Editing TKO Software (section)

{{short description|American video game developer (2002–2005)}}
'''TKO Software''' was a [[video game developer]] founded in 2002 in [[Santa Cruz, California]], [[United States]] by Jacob Hawley and Michael Songy.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.mobygames.com/company/tko-software/history
 | title = TKO Software Historical Events
}}</ref>

TKO Software created ''[[Medal of Honor: Allied Assault|Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Breakthrough]]'' (2003) and the multiplayer portion of ''[[Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault]]'' (2004), both for [[Electronic Arts]]. The company created content for EA's ''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]'', and multiple mobile and handheld titles, including ''[[The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey#Shadowkey|The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey]]'' for Nokia's [[N-Gage (device)|N-Gage]] and mobile versions of ''[[Tenchu]]'', ''[[X-Men 2: Battle]]'', ''[[Gauntlet (arcade game)|Gauntlet]]'' and an adventure game based on the movie ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''.<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/tko-software/ TKO Software game credits] from [[MobyGames]]</ref>

The company was working on video games based upon the 2005 film ''[[Sahara (2005 movie)|Sahara]]'', and upon ''[[Logan's Run (film)|Logan's Run]]''.

In 2004, TKO Software sold back the multiplayer rights of ''[[Ashen Empires]]'' to refocus on its core business.<ref>{{cite news
 | first= Jennifer
 | last= Pittman
 | url= http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2004/December/04/biz/stories/01biz.htm
 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070811171215/http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2004/December/04/biz/stories/01biz.htm
 | archivedate = 2007-08-11
 | title= Santa Cruz-based TKO sells multiplayer game back to developers
 | publisher= Santa Cruz Sentinel
 | date= 2004-12-04
 | accessdate= 2006-03-09
}}</ref>

In January 2005 TKO Software shut down its [[personal computer|PC]] and [[console game]]s development studio, located in Santa Cruz, leading to the loss of around 60 jobs. The rest of the company's studios closed down shortly afterwards in August 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=IGN: TKO Software|url=http://uk.games.ign.com/objects/570/570141.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103091012/http://uk.games.ign.com/objects/570/570141.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|accessdate=29 August 2012}}</ref>