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'''Digital Praise''' was an American [[Christianity|Christian]]-themed [[video game]] developer. It has produced ''[[Dance Praise]]'',<ref name="NYTimes"/> ''[[Guitar Praise]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/for-christians-who-want-to-rock-guitar-praise-salutes-you |title=For Christians Who Want to Rock, 'Guitar Praise' Salutes You |last=Bonisteel |first=Sara |date=August 28, 2008 |work=[[Fox News]] |access-date=March 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304163007/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,412541,00.html |archive-date=March 4, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Adventures in Odyssey#Computer games|Adventures in Odyssey]]'',<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/technology/02sbiz.html |title=Praise the Lord and Pass the Joystick |last=Cummings |first=Betsy |date=March 2, 2006 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=March 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518022934/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/technology/02sbiz.html |archive-date=May 18, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Light Rangers: Mending the Maniac Madness,<ref name="CR merge">{{cite news |last1=Tiansay |first1=Eric |title=Christian video game companies merge |url=https://www.christianretailing.com/index.php/newsletter/latest/20909-christian-video-game-companies-merge |access-date=May 3, 2023 |publisher=Christian Retailing |date=February 25, 2010}}</ref> ''[[VeggieTales]]''{{'}} ''Dance, Dance, Dance'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15944340_ITM |title=Big Idea, Digital Praise Team to Bring New VeggieTales Dance Arcade Game to Kids |date=July 13, 2009 |work=[[Business Wire]] |accessdate=March 5, 2009}}</ref> and other video games.

It won the [[Addy Award]]s for "Mixed Media (Cross Platform)
Campaign" in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS176577+01-Apr-2008+PRN20080401 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909114107/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS176577+01-Apr-2008+PRN20080401 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |title=Greater San Francisco Ad Club Awards Silver ADDY to Digital Praise |date=April 1, 2008 |work=[[Reuters]] |accessdate=March 5, 2009}}</ref> It intended to merge with [[Inspired Media Entertainment]] (formerly Left Behind Games),<ref name="CR merge"></ref> which closed in 2011. At the time of the merger's announcement, Digital Praise was the largest private Christian game developer in the global market.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schmit |first1=Erika |title=Two Largest Christian Video Game Companies, Left Behind Games and Digital Praise, Announce Merger |url=http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/1111913137.html |access-date=May 3, 2023 |publisher=Christian News Wire}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=LEFT BEHIND GAMES : Two Largest Christian Video Game Companies, Left Behind Games and Digital Praise, Announce Merger |url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/LEFT-BEHIND-GAMES-INC-179272/news/LEFT-BEHIND-GAMES-Two-Largest-Christian-Video-Game-Companies-Left-Behind-Games-and-Digital-Praise-13330502/ |access-date=May 3, 2023 |agency=PRNewswire |publisher=MarketScreener |date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> The merger never occurred, however, and the deal was lost due to Left Behind Games reneging their end of the contract.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/two-largest-christian-video-game-companies-left-behind-games-and-digital-praise-announce-merger-85185662.html |title=Two Largest Christian Video Game Companies, Left Behind Games and Digital Praise, Announce Merger |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228005638/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/two-largest-christian-video-game-companies-left-behind-games-and-digital-praise-announce-merger-85185662.html |archive-date=February 28, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2013-198#.UkMg7GSbhCt|title=SEC.gov {{!}} SEC Charges CEO of Video Game Company and Purported Consultant in Revenue Inflation Scheme|website=www.sec.gov|language=en|access-date=August 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816130000/https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2013-198#.UkMg7GSbhCt|archive-date=August 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.digitalpraise.com/}}

{{Digital Praise}}

[[Category:Companies based in Alameda, California]]
[[Category:Christian video games]]
[[Category:Newark, California]]
[[Category:Defunct video game companies of the United States]]
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