Demiurge Studios
Appearance
Company type | Subsidiary of Sega |
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Industry | Video game |
Founded | 2002 |
Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Key people | Albert Reed Chris Linder Tom Lin |
Parent | Sega |
Website | www.demiurgestudios.com |
Demiurge Studios is an American video game developer company, founded in 2002 by Albert Reed, Chris Linder and Tom Lin. It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1] The company has helped other developers such as Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Gearbox Software and THQ[2] create multiplayer maps for their games, but is best known for porting Mass Effect to Microsoft Windows, released in May 2008.
Demiurge Studios worked co-operatively on Green Day: Rock Band with Harmonix and Electronic Arts.[3] Demiurge Studios released their in-house project Shoot Many Robots in March 2012.
On February 19, 2015, Demiurge was acquired by Sega. It will be incorporated into its mobile gaming subsidiary Sega Networks.[4]
Games worked on
- Puzzle & Glory (2015)
- Marvel Puzzle Quest (2013)
- Aliens: Colonial Marines (Wii U) (Canceled)
- Aliens: Colonial Marines: Bughunt (2013)
- Shoot Many Robots (2012)
- Rock Band Country Track Pack 2 (2011)
- Green Day: Rock Band (2010)
- Borderlands (2009)
- World of Zoo (2009)
- Rock Band Metal Track Pack (2009)
- Mass Effect: Pinnacle Station (2009)
- Rock Band Country Track Pack (2009)
- Word Fu (2009)
- Mass Effect (PC) (2008)
- Brothers in Arms: Double Time (2008)
- Frontlines: Fuel of War (2008)
- BioShock (2007)
- Medal of Honor Airborne (2007)
- Titan Quest (2006)
- America's Army: Rise of a Soldier (2005)
- Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood (2005)
- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005)
- Karaoke Revolution Party (2005)
- Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (2005)
- Advent Rising (2005)
- Clone Bandits (2004)
References
- ^ Boston Globe, "Video game companies in Massachusetts"
- ^ "About Demiurge Studios". Demiurge Studios. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
- ^ "Harmonix cooperatively developing Green Day: Rock Band with Demiurge, MK12, others". Joystiq. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
- ^ "Sega acquires Demiurge Studios, but not its best-known game, Marvel Puzzle Quest". Polygon. Retrieved 19 February 2015.