The 3DO Company (formerly THDO on the
NASDAQ stock exchange), also known as
3DO (short for three-dimensional operating system), was an
American video game company. It was founded in
1991 under the name
SMSG, Inc. (for San Mateo Software Group) by
Electronic Arts founder
Trip Hawkins, in a partnership with seven companies including
LG,
Matsushita (now Panasonic),
AT&T Corporation,
MCA,
Time Warner, and Electronic Arts itself. After 3DO's flagship
video game console, the
3DO Interactive Multiplayer, failed in the marketplace, the company exited the hardware business and became a third-party video game developer. It went bankrupt in 2003 due to poor sales of its games. Its headquarters were in
Redwood City, California in the
San Francisco Bay Area.