History
Stellar Stone was founded in Santa Monica, California, in 2000. The company was headquartered in the city, with management offices in Los Angeles and London. The company's developers were stationed offshore in Russia and Ukraine. This allowed Stellar Stone to produce games at the cheap price of at least $US 15,000, compared to costs three to five times higher in price with other European or United States-based developers.
Stellar Stone's first title, Taxi Racer, released exclusively in Europe in 2001, was published by European company Best Buys Interactive; the game's engine was developed by Sergey Titov of TS Group Entertainment, who developed his engine for Stellar Stone in exchange for a substantial portion of the company. The company ceased business in 2006 and the members separated, among them Titov for whom he produced The War Z, another critically panned video game that was removed from Valve Corporation's Steam two days after the release date. Their Internet domain, Stellarstone.com, is no longer active, and is now commercially cybersquatted.
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