Krome Studios

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Krome Studios
Type Proprietary limited company
Industry Computer and video game industry
Entertainment industry
Founded 1999
Headquarters Fortitude Valley, Queensland
Melbourne, Victoria
Adelaide, South Australia
Key people Robert Walsh, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
Steve Stamatiadis, Creative Director and Co-founder
Website www.kromestudios.com

Krome Studios is an Australian video game company. Its headquarters are in Brisbane and it previously had offices in Adelaide and Melbourne. Krome Studios is best known for their Ty the Tasmanian Tiger games and for revitalising the Spyro the Dragon series. The company was founded in 1999 by Robert Walsh, who is the CEO, Steve Stamatiadis, the creative director and John Passfield, the design director who left the company in 2005. Krome has created games for the Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Game Boy Advance, Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PC. Krome has also developed for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PlayStation Portable.

Krome Studios has created 19 titles on multiple platforms and languages consisting of 40 SKUs, including Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Krome’s own IP and Platinum selling global videogame franchise.

In 2010, Krome Studios was awarded the number 52 spot in the Develop 100 list, placing them alongside developers such as Sierra Entertainment, Insomniac Games, Media Molecule, LucasArts, Epic Games, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment and Electronic Arts.[1]

On 18 August 2010, it was reported that Krome had closed down their Adelaide studios and made significant staff cuts to their Melbourne and Brisbane offices, with as many as 100 staff let go.[2] On 18 October 2010, it was reported that all remaining staff were let go;[3] however on 1 November CEO Robert Welsh responded to a email sent by IGN stating that Krome Studios had not closed down.[4]

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