Psyonix LLC is an American

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based in

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. Founded in 2000 by Dave Hagewood, the company is best known for its 2015 game ''

Rocket League ''Rocket League'' is a vehicular soccer video game developed and published by Psyonix. The game was first released for Windows and PlayStation 4 in July 2015, with ports for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch being released later on. In June ...

''. In May 2019, Psyonix was acquired by

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History

Psyonix was founded in 2000 by Dave Hagewood, after Hagewood had previously developed Internet and multimedia software. Its first game project was ''Proteus'', which was canceled. In December 2009, Psyonix and its entire team moved from

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, to new offices located close to the

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in San Diego. The company released '' Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars'' and '' Monster Madness: Grave Danger'' in 2008, and continued on other projects including contract work for several big-budget titles. The company then worked on ''Battle-Cars'' successor, ''

'', which became a commercial success for the company, grossing over as of April 2016. The success of ''Rocket League'' caused the company to adjust its business models, whereby the company would focus on developing their own original games instead of accepting more contract work. Psyonix announced in May 2019 that they had been acquired by

. Psyonix already had a working relationship with Epic from their work on ''

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'' games, and anticipated the move would help them to better support ''Rocket League'' esports competitions. As a result of the purchase Rocket League was removed from sale on its original distribution service

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Games developed

Canceled

* ''Proteus'' * ''Vampire Hunter: The Dark Prophecy'' * ''

Nosgoth ''Nosgoth'' was a free-to-play multiplayer action game, developed by Psyonix and published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows through digital distribution. It was a spin-off from the ''Legacy of Kain'' series of action-adventure games, and too ...

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