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Two Tribes B.V. is an
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based in
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. Founded in 2001 by Martijn Reuvers and Collin van Ginkel, it develops its own
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and games for franchises. As announced on 10 March 2016, the office closed in September 2016, after the release of '' Rive''. However, Two Tribes continues development of the Nintendo Switch version of ''Rive'', as well as supporting older games.


History

Two Tribes originally specialized in portable games and later developed games for
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s due to the popularity of the Wii and
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. Two Tribes has focused on developing games for Windows and Macintosh, including online distribution. The company started by porting its franchises, '' Toki Tori'' and ''RUSH'', to Windows and Mac OS through Steam and the Mac App Store. The company has started to work with other developers to port their games to other platforms, such as '' Swords & Soldiers'', by Ronimo Games to iOS and ''
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'' by Mobigame to Windows and Macintosh. Two Tribes has worked with major video game companies including Capcom,
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, and
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. In January 2014, Two Tribes B.V. filed for bankruptcy, mainly due to disappointing sales of '' Toki Tori 2''. However, Two Tribes Publishing B.V., which owns and publishes all Two Tribes B.V. games and handles all contracts, remained unaffected. A new daughter company was formed to handle the development of future titles. One working title was ''RE:Wind'', later announced as '' Rive''.


Games

* '' Toki Tori'' ** 2001, Game Boy Color; published by Capcom ** 2003, mobile phone; published by Aim Productions ** 2008,
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** 2009,
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** 2010,
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** 2011,
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/ Android ** 2013,
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** 2015, Nintendo 3DS next to the earlier Game Boy Color version on
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, a new 3D remake was released in November 2015; both published by Two Tribes ** 2018,
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* ''Three Tribes'' (cancelled,
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) * '' Bonk's Return'' (2006, mobile phone; published by Hudson Entertainment) * '' Monkeyball Minigolf'' (2006, mobile phone; published by Sega Mobile) * '' Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties'' (2006, Nintendo DS; published by The Game Factory) * '' Golf Pro Contest 2'' (2007, mobile phone; published by Blaze) * '' SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab'' (2007, mobile phone; published by THQ Wireless) * '' Worms: Open Warfare 2'' (2007, Nintendo DS; published by
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) * '' Rubik's Puzzle World'' (2008, Wii/ Nintendo DS; published by The Game Factory) * '' Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH'' (2009,
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) * '' Frenzic'' (2010,
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) * '' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' (2010,
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) * ''RUSH'' (2010,
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; 2011,
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; 2013,
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) * '' Swap This!'' (2011,
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; 2018
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) * '' Swords & Soldiers'' (2011,
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; 2014,
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) * ''
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'' (2011,
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/ Android; 2013,
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/ Nintendo 3DS) * '' Toki Tori 2'' (2013,
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; 2016, PlayStation 4; 2018,
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) * '' Rive'' (2016,
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/
Macintosh The Mac (known as Macintosh until 1999) is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Macs are known for their ease of use and minimalist designs, and are popular among students, creative professionals, and software en ...
/
Linux Linux ( or ) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, w ...
/ PlayStation 4; 2017,
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References


External links

*{{Official website , http://twotribes.com Video game development companies Video game companies of the Netherlands Video game companies established in 2001 Companies based in Gelderland Dutch companies established in 2001 Harderwijk Privately held companies of the Netherlands