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Two Tribes B.V. is an independent video game developer 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. The office closed in September 2016, after the release of ''
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'', but Two Tribes continues development of the
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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
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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
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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
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, and THQ. In January 2014, Two Tribes B.V. filed for bankruptcy, mainly due to disappointing sales of '' Toki Tori 2'', but 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 ''
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''. In 2024 Two Tribes teamed up with Modretro to release a ultimate edition of Toki Tori for their Chromatic handheld console. It includes some quality of life improvements over the original as well as being compatible with the original Game Boy handheld among others.


Games

* '' Toki Tori'' ** 2001,
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** 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,
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(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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** 2024, (Ultimate Edition, released for Modretro Chromatic handheld console) * ''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,
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; 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,
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; published by THQ) * '' Rubik's Puzzle World'' (2008,
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; 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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; 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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/ Android; 2013,
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/
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) * '' Toki Tori 2'' (2013,
Windows Windows is a Product lining, product line of Proprietary software, proprietary graphical user interface, graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. It is grouped into families and subfamilies that cater to particular sec ...
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Macintosh Mac is a brand of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple since 1984. The name is short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), a reference to the McIntosh (apple), McIntosh apple. The current product lineup inclu ...
/
Linux Linux ( ) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an kernel (operating system), operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically package manager, pac ...
/
Wii U The Wii U ( ) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii. Released in late 2012, it is the first eighth-generation video game console and competed with Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4. The W ...
; 2016,
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; 2018,
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) * ''
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'' (2016,
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/
Macintosh Mac is a brand of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple since 1984. The name is short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), a reference to the McIntosh (apple), McIntosh apple. The current product lineup inclu ...
/
Linux Linux ( ) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an kernel (operating system), operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically package manager, pac ...
/
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; 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