''Signal Studios'' is a developer of both

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and interactive software applications. The studio was founded by industry veterans, with experience working at some of the world's top studios and publishers, combining many years of knowledge across all disciplines of the games industry. Signal is best known for their hit game, ''

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'', one of the top 10 best-selling

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games of all time. As part of the ''Toy Soldiers'' franchise, they have also released '' Toy Soldiers: Cold War'' and a number of DLCs for both titles. At E3 2012, the studio announced their first action RPG, '' Ascend: Hand of Kul''. The studio is currently located in

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with over 40 employees.

History

In January 2008, Signal Studios was founded in

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by 3 individuals. Their first office was a house along the banks of the

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. In 2010, Signal relocated to a larger office building on the North Creek of Bothell. In 2012, the company moved to

, to reside in the offices of the now defunct Sandblast Games.

Games

Signal has released several games, as well as additional

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(DLC), for both

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(

) and

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. 2010 * ''

'' (Xbox 360 + PC) ** Kaiser's Battle DLC ** Invasion DLC 2011 * '' Toy Soldiers: Cold War'' (Xbox 360) - ''featured in XBLA's

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2011'' ** Evil Empire DLC ** Napalm DLC 2013 * '' Ascend: Hand of Kul'' * ''Toy Soldiers: Complete'' 2015 * '' Toy Soldiers: War Chest'' (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) 2021 * ''Toy Soldiers HD'' (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) TBA * ''Toy Soldiers: Cold War HD'' (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) * ''Toy Soldiers 2: Finest Hour'' (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)

Technology

Signal Studios uses an engine that was specifically designed for the development of multi-platform 3D games and simulations, called SigEngine. This suite of tools and features includes a clean object-oriented code base, a level design and entity creation tool (SigEd), modeling package plugins, shader and material editors (SigShade and MatEd), and an animation engine with a powerful script interface (SigAnim).

References

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