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Team6 Game Studios B.V.
Company typeDivision
IndustryVideo games
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
FounderRonnie Nelis
Headquarters
Assen
,
Netherlands
Key people
  • Nico Braam
  • Niels Kleine
  • Erwin de Vries
ProductsFlatOut 3
ParentLion Castle Entertainment
SubsidiariesRebel Games

Cherrycan

Bee Royale
Websitewww.team6-games.com

Team6 Game Studios B.V. is a privately owned, video game developer in Dutch based in Assen, Netherlands.

Founded in 2001 with a different name, the creative team developed several games. Then, in 2003, the founders decided to change the name to Team6 Game Studios B.V. The company currently employs approximately 40 workers and is headed by Director Ronnie Nelis.

As of 2019, Team6 has developed more than 80 games for gaming consoles such as Xbox, PlayStation, Oculus, HTC Vive, and Nintendo, as well as for iOS and Windows based operating systems. While the majority of Team6’s releases are racing games, Team6 includes other genres such as action-shooters. The Studio is best known for FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction. Other notable titles are Road Rage, which Metacritic lists as the second-worst game of 2017,[1] and Taxi Chaos which Metacritic lists as the fourth-worst game of 2021.[2] Since 2016, the studio decided to fully focus on mobile and console games. It is currently also working on health & exercise games and VR titles.[3]

History

Team6 Game Studios was founded by Ronnie Nelis in 2001. Ronnie Nelis's first project was a fighting game called Death Compatible, developed for a contest of the game magazine PC Zone.[4] Nelis won the first prize in the contest and as a prize; the game would be released, however, the publisher who would also close its doors shortly after.[5] Despite this setback, Nells founded Team6 Game Studios V.O.F., and found a new partner to release their first official title: Taxi Challenge Berlin.[6] In the years after, they specialized in racing games and created many titles over the years. For several of their titles they worked together with car brands like Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW, and Opel.

Most of their games were developed for PC, but starting in 2009 they also developed several titles for Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS.[7][8][9] The studios' own Engine Six was one of the first engines that supported Nintendo Wii and Nintendo 3DS.[10]

Since 2012, the studio has been the official developer for the Monster Jam games for publisher Game Mill and IP holder Feld Motorsports, who wanted to take the franchise more kids-friendly instead of hardcore simulation.

In 2012, the studio developed the world's first official squash video game simulation in collaboration with the World Squash Federation.[11] The studio also developed a second squash game in 2015 which was officially licensed by the Professional Squash Association.[12][13]

In 2013, Team6 created FlatOut Stuntman in collaboration with Nvidia. The Android game was used as a showcase for Nvidia as it supported specific features of the Tegra mobile processor.[14][15] FlatOut Stuntman received an average score of 4.1 out 5, based on over 25,000 votes on Google Play.

Up till 2014 Team6 created most of their titles in their own Engine Six. [citation needed]

In 2014, they started using Unity for their mobile games, and in 2015 they switched to the Unreal Engine for their console titles.

Along the way, the studio also started developing mobile games for Android and iOS. Originally their first mobile title was New Kids Nitro Racer, however this was ultimately only released on PC.[16]

In 2014 Team6 partnered up with the health and wellness startup Blue Goji. Together they create interactive fitness games made to play while working out on cardio equipment. Their first title was the iOS game Super Sonic Racers.[17]

In 2016 they together released their first VR title: DinoFense.[18]

Games

2002

  • Taxi Challenge Berlin

2003

  • Taxi Racer Hong Kong 2
  • Taxi Racer New York 2

2004

  • Shanghai Street Racer
  • Taxi Racer London 2

2005

  • Taxi 3: eXtreme Rush
  • Downtown Challenge
  • Manhattan Chase
  • Scooter War3z
  • Pizza Dude

2006

  • Glacier
  • Tesco Ice Racing
  • Super Taxi Driver 2006
  • Paris Chase

2007

  • ESR: European Street Racing
  • GSR: German Street Racing
  • Fiat 500
  • Ultimate Motorcross
  • X1 Super Boost / F1 Chequered Flag

2008

  • Ultimate Monster Trucks
  • Mercedes CLC Dream Test Drive
  • Alpha Zylon

2009

  • Street Racer Europe
  • Amsterdam Taxi Madness
  • Glacier 2
  • Monster Trucks Mayhem

2010

  • Battle Metal: Street Riot Control / Highspeed Control: Carbon-Edition
  • Calvin Tucker's Redneck: Farm Animals Racing Tournament
  • FlatOut (Wii)
  • Glacier 3: The Meltdown
  • Speed
  • Big City Racer
  • Heavy, The (cancelled)

2011

2012

  • WSF Squash
  • Speed 2

2013

2014

  • Super Sonic Racers
  • Engines of War
  • PSA World Tour Squash

2015

  • Monster Jam: As Big As It Gets
  • Monster Jam: Battlegrounds
  • Battle Waves
  • Goji Farm

2016

2017

2018

  • Super Street: The Game

2019

2021

2022

  • NHRA Championship Drag Racing: Speed For All

References

  1. ^ "The 10 Worst Video Games of 2017". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Worst Videogames of 2021". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  3. ^ Oosting, Robbert (15 March 2017). "Ondernemend: Asser gamebedrijf doet mee met de grote jongens". RTV Drenthe. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Ondernemer Team6 Games". Ik ben Drents Ondernemer. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  5. ^ Ajami, Amer (26 April 2000). "Project 2 Bankrupt". GameSpot. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  6. ^ Wichers, Danny Dam (28 July 2005). "Een kijkje in de keuken van Team6". GamersNET. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ^ Lada, Jenni (27 January 2009). "Glacier2 to be one of Team6 Games Studios' first Wii games". Technology Tell. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  8. ^ "TEAM6 GAME STUDIOS ANNOUNCES "SUPERSONIC RACER" FOR WII". Go Nintendo. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  9. ^ Usher, William (2010). "Team6 Decides To Revive FlatOut For Nintendo Wii…Really". CinemaBlend. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Our Story". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  11. ^ "World Squash Federation Launches First 3D Simulation PC Video Game". World SquashTell. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  12. ^ "PSA WORLD TOUR SQUASH 'AVAILABLE FOR WII". PSA World Tour. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Just When You Thought the Humble Wii Was Dead, Here Comes PSA World Tour Squash". Nintendo Life. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  14. ^ Bartelson, Eric (2 April 2013). "UIT NU! • FLATOUT STUNTMAN VOOR ANDROID VAN TEAM6". Control. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Team6 to bring FlatOut-Stuntman to Tegra-based Android devices soon". DroidGamers. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  16. ^ Hulschebosch, Paul (4 January 2013). "Micromedia brengt New Kids Nitro Racer op de markt". Tweakers. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  17. ^ Bartelson, Eric (6 November 2014). "UIT NU! • HOE MEER JE ZWEET, HOE HARDER JE GAAT: SUPER SONIC RACERS VAN TEAM6". Control. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  18. ^ Constam, Kyra (23 January 2017). "Blue Goji Releases Its First VR Game: DinoFense". Gamasutra. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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