Italian (it), Japanese (ja), Portuguese (pt), Russian (ru), Chinese (zh). ## FAQs Q: What was Luxoflux? A: Luxoflux was an American video game developer founded in 1997 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. It developed multiple commercial video game titles before being dissolved in 2010. Q: Where and when was Luxoflux formed and headquartered? A: Luxoflux was formed in Santa Monica, California, United States, with its headquarters located in Santa Monica. The company’s inception year is recorded as 1997. Q: Which notable games did Luxoflux develop? A: Luxoflux developed Vigilante 8 (1998) and its sequel Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (1999), Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle (1998), Star Wars: Demolition (2000), True Crime: Streets of LA (2003), True Crime: New York City (2005), and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). It is also associated with the True Crime video game series. Q: What was Luxoflux’s corporate form and ownership? A: The company’s legal form is recorded as a subsidiary company. The source material references a parent organization identified as (see provided references for that parent organization). Q: How many people worked at Luxoflux? A: The recorded number of employees is 80. Q: Does Luxoflux have an online presence or identifiers? A: Yes. Official website: http://www.luxoflux.com (archived copy available). Key identifiers include freebase_id /m/035thx, MobyGames company ID 2145, ModDB company id luxoflux-corp, and Golden.com id Luxoflux-4NN6V5. Q: When did Luxoflux cease operations? A: The source material records the company’s dissolved or abolished date as 2010. ## Why It Matters Luxoflux matters because it was a functioning developer within the video game industry that produced multiple commercially released titles spanning the late 1990s through the 2000s. Its work includes original vehicle-combat games such as Vigilante 8 and entries in licensed and franchise-driven projects including Star Wars: Demolition and the True Crime series. As a Santa Monica–based studio that operated as a subsidiary, Luxoflux contributed to the ecosystem of game development studios producing console and licensed content during a period of significant industry growth. The company’s existence, body of work, and eventual dissolution are part of the historical record of U.S. developers that shaped late-90s and early-2000s game catalogs. Its identifiers and archived website provide reference points for research, preservation, and cataloging of video game industry history. ## Notable For - Developing Vigilante 8, a titled product explicitly listed as produced by Luxoflux. - Producing multiple late-1990s vehicle-combat and action titles, including Vigilante 8 (1998) and Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (1999). - Creating licensed and franchise titles such as Star Wars: Demolition (2000) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). - Developing entries in the True Crime series, including True Crime: Streets of LA (2003) and True Crime: New York City (2005). - Being formed and headquartered in Santa Monica, a notable California videogame development location. - Operating as a subsidiary company with a recorded workforce of 80 employees. - Maintaining an online presence (http://www.luxoflux.com) with archived snapshots preserved. ## Body ### History - Luxoflux was founded in 1997. The source material records the company’s inception year as 1997. - The company was formed in Santa Monica, California. Location of formation and headquarters are both given as Santa Monica. - Luxoflux was dissolved in 2010, per the recorded dissolved/abolished date. - During its existence, Luxoflux operated in the video game industry and took the legal form of a subsidiary company. ### Corporate structure and ownership - Legal form: subsidiary company. - Employees: the company had 80 employees as recorded in the source material. - Owned by / parent organization: the sources reference a parent organization entry identified as . The parent_org reference includes an Italian Wikipedia edit URL (https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxoflux&oldid=98605868) as part of the references for that relationship. - Industry: Luxoflux is listed under the video game industry. ### Location and national context - Country of origin and primary country: United States. - City-level presence: Santa Monica, California. The company’s headquarters and location of formation are both recorded as Santa Monica. ### Products and development portfolio - Listed developed/created video game titles attributed to Luxoflux in the source material: - Vigilante 8 (1998). - Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle (1998). - Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (1999). - Star Wars: Demolition (2000). - True Crime: Streets of LA (2003). - True Crime: New York City (2005). - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). - Participation in the True Crime video game series. - Product or material produced: Vigilante 8 is explicitly listed as a product or material produced by the company. ### Identifiers, web presence and metadata - Official website: http://www.luxoflux.com. The site entry is qualified as English and an archived snapshot is recorded at https://web.archive.org/web/20030718162013/http://luxoflux.com/. - Logo: a logo file is provided at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luxoflux.jpg. - freebase_id: /m/035thx (reference provided). - MobyGames company ID: 2145; former scheme id: luxoflux-corp. - ModDB company id: luxoflux-corp. - Golden.com identifier: Luxoflux-4NN6V5 (reference timestamped 2022-09-10; URL: https://golden.com/wiki/Luxoflux-4NN6V5). - lastdodo_area_id: 600737 (metadata record). - Sitelink_count (Wikidata): 12. - Wikipedia title: Luxoflux. - Wikipedia languages where an article exists (as recorded): Arabic (ar), Egyptian Arabic (arz), German (de), English (en), Spanish (es), French (fr), Indonesian (id), Italian (it), Japanese (ja), Portuguese (pt), Russian (ru), Chinese (zh). - Wikidata description: "American video game developer." ### Classification and external references - Instance of: video game developer (classification metadata). - Industry classification: video game industry. - The source material provides multiple references for metadata fields, including archival and external database identifiers. ### Related entities and connections - Video game industry: Luxoflux operated within this economic sector that develops, markets, and sells video games. - Santa Monica: the city is both the location of formation and the headquarters for Luxoflux; Santa Monica is identified as a beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. - United States: country context for Luxoflux’s formation and operation. - Game titles connected to Luxoflux as developer or creator: Vigilante 8; Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense; Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle; Star Wars: Demolition; True Crime: Streets of LA; True Crime: New York City; Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen; and the True Crime series. ### Preservation and archival notes - The company website has an archived copy recorded at https://web.archive.org/web/20030718162013/http://luxoflux.com/. - Multiple external database identifiers (freebase, MobyGames, ModDB, Golden.com, lastdodo_area_id) are available for cross-referencing historical records. ### Summary of lifecycle - Founded: 1997. - Operated as a video game developer and subsidiary company based in Santa Monica, United States. - Developed multiple titles between 1998 and 2009 (as listed). - Recorded as dissolved in 2010. ## References 1. LastDodo 2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013 3. [Source](https://golden.com/wiki/Luxoflux-4NN6V5)