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Starbreeze Studios Games
Starbreeze AB is a Swedish video game developer and publisher based in Stockholm. The studios's notable games developed include '' The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay'', ''Payday 2'' and '' Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons''. Founded by members of the demogroup Triton, the company was merged with O3 Games in 2001 and the parent group was renamed to Starbreeze in late 2002. The company produced titles including ''Enclave'' and '' Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade''. In the early 2000s, cancellations of their projects due to conflicts with publishers and a failed acquisition led to a severe financial crisis, resulting in staff lay-offs during the development of Starbreeze's fourth game, ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay''. This game received critical acclaim and helped Starbreeze establish a reputation for producing high-quality games. The company worked on '' The Darkness'', whose sales were considered satisfactory. Starbreeze partnered with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of share capital, stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (listing (finance), listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not (unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are ''private'' enterprises in the ''private'' sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets. Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states and so have associations and formal designations, which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation, though a corporation need not be a public company. In the United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enclave (video Game)
''Enclave'' is an action role-playing game developed by Starbreeze Studios and released for the Xbox in July 2002. Set in a medieval fantasy realm, players can choose to take on the role of either a "Warrior of Light" or a "Minion of Darkness", complete with separate and unique missions reflecting the nature of that decision. A Microsoft Windows port was released in March 2003. A GameCube version was also in development but was eventually cancelled in early 2003. A Wii port, titled ''Enclave: Shadows of Twilight'', was originally slated for the middle of June 2010, and was released in Europe on May 22, 2012. On October 4, 2013, the game was re-released on Steam and GOG.com and made available on OS X and Linux platforms. A remaster published by Ziggurat Interactive titled ''Enclave HD'' was released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on June 29, 2023. Gameplay ''Enclave'' is a third-person action role-playing game mixing puzzles, shooting, sword fights and more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triton (demo Group)
Triton (TRN) was a demogroup active in the PC demoscene from 1992 to about 1996. History Triton's first demo, ''Crystal Dream'', was released in the summer of 1992 and won the PC demo competition at the Hackerence V demo party. Their second and last demo, ''Crystal Dream 2'', was released in June 1993 and won the demo competition at The Computer Crossroads 1993 party in Gothenburg. It featured complex 3D scenes and demo effects such as vector slime. In 1993 they released a multi-channel MOD composer called Fast Tracker, followed by the XM module composer Fast Tracker 2 in 1994. Triton created a commercial demo for Gravis Ultrasound cards. Most of their work was done using a combination of x86 assembler and Pascal using either Turbo Pascal Turbo Pascal is a software development system that includes a compiler and an integrated development environment (IDE) for the programming language Pascal (programming language), Pascal running on the operating systems CP/M, CP/M-8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demoscene
The demoscene () is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off computer programming, programming, visual art, and musical skills. Demos and other demoscene productions (graphics, music, videos, games) are shared, voted on and released online at festivals known as Demoscene#Parties, demoparties. The scene started with the home computer revolution of the early 1980s, and the subsequent advent of software cracking. Crackers altered the code of computer games to remove copy protection, claiming credit by adding introduction screens of their own ("crack intro, cracktros"). They soon started competing for the best visual presentation of these additions. Through the making of intros and stand-alone demos, a new community eventually evolved, independent of the gaming and Warez scene, software sharing scenes. Demos are informa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restructuring
Restructuring or Reframing is the corporate management term for the act of reorganizing the legal, ownership, operational, or other structures of a company for the purpose of making it more profitable, or better organized for its present needs. Other reasons for restructuring include a change of ownership or ownership structure, demerger, or a response to a crisis or major change in the business such as bankruptcy, repositioning, or buyout. Restructuring may also be described as corporate restructuring, debt restructuring and financial restructuring. Executives involved in restructuring often hire financial and legal advisors to assist in the transaction's details and negotiations. It may also be done by a newly-hired CEO specifically to make the difficult and controversial decisions, required to save or reposition the company. It generally involves financing debt, selling portions of the company to investors, and reorganizing or reducing operations. The basic nature of restr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Development Hell
Development hell, also known as development purgatory or development limbo, is media and software industry jargon for a project, concept, or idea that remains in a stage of early development for a long time because of legal, technical, or artistic challenges. A work may move between many sets of artistic leadership, crews, scripts, game engines, or studios. (The related terms production hell and production limbo refer to situations in which a film has begun production but has remained unfinished for a long time without progressing to post-production.) Some projects enter development hell because they were initially designed with ambitious goals, the difficulty of meeting those goals was underestimated, and attempts to meet those goals have repeatedly failed. The term is also applied more generally to describe any project that has unexpectedly stalled in the planning or design phase, has failed to meet its originally expected date of completion, and is languishing in those phases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skybound Entertainment
Skybound Entertainment is an American multiplatform entertainment company founded by Robert Kirkman and David Alpert. It operates in concert with Image Comics. History Skybound Entertainment is the company behind the long-running comic series, ''The Walking Dead (comic book), The Walking Dead'', created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore (artist), Tony Moore. Since the company’s founding in 2010, Skybound has developed properties in traditional and new media, including comics, gaming, television, film, and digital media series. The company has since launched into the virtual reality space, and in 2017, created an in-house digital studio for online content. Subsidiaries In 2016, Skybound Entertainment expanded internationally with the opening of Skybound North in Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver, led by former Lucasfilm Animation executive Catherine Winder. In April 2018, Skybound created Skybound Games to publish indie games and license video games based on its intellectu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overkill's The Walking Dead
''Overkill's The Walking Dead'' is a first-person shooter developed by Overkill Software and published by Starbreeze Studios and 505 Games. The title, based on the comics of '' The Walking Dead'', has a strong emphasis on cooperative gameplay. The game was released worldwide for Windows in November 2018. On 26 February 2019, Skybound Entertainment terminated their contract with Starbreeze Studios, leading to the discontinuation of all efforts on the game, including cancellation of efforts to bring the game to consoles. Critical reception of the game was mixed, and it was a commercial failure. Gameplay ''Overkill's The Walking Dead'' is a first-person shooter with an emphasis on cooperative gameplay. The game features four characters, namely Maya, Aidan, Grant, and Heather. Each has their own unique skills and abilities, and players must work together in order to complete their objectives. Set in Washington D.C., a post-apocalyptic environment which was overran by zombies, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtual Reality
Virtual reality (VR) is a Simulation, simulated experience that employs 3D near-eye displays and pose tracking to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), education (such as medical, safety, or military training) and business (such as virtual meetings). VR is one of the key technologies in the Reality–virtuality continuum, reality-virtuality continuum. As such, it is different from other digital visualization solutions, such as augmented virtuality and augmented reality. Currently, standard virtual reality systems use either virtual reality headsets or multi-projected environments to generate some realistic images, sounds, and other sensations that simulate a user's physical presence in a virtual environment. A person using virtual reality equipment is able to look around the artificial world, move around in it, and interact with virtual features or items. The effect is commonly creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MachineGames
MachineGames Sweden AB is a Swedish video game developer based in Uppsala. The studio was founded in 2009 by seven former employees of Starbreeze Studios, including founder Magnus Högdahl. After unsuccessfully pitching game ideas to several publishers, MachineGames agreed with Bethesda Softworks to develop an entry in the '' Wolfenstein'' series in July 2010 and was acquired by Bethesda's parent company, ZeniMax Media, in November. In the ''Wolfenstein'' series, MachineGames developed '' The New Order'' (2014), '' The Old Blood'' (2015), ''The New Colossus'' (2017), '' Youngblood'' (2019), and '' Cyberpilot'' (2019). The studio also developed '' Indiana Jones and the Great Circle'' (2024) and is developing another ''Wolfenstein'' game. History MachineGames' founding team—consisting of Kjell Emanuelsson, Jerk Gustafsson, Magnus Högdahl, Jim Kjellin, Fredrik Ljungdahl, Jens Matthies, and Michael Wynne—was previously employed by Swedish video game company Starbreeze Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syndicate (series)
''Syndicate'' is a series of science fiction video games created by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts. There are two main titles: ''Syndicate'' (1993) and '' Syndicate Wars'' (1996), both of which are isometric real-time tactics games. An additional first-person shooter ''Syndicate'' title was released in 2012, and a spiritual successor to the series (returning to the real-time tactics format), entitled '' Satellite Reign'', was released in 2015. Games ''Syndicate'' (1993) ''Syndicate'', the first game in the series, was first released for PC and Amiga in June 1993, with later releases on other platforms including Sega Genesis, SNES, Atari Jaguar, and PlayStation Portable. In 2015, the game was made available for free on Electronic Arts' Origin platform, however it now costs £4.25 (As of 20JUN19). An expansion pack, titled '' Syndicate: American Revolt'', was also released for PC and Amiga in 1993. Special edition, titled '' Syndicate Plus'', include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syndicate (2012 Video Game)
''Syndicate'' is a 2012 first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed by Starbreeze Studios and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released for PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Windows, and Xbox 360 in February 2012. ''Syndicate'' (2012) is a Video game remake, reboot of the ''Syndicate (series), Syndicate'' series of real-time tactics games developed by Bullfrog Productions. Set in the year 2069, the narrative revolves around Miles Kilo, a EuroCorp agent who must eliminate important personnel from rival corporations; in the process, he discovers the evil, secret practice used by EuroCorp to recruit agents. The game features a large variety of weapons; from standard pistols to futuristic guns. Kilo is implanted with a Integrated circuit, computer chip that allows him to access the dataverse and can use hacker (programmer subculture), hacking to defeat enemies and solve environmental puzzles. Pre-production of ''Syndicate'' began in 2007. Electronic Arts app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
