 netdevil, owned by gazillion entertainment, was an american developer of massively multiplayer online role-playing games in louisville, colorado. == history == === beginnings === netdevil was founded in 1997 by scott brown, peter grundy and steven williams in louisville, a suburb north of denver, colorado. before forming netdevil, brown, grundy, and williams worked at digital creators, an information technology firm located in boulder, colorado. the three dreamed of being creators of their own digital worlds, and began developing jumpgate, a space-based flight simulator mmo, during their spare evenings and weekends. after a year of part-time work, they quit their jobs and started netdevil, headquartered in the basement of scott brown's home. their first proper office was , sub-leased from friends with another technology company. in an interview with gamedaily, scott brown shared that at one point they had fourteen people packed into one big room.living the dream: netdevil's ten years of independent development  according to the company's website, the name netdevil was chosen as a name because of the "owners' obsession with cool scary things that live in the deep dark waters of the world". all of the company's principals are certified scuba divers, including one certified dive master. === new location === in june 2007, netdevil announced that they'd completed moving into their new location in louisville, colorado, a nearly  office facility which includes a professional sound studio, user testing facility and lego model shop. to celebrate their 10th year anniversary, they hosted a party at their new location.an overview of netdevil's open house and anniversary celebration | ten ton hammer === acquisition by gazillion entertainment === in july 2008, netdevil was purchased by game publisher gazillion entertainment,netdevil now a part of gazillion entertainment though this fact was not 
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