Team6 Game Studios B.V. is a privately-owned Dutch video game developer based in Assen, Netherlands.
Founded in 2001 under a different name, the creative team developed several games. However, in 2003, the founders decided to change the name to Team6 Game Studios B.V. The company currently employs over 35 workers and is headed by Director Ronnie Nelis.
As of 2021, Team6 has developed over 80 games, some of which feature motorsport licenses such as the
National Hot Rod Association
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorspo ...
and
Monster Jam
Monster Jam is a live motorsport event tour operated by Feld Entertainment. The series began in 1992, and is sanctioned under the umbrella of the United States Hot Rod Association. Events are primarily held in North America, with some additional ...
. The studio has been criticized for its generally poor quality of games, such as
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction, which is the 5th worst rated game on Steam, Road Rage, which Metacritic lists as the second-worst game of 2017, and
Taxi Chaos
''Taxi Chaos'' is a 2021 racing video game developed by Team6 Game Studios and released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Playing as a taxi driver, gameplay involves delivering customers to their destinations within a time limit ...
, which Metacritic lists as the fourth-worst game of 2021. Since 2016, the studio has decided to fully focus on mobile and console games. They are currently also working on health and exercise games and VR titles.
History
Team6 Game Studios was founded by Ronnie Nelis in 2001. Ronnie Nelis' first project was a fighting game called Death Compatible, developed for a contest held by the game magazine
PC Zone
''PC Zone'', founded in 1993, was the first magazine dedicated to games for IBM-compatible personal computers to be published in the United Kingdom. Earlier PC magazines such as ''PC Leisure'', ''PC Format'' and ''PC Plus'' had covered games but ...
. Nelis won the first prize in the contest, and as part of the prize, the game was supposed to be released. However, the publisher who was supposed to release it closed its doors shortly after. Despite this setback, Nelis founded Team6 Game Studio
V.O.F.and found a new partner to release their first official title: Taxi Challenge Berlin. In the following years, they specialized in racing games and created numerous titles. They also collaborated with car brands like
Mercedes,
Volkswagen
Volkswagen (),English: , . abbreviated as VW (), is a German Automotive industry, motor vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1937 by the German Labour Front under the Nazi Party and revived into a ...
,
BMW, and
Opel
Opel Automobile GmbH (), usually shortened to Opel, is a German automobile manufacturer which has been a subsidiary of Stellantis since 16 January 2021. It was owned by the American automaker General Motors from 1929 until 2017 and the PSA Grou ...
for several of their games.
Most of their games were initially developed for PC. However, starting in 2009, they expanded their development to include several titles for Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS. The studio's proprietary engine, Engine Six, was one of the first engines to support Nintendo Wii and Nintendo 3DS.
Since 2012, the studio has served as the official developer for the Monster Jam games published by Game Mill and owned by Feld Motorsports. The decision to partner with Team6 was driven by Feld Motorsports' goal to make the franchise more kid-friendly, shifting away from hardcore simulation.
In 2012, the studio developed the world's first official squash video game simulation in collaboration with the
World Squash Federation
The World Squash Federation (WSF) is the international federation for squash, an indoor racket sport which was formerly called "squash rackets". The WSF is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the International Federation (I ...
. The studio also developed a second squash game in 2015 which was officially licensed by the
Professional Squash Association
The Professional Squash Association (PSA) is the governing body for the men's and women's professional squash circuit. The body operates in a similar fashion to the ATP and the WTA for tennis. The PSA's highest professional level, the PSA Wor ...
.
In 2013, Team6 created ''
FlatOut Stuntman'' in collaboration with
Nvidia
Nvidia CorporationOfficially written as NVIDIA and stylized in its logo as VIDIA with the lowercase "n" the same height as the uppercase "VIDIA"; formerly stylized as VIDIA with a large italicized lowercase "n" on products from the mid 1990s to ...
. The Android game was used as a showcase for
Nvidia
Nvidia CorporationOfficially written as NVIDIA and stylized in its logo as VIDIA with the lowercase "n" the same height as the uppercase "VIDIA"; formerly stylized as VIDIA with a large italicized lowercase "n" on products from the mid 1990s to ...
as it supported specific features of the
Tegra
Tegra is a system on a chip (SoC) series developed by Nvidia for mobile devices such as smartphones, personal digital assistants, and mobile Internet devices. The Tegra integrates an ARM architecture central processing unit (CPU), graphics proc ...
mobile processor.
FlatOut Stuntman received an average score of 4.1 out 5, based on over 25,000 votes on
Google Play
Google Play, also known as the Google Play Store and formerly the Android Market, is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google. It serves as the official app store for certified devices running on the Android (operating sys ...
.
Up until 2014, Team6 created most of their titles in their own Engine Six.
In 2014, they started using
Unity
Unity may refer to:
Buildings
* Unity Building, Oregon, Illinois, US; a historic building
* Unity Building (Chicago), Illinois, US; a skyscraper
* Unity Buildings, Liverpool, UK; two buildings in England
* Unity Chapel, Wyoming, Wisconsin, US; a h ...
for their
mobile games
A mobile game, or smartphone game, is a video game that is typically played on a mobile phone. The term also refers to all games that are played on any portable device, including from mobile phone (feature phone or smartphone), tablet, PDA to ...
, and in 2015 they switched to the
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine (UE) is a 3D computer graphics game engine developed by Epic Games, first showcased in the 1998 first-person shooter game ''Unreal''. Initially developed for PC first-person shooters, it has since been used in a variety of genres ...
for their console titles.
Along the way, the studio also started developing mobile games for Android and iOS. Originally their first mobile title was New Kids Nitro Racer, however this was ultimately only released on PC.
In 2014, Team6 partnered up with the health and wellness startup Blue Goji. Together they create interactive fitness games made to play while working out on cardio equipment. Their first title was the iOS game Super Sonic Racers.
In 2016, they together released their first VR title: DinoFense.
Games
2002
*''Taxi Challenge Berlin''
2003
*''Taxi Racer Hong Kong 2''
*''Taxi Racer New York 2''
2004
*''Shanghai Street Racer''
*''Taxi Racer London 2''
2005
*''Taxi 3: eXtreme Rush''
*''Downtown Challenge''
*''
Manhattan Chase''
*''Scooter War3z''
*''Pizza Dude''
2006
*''Glacier''
*''Tesco Ice Racing''
*''Super Taxi Driver 2006''
*''Paris Chase''
2007
*''ESR: European Street Racing''
*''GSR: German Street Racing''
*''Fiat 500''
*''Ultimate Motorcross''
*''X1 Super Boost / F1 Chequered Flag''
2008
*''FSR: French Street Racing''
*''Ultimate Monster Trucks''
*''Mercedes CLC Dream Test Drive''
*''Alpha Zylon''
2009
*''Street Racer Europe''
*''Amsterdam Taxi Madness''
*''Glacier 2''
*''Monster Trucks Mayhem''
2010
*''Battle Metal: Street Riot Control / Highspeed Control: Carbon-Edition''
*''Calvin Tucker's Redneck: Farm Animals Racing Tournament''
*''
FlatOut'' (Wii)
*''Glacier 3: The Meltdown''
*''Speed''
*''Big City Racer''
*''Heavy, The'' (cancelled)
2011
*''Street Racer Europe 2''
*''
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction''
*''Supersonic Racer''
*''Hyper Fighters''
2012
*''WSF Squash''
*''Speed 2''
2013
*''New Kids Nitro Racer''
*''
FlatOut Stuntman''
2014
*''Super Sonic Racers''
*''Engines of War''
*''PSA World Tour Squash''
2015
*''Monster Jam: As Big As It Gets''
*''Monster Jam: Battlegrounds''
*''Battle Waves''
*''Goji Farm''
2016
*''
Monster Jam: Crush It!''
*''DinoFense''
2017
*''
Road Rage
Road rage is aggressive or angry behavior exhibited by motorists. These behaviors include rude and verbal insults, yelling, physical threats or dangerous driving methods targeted at other drivers, pedestrians or cyclists in an effort to intimid ...
''
*''Uphill Rush''
2018
*''
Super Street: The Game''
2019
*''
Street Outlaws: The List''
*''
Super Street Racer''
2021
*''
Taxi Chaos
''Taxi Chaos'' is a 2021 racing video game developed by Team6 Game Studios and released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Playing as a taxi driver, gameplay involves delivering customers to their destinations within a time limit ...
''
*''
Street Outlaws 2: Winner Takes All''
2022
*''NHRA Championship Drag Racing: Speed For All''
2023
*''NASCAR Arcade Rush''
References
External links
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