Digital Reality Software Kft. (formerly Amnesty Design) was a Hungarian
video game developer
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based in
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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. It was founded in 1991 as Amnesty Design, and started to work on their upcoming title, ''
Reunion
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'', which would be released in 1994 by
Grandslam Video, for
Amiga
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and
MS-DOS
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. In 1997, leading up to the release of ''
Imperium Galactica'', the company changed its name to Digital Reality. In the following decade, games like ''
Haegemonia: Legions of Iron'', ''
Platoon
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'', ''
SkyDrift'' and ''
Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps'' were produced, all to positive reception.
In 2006, Digital Reality opened a subsidiary studio, Whiz Software, in cooperation with
CDV Software
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, and in 2011, they spun off a
digital distribution
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subsidiary, Digital Reality Publishing. Digital Reality silently shut down in 2013. In February 2016, Austrian publisher
Nordic Games
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acquired a range of
intellectual properties
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formerly under the Digital Reality banner, withunder also ''
Black Knight Sword'', ''Imperium Galactica'' and ''
Sine Mora
is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Digital Reality and Grasshopper Manufacture for the Xbox 360, Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and iOS. It was released on March 21, 2012, for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade, on November 20, 20 ...
''.
Games developed
References
Defunct video game companies of Hungary
Video game companies established in 1991
Video game companies disestablished in 2013
Video game development companies
1991 establishments in Hungary
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