# Sarbakan

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{{Short description|Canadian video game studio}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2013}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Sarbakan
| logo = File:Logo Square.png
| type = [Subsidiary](/source/Subsidiary)
| industry = [Video games](/source/Video_game_industry)
| foundation = 1998
| hq_location = [Quebec City, Quebec](/source/Quebec_City%2C_Quebec)
| products = 
| num_employees = 60
| parent = [Adrenaline Amusements](/source/Adrenaline_Amusements) (2013–present)
| website = {{URL|https://sarbakanstudio.com/en/}}
}}
'''Sarbakan''' is a Canadian video game studio based in [Quebec City](/source/Quebec_City), [Quebec](/source/Quebec).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Macisaac |first=Jason |date=27 November 2003 |title=Q&A: Sarbakan president Guy Boucher |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/qa-sarbakan-president-guy-boucher/article1169593/ |access-date=23 April 2023 |work=[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail) |language=}}</ref> Ten years after its foundation in 1998 by Guy Boucher, Sarbakan had delivered over 600 games, mostly web-based, and started shifting its focus from flash game development to console digital download gaming.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Takahashi |first=Dean |date=5 August 2009 |title=Sarbakan shifts from work-for-hire to original video games |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/sarbakan-shifts-from-work-for-hire-to-original-video-games/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=[VentureBeat](/source/VentureBeat)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Langley |first=Ryan |date=3 March 2010 |title=Interview: Sarbakan Talks Going XBLA With ''Lazy Raiders'' |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/interview-sarbakan-talks-going-xbla-with-i-lazy-raiders-i- |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=[Game Developer](/source/Game_Developer_(website))}}</ref>

In 2010, Sarbakan began collaborating with [Disney Interactive Studios](/source/Disney_Interactive_Studios) and other studios to make games for [iOS](/source/iOS) and [Android](/source/Android_(operating_system)) platforms. [Where's My Water](/source/Where's_My_Water) won multiple awards including 'Game of the Year' by Pocket Gamer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/product.asp?p=Where%27s+My+Water%3F&i=16853|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007183615/http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/product.asp?p=Where%27s+My+Water%3F&i=16853|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2018|title=Sarbakan in partnership with Disney|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Sarbakan|accessdate=15 January 2013}}</ref> and in 2012 the iPhone "Apple Design Award" during [WWDC](/source/Apple_Worldwide_Developer_Conference). In 2013 the company would be acquired by Adrenaline Amusements.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-05-23|title=Adrenaline Amusements acquires Sarbakan|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/192850/Adrenaline_Amusements_acquires_Sarbakan.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127072343/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/192850/Adrenaline_Amusements_acquires_Sarbakan.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 27, 2013|access-date=2021-06-19|website=[Gamasutra](/source/Gamasutra)}}</ref>

==Games developed & co-developed==

'''2012-2016'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Game
! Publisher
! Platform(s)
! Genre(s)
|-
|[Where's My Water?](/source/Where's_My_Water%3F)
|Disney Mobile
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon
|Puzzle
|-
|[Where's My Perry?](/source/Where's_My_Perry%3F)
|Disney Mobile
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon
|Puzzle
|-
|Lazy Raiders
|[Namco-Bandai](/source/Bandai_Namco_Entertainment)
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon, Nook, Samsung
|Puzzle
|-
|Wreck-it Ralph / Fix-it Felix
|Disney Mobile
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon
|Platformer
|-
|Wreck-it Ralph / Sugar Rush: Sweet Climber
|Disney Mobile
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon
|Endless Climbing
|-
|Wreck-it Ralph / Hero's Duty
|Disney Mobile
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon
|Top Shooter
|-
|Wreck-it Ralph / Turbo Time
|Disney Mobile
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon
|Racing
|-
|Wreck-it Ralph / Flight Command
|Disney Mobile
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon
|Flight simulator
|-
|BlackOut : Bring the color back in the sky
|Adrenaline Amusements
|iOS, Google Play, Samsung, Windows, Windows 8 Phones
|Swipe Action
|-
|Popeye Slots
|[Ludia](/source/Ludia)
|iOS, Google Play
|Slot Machines
|-
|Banzai Blade
|Cartoon Network Games
|iOS
|Swipe Action
|-
|Formula Cartoon
|[Cartoon Network Games](/source/Cartoon_Network_Games)
|iOS
|Racing
|-
|Zombro
|[News Corp](/source/News_Corp)
|iOS, Google Play
|Puzzle
|-
|Playmobil Dragons
|Playmobil
|Google Play, Amazon, Web
|Swipe Action
|-
|B.O.B. Super Freaky Job (Monsters vs Aliens/DreamWorks Animation)
|Adrenaline Amusements
|iOS, Google Play
|Puzzle
|-
|AdvenChewers
|Warner Bros.
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon
|Side Scroller
|-
|GSN Casino- High Stakes Black Jack
|[GSN](/source/GSN_(Game_Show_Network))
|iOS
|Card games
|-
|[Fruit Ninja FX 2 / Halfbrick](/source/Fruit_Ninja)
|Adrenaline Amusements
|Windows
|Swipe Action
|-
|Jetpack Joyride / Halfbrick
|Adrenaline Amusements
|Windows
|Side Scroller
|-
|Skylanders Cloud Patrol/ Activision
|Adrenaline Amusements
|Windows
|Swipe Action
|-
|Tiny Warriors
|[Toonzone](/source/Toonzone)
|iOS (soft-launch)
|Match-3
|-
|Goldfish_Get Gilbert
|Campbell/ Pepperidge Farm
|iOS, Google Play
|Puzzle path to finger
|-
|One button Sports
|Namco-Bandai
|iOS, Google Play
|Sports
|-
|Catch-a-coin /Canadian Mint
|Cossette Ad Agency
|iOS, Google Play
|Swipe Action
|-
|OMG! / National Bank
|Vibrant Ad Agency
|Windows
46inch Multi-Touch Screen
|Trivia
|-
|Monster Factory
|Adrenaline Amusements
|Windows
|Match monsters
|-
|Playmobil Knights
|Playmobil
|iOS, Google Play, Web
|Light RPG
|-
|Playmobil Princess
|Playmobil
|iOS, Google Play, Web
|Light RPG
|-
|Tinymals
|Adrenaline Amusements
|iOS, Amazon Kindle and Fire phone, Windows 8 Phones
|Nurturing
|-
|Olaf's Adventures
|Disney Mobile
|iOS, Amazon
|Adventure
|-
|Playmobil Luxury Mansion
|Playmobil
|iOS, Google Play, Web
|Simulation
|-
|Flying Tickets
|Adrenaline Amusements
|Windows
|Side scroller
|-
|Chesnaught's Spiky Shield
|The Pokémon Company International
|HTML5
|Swipe action
|-
|Floette Float!
|The Pokémon Company International
|HTML5
|Side scroller
|-
|Iron Man: Armored Avenger
|Disney Mobile
|Port to Amazon
|Port
|-
|Mickey Mouse Club House: Wildlife
Count Along
|Disney Mobile
|Port to Amazon
|Port
|-
|Cars 2 World Grand Prix: Read & Race
|Disney Mobile
|Port to Amazon
|Port
|-
|Sofia the first story theater
|Disney Mobile
|Port to Amazon
|Port
|-
|Planes: Storybook Deluxe
|Disney Mobile
|Port to Amazon
|Port
|-
|It's a Small World
|Disney Mobile
|Port to Amazon
|Port
|-
|[Candy Crush Saga](/source/Candy_Crush_Saga)
|Adrenaline Amusements
|Windows
|Match-3
|-
|L’envolée ultime Banque Nationale
|Vibrant Ad Agency
|Windows and iPad
|Side scroller
|-
|Goldfish Finn's Dream
|Campbell/ Pepperidge Farm
|iOS, Google Play, WebGL
|Side-scrolling gravity-based platformer
|-
|Astro Beams
|Warner Bros. / ESC
|Wide screen 10’ x 30’
|Multiplayer and social
|-
|Pink Martini Slot Machines
|[BTV](/source/BTV_(publisher))
|Facebook
|Slot Machines
|-
|Solrock and Lunatones waterfall fun
|The Pokémon Company International
|HTML5
|Endless Climbing
|-
|Inside Out Storybook Deluxe 
|Disney Mobile / Pixar
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon
|Storybook Deluxe & activities
|-
|Palace Pets in Whisker Haven
|[Disney Mobile](/source/Disney_Mobile)
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon 
|Nurture
|-
|Speed-of-Light 
|[Dave & Busters](/source/Dave_%26_Buster's)
|iOS, Google Play
|Tap action
|-
|Goldfish Brooke's Giant Dream
|Campbell/ Pepperidge Farm
|iOS, Google Play, WebGL, trailer
|Side Scroller
|-
|[Crossy Road](/source/Crossy_Road)
|[Adrenaline Amusements](/source/Adrenaline_Amusements)
|Windows Arcade
|Endless Arcade Hopper
|-
|Playmobil Kaboom!
|Playmobil
|iOS, Google Play, Windows Arcade
|Shooting
|-
|Playmobil Children's Hospital
|[Playmobil](/source/Playmobil_Interactive)
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon, Web
|Light RPG
|-
|Blazing Bajirao
|[Eros Digital](/source/Eros_Digital)
|iOS, Google Play, Web
|Side Scroller
|-
|Inkay's Topsy-Turvy World
|[The Pokémon Company International](/source/The_Pok%C3%A9mon_Company_International)
|HTML5
|Side Scroller
|-
|Goldfish XTreme's Hoop Dream
|[Campbell](/source/Campbell_Soup_Company)/ [Pepperidge Farm](/source/Pepperidge_Farm)
|iOS, Google Play, Amazon, WebGL
|Puzzle-Basketball
|-
|Motley Bricks
|[Square Enix](/source/Square_Enix)
|iOS, Google Play
|Puzzle-Basketball
|}
'''2011'''
: Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty (iOS/Android)
: Scene It? - Movie Night (XBLA/PSN)
: iCarly: iSock it to 'Em (iOS)
: Johnny Test (Nintendo DS)
: Dora's Creativity Center (iOS)
'''2010'''
: [Wizards of Waverly Place: Spellbound](/source/Wizards_of_Waverly_Place%3A_Spellbound) (Nintendo DS)
: Little Noir Stories – The Case of the Missing Girl (Downloadable)
: [Lazy Raiders](/source/Lazy_Raiders) (XBLA)
'''2009'''
: Wedding Dash: Ready, Aim, Love! (Downloadable): Star Fever Agency (Social MMO) 
: Dora's Lost and Found Adventure (Downloadable)
: Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey (Nintendo DS)
'''2008'''
: The Game of Life – Path to Success (Downloadable)
: The Game of Life – Classic (Downloadable)
: Monopoly – SpongeBob SquarePants Edition (Downloadable)
: The Game of Life – SpongeBob SquarePants Edition (Downloadable/Retail) 
: Spongebob Squarepants: Invasion of The Lava King (Online)
: Wedding Dash 2 – Rings Around the World (Downloadable/Retail)
: Fitness Dash (Downloadable)
: School House Shuffle (Downloadable)
: Wordmaster (Nintendo DS)
: Horseland (Nintendo DS)
: Huru Humi – Huru High ([Online community](/source/Online_community))
: Slimeball Multiplayer (Downloadable) 
: Scrabble (Downloadable)
: Yahtzee Texas Hold’em (Downloadable)
: NightMares the Adventures (Online)
: Mickey and Friends in Pillow Fight! (Online)
'''2005'''
: Operation Victory (Downloadable)
'''2004'''
: FireChild (Online)
'''2002'''
: Houdini: Master of the Extraordinary (Online)
'''2001'''
: Steppenwolf: The X-Creatures Project (Online episodic game – 24 episodes)
'''1999'''
: Good Night Mr. Snoozleberg (Online episodic game – 8 episodes)
: Arcane – Online Mystery Serial (Online episodic game – 12 episodes)

==References==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://sarbakanstudio.com/en/ Official website]
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Category:Video game development companies
Category:Video game companies established in 1998
Category:1998 establishments in Quebec
Category:Companies based in Quebec City
Category:Video game companies based in Quebec

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