''Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries'' is a
side-scrolling platform
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hack and slash video game
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developed and published by
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independent development studio
GriN Gamestudio. The game was released on 17 March 2015 for
Microsoft Windows.
On 10 August 2015, Wim Wouters, producer at GriN Gamestudio, published an announcement on the studio's website, in which he stated that the studio has closed down and requested bankruptcy, cancelling the development on the game's sequel ''Woolfe Volume 2''. He claims that poor sales and bad reviews put GriN Gamestudio into a massive debt that they could not pay back, as well as leaving them with the inability to provide the backer rewards promised to people who helped fund the game on
Kickstarter.
Following the shut-down, the ''Woolfe'' IP was acquired by
Rebellion Developments on 21 October 2015, willing to deliver the Kickstarter backer rewards.
Gameplay
Plot
Development and release
The game was partially financed by the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (Flanders Audiovisual Funds), which supplied 60,000 €, and the Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen Cultuurinvest (PMV Culture Investment). Additionally, it was funded through a
Kickstarter campaign, with which the developer raised $72,139.
The game initially launched on 17 March 2015 for
Microsoft Windows through
Steam, with the
PlayStation 4 and
Xbox One
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version still in development. The console version were later canceled, leading up to the complete close-down of GriN Gamestudio, and the cancellation of planned sequel ''Woolfe Volume 2'', on 10 August 2015.
On 21 October 2015, it was announced that
Rebellion Developments had obtained the IP to ''Woolfe'', gaining its publishing and development rights. Following the acquisition, they announced that they were going to deliver the backer rewards that were advertised on the game's Kickstarter campaign for those who helped fund the game. The rewards later started being shipped on 4 November 2015.
Reception
''Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries'' was largely met with average to negative reviews from critics, currently holding a score of 55 out of 100 on
Metacritic
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,
and a score of 51.69% on
GameRankings.
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2015 video games
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Works based on Little Red Riding Hood
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