amaze

1 affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" [syn: astonish, astound]

2 be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪz

Etymology

amasian, (a- + masian), see to maze

Verb

(transitive or intransitive)

1. To astonish, astound, surprise or perplex someone.

   He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.

2. To cause astonishment, surprise or mystery.

Related terms

• amazing
• amazement

Translations

• French: stupéfier
• Hebrew: להדהים (le'hadhim)
• Japanese: 驚かす (odorokasu)
• Portuguese: assombrar, espantar (1), surpreender (2)
• Spanish: pasmar, sorprender

Amaze Entertainment is a video game developer for several video game platforms, with headquarters located in Kirkland, Washington. Amaze has acquired many smaller studios, and it was announced on November 14th, 2006 that Amaze itself was acquired by Foundation 9.

Subsidiaries, divisions and affiliates

Amaze Entertainment's current studios include:

• Griptonite Games - Kirkland, WA
• KnowWonder Digital Mediaworks - Kirkland, WA
• The Fizz Factor - Austin, TX
• Monsoon - Kirkland, WA

Former studios include Adrenium Games and Black Ship Games (now folded into the Monsoon name).

Games

Amaze Entertainment is widely known for developing games based on blockbuster movie licenses, including:

• Star Wars
• The Lord of the Rings
• Harry Potter
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• Shrek
• Spider Man
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Over the Hedge
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Eragon

Other well-known media franchises Amaze Entertainment has worked on include:

• Spyro the Dragon
• Crash Bandicoot
• Call of Duty
• The Sims
• Bionicle
• Digimon
• Samurai Jack

External links

• Official Website
• Gamespot.com covers news of acquisition
• Foundation 9 press release

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