

After an 8-month period of creating demos for Fox Interactive, a deal was struck in August 2000, and Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza was officially under production. was officially founded in early 2000 by Bullock, Ekman, and Holtslander, with an initial infusion of private funding. The three used this event as a catalyst to pursue their dreams of starting a new development studio and turning Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza into a full product for the PC platform. After working together for a few months, the team received a letter from Fox Interactive requiring all work on the mod cease and desist.

In the Autumn of 1999, three entrepreneurs - Bullock, Ekman, and Jason Holtslander - set out to create a Half-Life mod called Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza (DH:NP). On 25 November 2020, Piranha Games entered into an agreement to be acquired by Enad Global 7. Piranha Games is one of the oldest game developers in the Greater Vancouver area and was housed in the International Village Mall in the Chinatown area until their relocation to their current Burnaby headquarters. The company was founded by Russ Bullock, President and Executive Producer, and Bryan Ekman, VP and Creative Director. is a Canadian video game developer based in Burnaby, British Columbia.
