Favourite "dead" developer?

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#51 tom95b
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Rare and Clover.

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#52 Nintendo_Ownes7
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Free Radical Design - TimeSplitters is still the king of splitscreen multiplayer Rare - might as well be deadmeetroid8
Free Radical aren't dead they are just current;y called Cytek UK.

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#53 AsadMahdi59
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Black Isle.

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I really wanted another Dark Alliance game so have to agree with this.......

Rockstar San Diego was having some serius issues a while back, which put Midnight Club in jeopardy..... not sure what the situation is now, but if I don't get a new Midnight Club soon I'll be very mad

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#54 RyuRanVII
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Origin Systems (Ultima, Wing Commander, Crusader)

Sir-Tech (Wizardry, Jagged Alliance)

3DO/New World Computing (King's Bounty, Might and Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic)

Looking Glass Studios (Ultima Underworld, Thief, System Shock)

Troika Games (Arcanum, Temple of Elemental Evil, Vampire The Masquerade)

Black Isle (Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale)

Westwood Studios (Eye of the Beholder, Dune, Command and Conquer)

Ensemble Studios (Age of Empires, Age of Mythology)

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#55 jasonharris48
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Troika, Blak Isle,Looking Glass Studios,Clover,Flag Ship, Team Silent

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#56 Bardock47
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Westwood

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#57 nintendog66
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New World Computing and Bullfrog Productions.
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#58 Salt_The_Fries
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Topic Title^

For me it's Looking Glass Studios. Their games were not only some of the best for their time but for all time.

Games made by LGS:
-Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
-Ultima Underworld: Labyrinth of Worlds
-System Shock
-System Shock 2
-Thief: The Dark Protect
-Thief 2: The Metal Age

They've developed a couple more but these games were the ones I played and remember so fondly of. They were innvoative, fun and had an excellent narrative (System Shock). Sadly the company closed in 2000 :(

Alot of the employes have joined other companies and were apart in the development of games like: Deus Ex (influenced by System Shock), Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Half Life-2, the Elder scrolls: Oblivion, Fallout 3, Bioshock and many more.

ramealdabest

You are my new best friend. System Shock's narrative was pioneering, and Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss had true full 3D environment before Wolfenstein even came out and single-handedly influenced WHOLE Elder Scrolls Series, I'd also add: Origin Systems Inc. and Westwood Studios.

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#59 Crazyguy105
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Rare and Clover.

tom95b

Clover? Clover as in Clover Studios?

They're still around. Their new name is Platinum Games. :P

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#60 Ballroompirate
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Raven and Rare :(

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#61 Raymundo_Manuel
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Westwood. Not much could compete with Command & Conquer Red Alert & Tiberian Sun for me other than Warcraft 2

Can't really think of any dead developers that made games that could compete with the amount of joy, and play time I had with those Command and Conquer games.

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#62 muzik_mafia
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Monolith. What are they doing now?

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#64 Cherokee_Jack
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Monolith. What are they doing now?

muzik_mafia

A first-person shooter. Go figure.

It would be cool to see them revive an old IP like NOLF or Shogo or even Blood. Could just as well be Condemned 3, though.

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#65 killzonexbox
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[QUOTE="muzik_mafia"]

Monolith. What are they doing now?

Cherokee_Jack

A first-person shooter. Go figure.

It would be cool to see them revive an old IP like NOLF or Shogo or even Blood. Could just as well be Condemned 3, though.

Yeah i hope is blood 3..

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#66 DarkLink77
Member since 2004 • 32731 Posts

Let's see:

Rareware

Raven (They're dead, for all intents and purposes)

Free Radical

Ensemble

Black Isle

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#67 edinsftw
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[QUOTE="kaealy"]

Troika Games by far.

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This.

Hell yea, buggy games, but they had depth and actually tried new concepts. What i would give for a sequel in the vampire series. :(

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#68 93BlackHawk93
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Rareware.

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#69 gamer620
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black isle
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#70 Gibsonsg527
Member since 2010 • 3313 Posts

Rare :cry:

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#71 TheOtherTheoG
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Does codemasters still make games? I haven't heard of them for a while.

I played to death their LMA Football Manager 2001. Easily over 1000 hours of playtime.

EddieTheHead84
They're mostly making racing games (GRID, the DiRT series, F1) which are actually doing pretty well, F1 2010 sold around 2 million and their games have been in the 8.5-9 range in terms of reviews, IMO they're some of the best on the market. They are also doing the Operation Flashpoint series, Red River is coming out this year. Oh, and Bodycount, the spiritual sequel to Black, but that looks kinda ****.
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#72 JustusCF
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Black Isle.

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#73 HaloinventedFPS
Member since 2010 • 4738 Posts

Id software

Rare

Remedy

Microprose

Lucasarts

Blizzard North

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#74 killzonexbox
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Id software

Rare

Remedy

Microprose

Lucasarts

Blizzard North

HaloinventedFPS

Remedy and ID still making games..

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#75 sandbox3d
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Squaresoft.

Gaming just hasn't been the same without em. :(

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#76 Dawq902
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100% Pandemic. If they were still going we would already have SW:BF3

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#77 ScorpionBeeBee
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Origin is the company I miss the most. Too bad the Avatar got such a crappy send off in Ultima 9.
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#78 Inconsistancy
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Id software

Rare

Remedy

Microprose

Lucasarts

Blizzard North

HaloinventedFPS

id's current ip is Rage, Sept '11.. and there's already a release of a rail shooter version for iphone.

And what's this nonsense of people saying 'Squaresoft' They are a now murger of Squaresoft and Enix Corporation >.> Square Enix...

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#79 spookykid143
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Black Isle, Team silent and Squaresoft

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#80 JVII
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SquareSoft.

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#81 OneLazyAsian
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Black Isle

Ensemble

Squaresoft

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#82 campzor
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westwood free radical infinity ward rare
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#83 TheAcountantMan
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Westwood Studios, makes of CnC.
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#84 ToScA-
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Black Isle.
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#85 rawsavon
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working designs.

WilliamRLBaker

Same for me.
...not sure if they are a developer or not, but I loved the polish they put into the games they brought over to the US

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#86 Easyle
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[QUOTE="ramealdabest"]

[QUOTE="Jesus_on_fire"]

Pandemic :(

Raven :(

Ensemble Studios :cry:

Jesus_on_fire



isn't Raven assisiting SledgeHammer Games and IW on Modern Warfare3? or was that just a rumour?

Rumoured, I thought that they were shutdown though, turns out theyre not. They're pretty much on life support though.

It's not their fault that they make great games, and receive no advertising for them at all.

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#87 deactivated-59d151f079814
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Bullfrog, Tolkien,
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#88 NanoMan88
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Rare lol. Theyre as good as dead.Dibdibdobdobo

This

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#89 G-Lord
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Looking Glass is a big loss indeed.

I also miss Appeal as I was eagerly awaiting Outcast 2.

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#90 bryn8150
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Bizarre Creations.

the Project Gotham racing series on xbox 360 was Light years ahead of Forza 3 and GT5.

while many will argue that PGR 4 was arcade like ( which it was ) instead of bieng a real sim, PGR4 had many Firsts that GT5 and Forza 3 would duplicate later with varying degrees of fail and sucess. for instance...PGR 4 had damage and weather back in 2007!

In fact the weather effects in PGR 4 have to be SEEN to be believed. water actually beaded on the cars and windshields like they do in reality. run over a pool of water in PGR 4 and you FELT it.

PGR 4 WEATHER EFFECTS LINK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UdhvpmxLU8&feature=related

Also lets not forget about The Environements that Bizarre created for this game. lets just end this now, the Environments and buildings in Forza 3 were CRAP! the environments in GT5 ( London and Madrid ) were AMAZING, but even they pale in comparison to New York and Quebeck in PGR 4.

BS you say., LETS TAKE A LOOK.

LINK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4WBC9opaeI&playnext=1&list=PL6B47D7F9526944AF

in fact the only catagories that Forza 3 excell PGR 4 in is customization and damage, and GT5 excells in Lighting and car models. in every other catagory PGR 4 beat these games to the punch 4 years ago.

one of the reasons why GT5 and Forza 3 while great, didnt have the earth shattering impact they should have had was because PGR 4 did many things those games did BETTER back in 2007.

im sad that BC and Microsoft couldnt settle their differences. and although MS owns the PGR franchise, it wont be the same without Bizzarre creations at the helm.

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#91 da_chub
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rare...they died to me after N64 days of DKC, Goldeneye, Killer Instinct and Perfect Dark. The crap they have released since then doesnt count.
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#92 bryn8150
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Agree with da_chub. everyone blames MS for rares demise, but honestly, what has Rare done since the NG4?.........CRICKETS.........
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#93 Some-Mist
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Toaplan (Batsugun) and Raizing (Battle Garegga, Armed Police Batrider, Battle Bakraid). Some of the members from toaplan went on to join either Raizing (whom later became part of eighting), Cave Co. Ltd., and a couple of other companies.

I believe yagwa (in Cave Co. Ltd.) was originally from raizing as well.

edit: as the poster below me said, black isle for sure.

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#94 evilross
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Black Isle by far.

Bioware and Bethesda are still living off their legacy.

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#95 KungfuKitten
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Bullfrog.

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#96 deactivated-5ac102a4472fe
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Bullfrog, with Looking Glass studios as a runner up.

Im a syndicate Junkie :P Loved Dungeon Keeper, spent way too many hours in theme park. That Dev team were incredible.

Looking Glass is a bit more of an odd one, I can truthfully say, that they only made a few games I care about, but one of those games happen to be One of my alltime favorite.