Double Helix Games was an American video game developer based in Irvine, California, founded in October 2007 through the merger of The Collective and Shiny Entertainment, two studios owned by Foundation 9 Entertainment.

Shiny had been acquired by Foundation 9 in October 2006 under the terms that it would co-locate with the already owned The Collective.

[1] On October 9, 2007, it was announced that both studios had relocated to new 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) offices in Irvine, California, and were being merged, expected to not result in any job losses.

[2] The amalgam, led by Michael Persson, received the name "Double Helix Games" in March 2008.

[3] In July 2009, as part of a round of consolidations within Foundation 9, Double Helix suffered an undisclosed number of staff cuts.