Iron Lore Entertainment was a

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that was founded in October 2000 by Brian Sullivan and Paul Chieffo. In late June 2006, the company released ''

Titan Quest ''Titan Quest'' is an action role playing hack and slash video game developed by Iron Lore Entertainment for Microsoft Windows. It was published by THQ in 2006. It was released on Steam in 2007, and later ported to mobile devices by DotEmu an ...

'', an

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for

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. ''Titan Quest'' is set in ancient

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, and makes use of the mythology of those civilizations. The company released an expansion pack, '' Titan Quest: Immortal Throne'', in March 2007. Iron Lore received the New Studio award at the 7th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement of a studio whose first title was released in 2006. It was announced in the October 2007 issue of Games for Windows Magazine that Iron Lore Entertainment was assisting with the development of the

Relic Entertainment Relic Entertainment Inc. (formerly known as THQ Canada Inc.) is a Canadian video game developer based in Vancouver, founded in 1997. The studio specializes in real-time strategy games and is known for series such as ''Homeworld'', '' Warhammer 40 ...

title '' Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm'', which was the third and final expansion for ''

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''. It proved to be their last project. On February 27, 2008, it was announced that Iron Lore Entertainment had closed down owing to an inability to secure funding for its next project.Iron Lore Closure Announcement - IGN
/ref> Following the closure, former members of Iron Lore formed a new company called

Crate Entertainment Crate Entertainment is an American independent video game developer based in Massachusetts. The company was publicly announced on February 18, 2008 by former members of Iron Lore Entertainment. History Following Iron Lore Entertainment's failu ...

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