Relic Entertainment
Relic was started in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada by Alex Garden and Luke Moloney in 1997. Their first title, "Homeworld", was released on September 28, 1999 to critical acclaim and successful sales. Though they did not immediately continue working on the franchise (Sierra Entertainment, the game's publisher, owned the rights), the game did have a spin-off, "", developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by Sierra.
Legend Entertainment
By 1994 games like "Xanth" and "Eric the Unready" gave Legend a reputation for comedy adventures. The company was acquired by GT Interactive in 1998 and began changing their focus to action games. They developed a first-person shooter based on Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" and finished the development of the second part in the Unreal series in 2002. Late in 2003, they released a free expansion for "", known as XMP ("eXpanded MultiPlayer"). In 1999, GT Interactive was purchased outright by Infogrames, who later acquired and rebranded themselves as Atari.