Demiurge Studios
Demiurge Studios is an American video game developer founded in 2002 by Albert Reed, Chris Linder and Tom Lin. It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1]
Type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 2002 |
Founder |
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Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of employees | 24[1] |
Parent | Sega Networks (2015–2020) |
Website | demiurgestudios.com |
Demiurge Studios worked co-operatively on Green Day: Rock Band with Harmonix and Electronic Arts.[2] Demiurge Studios released their in-house project Shoot Many Robots in March 2012.
On February 19, 2015, Demiurge was acquired by Sega and became part of their mobile gaming subsidiary, Sega Networks.[3] By April 2020, Albert Reed, one of the co-founders and who had left in 2017, was able to re-acquire the studio from Sega to regain its independence though will continue to operate the various mobile titles it had developed under Sega. Reed desires to bring Demiurge back towards being a support studio for the AAA game industry and away from the mobile market.[4]
Games worked on
- SEGA Heroes (2018)
- Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire (2017)
- Puzzle & Glory (2015)
- Marvel Puzzle Quest (2013)
- 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
- "Video game companies in Massachusetts". p. 9. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- "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.
- Sinclair, Brendan (April 2, 2020). "Demiurge co-founder buys the studio back from Sega". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved April 2, 2020.