Editing Pi Studios

{{Short description|American video game developer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name       = Pi Studios
| logo       = Pi Studios (logo).png
| type       = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| foundation = [[Plano, Texas]], U.S. (2002)
| defunct    = March 2011
| fate       = Dissolved
| location   = [[Houston, Texas]]
| key_people = Robert Erwin (President)
| industry   = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| homepage   = 
}}

'''Pi Studios''' was a [[video game]] developer [[2002 in video gaming|founded in 2002]] by Robert Erwin, John Faulkenbury, Rob Heironimus, Dan Kramer and Peter Mack whose first commercial work can be found in [[Activision]]'s ''[[Call of Duty: United Offensive]]''.  The company originated in [[Plano, Texas]] and relocated to [[Houston|Houston, Texas]] in January, 2005.

In November, 2005, Pi Studios released ''[[Call of Duty 2: Big Red One]]'' for the [[PlayStation 2]], the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], and the [[GameCube]].  Work on that project was done jointly with Activision's internal studio, [[Treyarch]].  This led to work on ''[[Call of Duty 3]]'' in October 2006, developed jointly with [[Treyarch]].  Pi's work on the [[Call of Duty]] franchise continued with the ''[[Call of Duty 3]] Bravo Map Pack'' (downloadable via [[Xbox Live Arcade]]) followed by ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'', in which they assisted [[Treyarch]] in creating the single player mission "Blowtorch and Corkscrew".

Pi Studios helped develop the ''[[Halo 2 Vista]]'' editing toolset and exclusive multiplayer map content, which was included with the game.

'''Pi Studios''' also developed ''[[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]]'' on [[PlayStation 2]] which was released in the United States on August 31, 2008, and in Europe on September 5, 2008.

Pi Studios is responsible for the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Wii]] versions of ''[[Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band]]'', which shipped December 18, 2007 and June 22, 2008, respectively.  These were developed in conjunction with [[Harmonix]].  Pi Studios also worked with [[Harmonix]] to produce four [[Rock Band Track Packs]] for the [[Wii]] and [[PlayStation 2]].  The two companies' final collaborative effort was on ''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]'' for the ([[Wii]]), released in 2009.
''[[Bomberman Live: Battlefest]]'' for [[Xbox Live Arcade]], released in December 2010.

Pi Studios was developing ''[[Bonk: Brink of Extinction]]'' for release on [[Xbox Live Arcade]], [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Wii]] but it was cancelled.

In March 2011, it was announced that Pi Studios was closed as former employees have now formed a new development team called Category 6 Studios, which currently has around 15 members including co-founder and industry veteran Kenn Hoekstra.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Elliott|first=Phil|date=2011-04-01|title=Pi Studios set for closure - report|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-04-01-pi-studios-set-for-closure-report|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610011322/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-04-01-pi-studios-set-for-closure-report|archive-date=2020-06-10|access-date=2021-06-26|website=GamesIndustry.biz}}</ref>

==Games developed==
*''[[Bonk: Brink of Extinction]]'' (Cancelled)
*''[[Quake III Arena|Quake Arena Arcade]]'' (2010)
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]'' (2010)
*''[[Bomberman Live: Battlefest]]'' (2010)
*''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]'' ([[Wii]]) (2009)
*''[[Wolfenstein (2009 video game)|Wolfenstein]]'' (2009)
*''[[List of Rock Band track packs|Rock Band Classic Rock]]'' ([[PlayStation 2]] / [[PlayStation 3]] / [[Xbox 360]] / [[Wii]]) (2009)
*''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' (2008)
*''[[Rock Band 2]]'' ([[PlayStation 2]]) (2008)
*''[[Rock Band 2]]'' ([[Wii]]) (2008)
*''[[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]]'' ([[PS2]]) (2008)
*''[[List of Rock Band track packs|Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 1]]'' ([[PlayStation 2]] / [[Wii]]) (2008)
*''[[List of Rock Band track packs|Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 2]]'' ([[PlayStation 2]] / [[PlayStation 3]] / [[Xbox 360]] / [[Wii]]) (2008)
*''[[List of Rock Band track packs|Rock Band AC/DC]]'' ([[PlayStation 2]] / [[PlayStation 3]] / [[Xbox 360]] / [[Wii]]) (2008)
*''[[Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band]]'' ([[Wii]]) (2008)
*''[[Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band]]'' ([[PlayStation 2]]) (2007)
*''[[Halo 2]]'' ([[Microsoft Windows|Windows PC]]) (2007)
*''[[Call of Duty 3]]'' (2006)
*''[[Call of Duty 2: Big Red One]]'' (2005)
*''[[Call of Duty: United Offensive]]'' (2004)

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