The 3DO Company

3DO Company develops and publishes CD-based entertainment software for personal computers and advanced game system consoles.

The 3DO Company develops and publishes CD-based entertainment software for personal computers and advanced game system consoles, such as Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color for Nintendo of America and PlayStation and PlayStation2 for Sony Computer Entertainment. 3DO's popular game brands include Army Men; BattleTanx; Heroes of Might and Magic; High Heat Baseball; and Vegas Games. The company also offers the ''Meridian 59'' series for play over the Internet by subscription. 3DO was founded in 1991 under the name SMSG, Inc. (for San Mateo Software Group) by Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins in a partnership with seven companies, including LG, Matsushita (now Panasonic), AT&T Corporation, MCA, Time Warner and Electronic Arts. After 3DO's flagship video game console the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer failed in the marketplace, the company exited the hardware business and became a third-party video game developer. It went bankrupt in 2003 due to poor sales of its games.