Epicenter Studios, headquartered in Southern California, was founded in March 2007 by talent from, among other titles, the commercially successful, critically acclaimed Call of Duty franchise. Epicenter has numerous games in development including the studio owned IP Real Heroes: Firefighter set for retail release on the Nintendo Wii console in the spring ‘09. In addition to the main console division Epicenter's handheld department has Multiple unannounced Nintendo DS titles in development.