Airtight Games was an American independent

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based in Redmond founded in 2004 that was made up of former members of

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and

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, as well as several other studios. The key members included president and creative director Jim Deal, art director Matt Brunner, and co-founder Ed Fries. Their first title was the 2010 action game ''

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'', published by

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and released for

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and

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platforms. In 2012 they released a puzzle-platform game with

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as publisher, titled ''

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''. They followed this up with two mobile games for

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in 2012 and 2013, and ''

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'', a hybrid

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/rhythm game developed as an exclusive title for the short-lived

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console and released in 2014. In June 2014 they released the adventure-mystery game '' Murdered: Soul Suspect'', published by Square Enix and released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3,

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, Xbox 360 and

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. Earlier that year the studio had laid off 14 employees, and its creative director Kim Swift joining

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. ''Murdered: Soul Suspect'' received an average reception upon release. A month later Airtight Games closed in July 2014.

Company overview

Airtight Games was formed in 2004 by a group of industry veterans and the core team that shipped the

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title '' Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge''. Airtight Games has been working with publishers and industry leaders on contracts and publishing deals. With backgrounds in the game, film, television and comic book industries, Airtight Games' team claims ship credit on over fifty different titles and decades of combined industry experience.

Games developed

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