CreativeForge Games S.A. is a Polish

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based in

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. Founded in 2011 by Jakub Rozenek and Łukasz Żarnowiecki, the company developed ''Ancient Space'', ''

Hard West ''Hard West'' is a turn-based tactical game developed by CreativeForge Games and published by Gambitious Digital Entertainment. It was released digitally on November 18, 2015, for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux, and was released for the ...

'', and ''

Phantom Doctrine ''Phantom Doctrine'' is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Polish studio CreativeForge Games and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment in 2018. It is inspired by classic spy films and conspiracy theories. Plot Set in 1983, ''Phanto ...

'', with ''

Hard West 2 ''Hard West 2'' is a 2022 tactical role-playing game developed by Ice Code Games and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment for Windows. It is the sequel to ''Hard West''. Gameplay Players control an outlaw, Gin Carter, in a Weird West set ...

'' and '' Aircraft Carrier Survival'' in development. CreativeForge is listed on the

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stock exchange with 47.81% owned by PlayWay.

History

CreativeForge Games was founded in

on 21 November 2011 by Jakub Rozenek and Łukasz Żarnowiecki under an investment agreement with the publisher PlayWay. The studio's debut game was ''Ancient Space'', a

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game published by

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in September 2014. PlayWay bought out Rozenek's shares in CreativeForge in December 2014. A second game, the Western-themed

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game ''

'', was

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through the website

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; the campaign ended in September 2014 with out of raised. The game was released by

Gambitious Digital Entertainment Good Shepherd Entertainment (formerly Gambitious Digital Entertainment) is a Dutch video game publisher based in Amsterdam. The company was founded in 2011 and opened its equity crowdfunding platform in September 2012. Gambitious' publishing la ...

in November 2015. CreativeForge continued working with Gambitious (later renamed Good Shepherd Entertainment) on its ''

'', a turn-based tactics game set in an

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1983

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setting that was released in August 2018. Within three months, the game had sold 100,000 copies. However, the game was met with a poor critical reception and had a low sales performance, as a result of which Żarnowiecki resigned as

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(CEO) of the company and was interim-replaced by former lead designer Kacper Szymczak in October 2018. Szymczak subsequently resigned himself and left the company in January 2019 because he felt as though the role of CEO was more of a puppet for the company's shareholders. Additionally, 29 of CreativeForge's previously 40 staff left the company. In light of the announcement of these resignations, CreativeForge's share value on the

stock exchange fell by roughly 12%. At the time, PlayWay owned 47.81% of these shares. Piotr Karbowski assumed the role of CEO in February. Some former CreativeForge employees established the studio Artificer, which was majority-acquired by Good Shepherd in April 2019. As of February 2019, CreativeForge is working on two games: ''

'' is in development by an external team, with CreativeForge issuing the licence and publishing the game in exchange for 50% of its sales revenue, while '' Aircraft Carrier Survival'' is being developed internally, having finished pre-production.

Games

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.creativeforge.pl/ Polish companies established in 2011 Video game companies established in 2011 Video game companies of Poland Video game development companies Companies based in Warsaw Companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange