Ludia
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Ludia is a Canadian video game developer and publisher based in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 that specializes in games based on board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...

s and game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...

s for Facebook, iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

 and iPod Touch
IPod Touch
The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...

, Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

, PC, and Wii
Wii
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. The company works with the owners of game show properties such as FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia, Ltd. is the content and production division of Bertelsmann's RTL Group, Europe's second largest TV, radio, and production company...

 and Disney to create video games based on game shows such as The Price Is Right, Family Feud, Press Your Luck and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. In December 2008, Ludia signed a deal with advertising company WildTangent
WildTangent
WildTangent is a Redmond, Washington based game network, privately held in the United States that powers game services for several PC manufacturers including HP, Dell, Toshiba, Gateway, Samsung, Acer and Lenovo...

 to include ads in Ludia's games. In addition to game show properties, Ludia also creates games based on other brands such as Where's Waldo, Hell's Kitchen, The Amazing Race and The Bachelor.

FremantleMedia acquired a majority stake in Ludia in October 2010.

List of games

The following is a list of games developed by Ludia that are currently available.
  • Family Feud
  • Family Feud Decades
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • Press Your Luck
  • The Price is Right (2008)
  • The Price is Right (2010)
  • Where's Waldo?: The Fantastic Journey
    Where's Waldo?: The Fantastic Journey (video game)
    Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey is a video game published by Ubisoft and developed by Ludia based on the book of the same name. It is a puzzle adventure game released for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Microsoft Windows, and the iPhone.-Gameplay:...

  • Where's Waldo?: In Hollywood
  • The Amazing Race
  • The Bachelor: The Videogame
  • Hollywood Squares
  • Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
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