# The Behemoth

> American video game development company

**Wikidata**: [Q3040525](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3040525)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Behemoth)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-behemoth

## Summary
The Behemoth is an American video game development company founded in 2003 that designs and produces video games. It is a privately held business headquartered in San Diego and was founded by Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin.

## Key Facts
- The Behemoth was founded (inception) in 2003.  
- Founders: Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin.  
- Industry: video game industry; instance_of: video game developer.  
- Headquarters: San Diego, United States.  
- Legal form: privately held company.  
- Employees: 9 (point in time: 2008).  
- Primary website (preferred): https://www.thebehemoth.com/ (English).  
- Product or material produced: video game.  
- Presence in game and media databases: GameFAQs company ID 75470; MobyGames company ID 5620; MusicBrainz artist ID bf406abd-548e-47bc-8ec0-edb7fede742c; videogamegeek company ID 11799.  
- Sitlink_count on Wikidata: 14.

## FAQs
### Q: What is The Behemoth?
A: The Behemoth is a privately held American video game developer that creates video games. It was founded in 2003 and is based in San Diego.

### Q: Who founded The Behemoth?
A: The company was founded by Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin.

### Q: Where is The Behemoth located?
A: The Behemoth's headquarters are in San Diego, United States.

### Q: How large is The Behemoth?
A: As of 2008 the company had 9 employees.

## Why It Matters
The Behemoth is a focused participant in the video game industry as a dedicated developer and producer of video game products. Founded by two industry practitioners, Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin, and operating as a privately held company since 2003, it represents a small-studio model within the broader games business. Its registered presence across multiple game and media databases (GameFAQs, MobyGames, MusicBrainz, videogamegeek and others) and a maintained official website indicate ongoing engagement with players, platforms, and archival systems important to game distribution and discovery. For researchers, players, and industry observers, The Behemoth is a verifiable corporate entity characterized by its longevity (established 2003), compact team size (9 employees reported in 2008), and U.S. headquarters in San Diego, making it a concrete example of an independent, privately held video game developer operating within the global video game industry.

## Notable For
- Being founded in 2003 and operating as a privately held video game developer headquartered in San Diego.  
- Founding by Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin, names recorded in its formal profile.  
- Small-studio scale documented by an employee count of 9 (2008).  
- Broad registry across industry and archival databases (GameFAQs, MobyGames, MusicBrainz, videogamegeek, etc.).  
- Maintaining an official English-language website at https://www.thebehemoth.com/.

## Body

### Overview
- The Behemoth is classified as a video game developer and a business.  
- The Wikidata description lists it as an "American video game development company."  
- Product category: video game.

### Founding and Leadership
- Inception year: 2003.  
- Founded by Tom Fulp.  
- Founded by Dan Paladin.

### Location and Legal Form
- Headquarters: San Diego, United States.  
- Legal form: privately held company.

### Size and Workforce
- Employees: 9 (point in time: 2008).

### Industry and Activities
- Operates in the video game industry.  
- Primary activity: production of video games (listed as product_or_material_produced: video game).

### Online Presence and Official Website
- Preferred official website: https://www.thebehemoth.com/ (English).  
- Alternate listed URL: http://www.thebehemoth.com/ (English).

### Identifiers and Database Listings
- Freebase ID: /m/03z9k8.  
- GameFAQs company ID: 75470.  
- MobyGames company ID: 5620 (also listed under a former scheme as "behemoth").  
- MusicBrainz artist ID: bf406abd-548e-47bc-8ec0-edb7fede742c.  
- videogamegeek company ID: 11799.  
- TheGamesDB developer ID: 988; publisher ID: 1290.  
- OGDB company ID: 2536.  
- UVL company ID: 998.  
- LastDodo area ID: 1602635.  
- LaunchBox Games Database developer ID: 1399; publisher ID: 1243.  
- SNESMusic.org company ID: 1282.  
- Media Arts Database ID: C45374.  
- gamesindustry.biz tag ID: companies/the-behemoth.  
- TVTropes page: Creator/TheBehemoth.  
- Wikidata sitelink count: 14.  
- Wikipedia languages listed: ar, arz, ca, commons, en, es, fa, fr, ja, pt.

### Instance and Classification
- Instance_of entries include "video game developer" and business classifications as recorded in structured data.

### Commons and Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons category: The Behemoth.  
- Wikipedia title: The Behemoth.

## References

1. LastDodo
2. MusicBrainz
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. [Source](http://km.aifb.kit.edu/services/crunchbase/)
5. [Source](https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C45374)
6. VideoGameGeek