Company Name: Shizmoo Location: Website: www.shizmoo.com

Shizmoo Games makes online multiplayer games for the web and retail. These range from java applets to massively multiplayer games for thousands of players at once. Its first release, Kung Fu Chess, was received to wide critical acclaim, winning multiple awards. It was also picked as the Audience Choice Award winner at the 2002 Independent Games Festival, at the Game Developer's Conference in San Jose. Shizmoo's subsequent releases have continued to be critically acclaimed, and the company now offers a complete catalog of multiplayer web games licensed by some of the web's biggest names.