Runner Duck is a

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headquartered in

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. It was founded by Dave Miller and Jon Wingrove in 2016.

History

Runner Duck was founded in December 2016 as an

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games development studio by former

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, casual and

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game developers Dave Miller and Jon Wingrove. The founders had previously worked on popular games such as '' Race Driver: Grid'', '' Colin McRae: DiRT 2'', and the ''

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'' series. Runner Duck released their first game,

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in October 2017, published by Curve Games. In 2018, Runner Duck won the MCV/Develop Award for "Best New Studio". In March 2019, Curve Games parent company Catalis Group acquired ''Runner Duck'' with the aim of continuing the "crew" franchise with Curve Games as the publisher.

Games developed

References

{{Reflist Video game companies established in 2016 Video game companies of the United Kingdom Video game development companies