The company was founded in December 1997 as Don Traeger Productions Inc. (with the trade name DT Productions) by Don Traeger (founder of EA Sports and BMG Interactive) and Dennis Harper (former executive of Atari Games). The company initially signed a deal with Sony Computer Entertainment to produce titles for PlayStation, the first of which was an action sports title. Months later, it inked a deal with THQ to develop Road Rash and Nuclear Strike for the Nintendo 64. The company was acquired by THQ in 1999 for a total of $13 million. The studio was renamed to Locomotive Games in April 2005. The company was closed by THQ in 2008.