Humongous Entertainment: History and Key Facts

Humongous, Inc. (formerly Humongous Entertainment, Inc.) was an American video game developer based in Bothell, Washington. Founded in 1992, the company developed multiple edutainment franchises, most prominently Putt-Putt, Freddi Fish, Pajama Sam, Spy Fox, and Backyard Sports, which, combined, sold over 15 million copies and earned more than 400 awards of excellence.

Humongous Entertainment was acquired by GT Interactive (later renamed Infogrames, Inc., then Atari, Inc.) in July 1996. By October 2000, sales of Humongous games had surpassed 16 million copies. GT, which had by that point became Atari, Inc. sold the Humongous business to its parent company, Infogrames (later renamed Atari SA), in August 2005. Atari transitioned the label to a new company, Humongous, Inc., which continued publishing games under the Humongous label until 2013. That year, the company faced bankruptcy and its assets were sold to Tommo, who re-released some of its games on digital distribution channels using the Humongous Entertainment brand name.

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