Versus Evil, LLC is an American video game publisher founded by former

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marketing director Steve Escalante to focus on the independent video game market. Versus Evil's staff is located in

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, and

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History

On January 14, 2014, Versus Evil launched

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's role-playing strategy game, ''

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,'' which received praise as one of the top indie titles of 2014. Versus Evil continued to spread its distribution throughout the globe by launching ''Dragons and Titans'', a

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game, and the

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version of ''Habitat'', which it expects to launch at retail in 2015. In August 2014 at

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in Cologne, Germany, Versus Evil announced several key developer partnerships including Tangrin Studios based in the Netherlands, who are working on an

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title, ''Kyn'', and SwordTales, a Brazilian indie developer, who are working on their first video game, ''Toren'', a puzzle platform adventure game. Also part of this announcement was the development of a sequel to the third-person action game ''

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'', currently called '' Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma'', being developed by indie developer Redacted Studios. In September 2014, Versus Evil launched their first mobile title by bringing ''The Banner Saga'' to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. On February 8, 2021, the Nintendo Switch port of ''

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'' was abandoned by Versus Evil while still containing significant bugs, with no refunds offered. In November 2021,

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acquired Versus Evil and Red Cerberus.

Games published

References

External links

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