Armature Studio
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 2008 |
Headquarters | Austin, Texas, United States |
Key people | Mark Pacini Todd Keller |
Number of employees | 50 |
Website | www |
Armature Studio, LLC is an American video game development studio in Austin, Texas. The studio, founded by Mark Pacini and Todd Keller in 2008, developed Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (2013) and ReCore (2016)
History[]
In April 2008, after completing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption in 2007 for Nintendo, former game director Mark Pacini and art director Todd Keller left Retro Studios to start Armature, which was founded in September 2008.[1] Armature's first game was porting Metal Gear Solid HD Collection to the PlayStation Vita in 2012.[2] In April 2013, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate would be developed by Armature as their first new work and released for both the PlayStation Vita and the Nintendo 3DS on October 25, 2013.[1] The third game developed was the PlayStation Vita edition of Injustice: Gods Among Us.[3]
The studio was originally responsible to handle porting Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night to the PlayStation Vita and Wii U. This included porting Unreal Engine 4 to both platforms, as they are not supported by the engine officially.[4] Armature was going to make their engine code available to licensed PS Vita and Wii U developers after Bloodstained finished.[5] However, the game has since been cancelled on both platforms for various reasons as the game's development extended to 2019.[6][7]
In October 2015, the studio announced its first original intellectual property, Dead Star, a space-themed multiplayer online multidirectional shooter.[8] It was released on April 5, 2016 for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4, but online functionality was disabled on November 1, 2016 and the game is no longer available for purchase.[9]
Armature has since collaborated with Epic Games in providing development support for Fortnite,[10] and made two games for virtual reality headsets, with Fail Factory for the Gear VR[11] and Sports Scramble for the Oculus Quest.[12]
Worked on games[]
Year | Title | Platform(s) |
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2012 | Metal Gear Solid HD Collection | PlayStation Vita |
2013 | Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360 |
2013 | Injustice: Gods Among Us | PlayStation Vita |
2014 | The Unfinished Swan | PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita |
2015 | Borderlands: The Handsome Collection[13] | PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
2016 | ReCore | Windows, Xbox One |
2016 | Dead Star | Windows, PlayStation 4 |
2017 | Duck Game | PlayStation 4 |
Fail Factory![14] | Oculus VR | |
2019 | Duck Game | Nintendo Switch |
2019 | Sports Scramble[15] | Oculus VR |
2020 | Bayonetta & Vanquish 10th Anniversary[16] | PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
2021 | Where the Heart Leads | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kollar, Philip (2013-06-12). "A tale of two Batmen: the dueling philosophies of WB Montreal and Armature Studio". Polygon. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ^ JC Fletcher (2012-03-11). "Armature Studio assisting with Metal Gear Solid: HD Edition on Vita". Joystiq. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ^ "Injustice: Gods Among Us on Vita feels like a faithful port". Polygon. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ^ "Update 21: Update 21: $4mm, Armaturity, Ending Stream, New Game Plus · Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night". Kickstarter.
- ^ Nutt, Christian. "Bloodstained port house Armature to freely offer its UE4 Wii U/Vita code base".
- ^ Bloodstained announced for Switch, cancelled for Wii U
- ^ Development Update - An important message from IGA
- ^ Albaraa Fahmy (October 6, 2015). "Armature Studio is working on a new game called Dead Star for PS4 and PC". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ^ "Online functionality (including multiplayer) for Dead Star will cease". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Fortnite at Armature
- ^ Frantic Fun: Introducing ‘Fail Factory’ from Armature Studios, Coming Soon to Gear VR
- ^ Oculus Gaming News: First Playables for Rift S, New Titles, Cross-Platform Play, and More
- ^ "The Handsome Collection' Of 'Borderlands 2' and "The Pre-Sequel' Is Coming To PS4 And Xbox One". Inquisitr. 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ^ "Fail Factory! A wacky VR game of escalating failure".
- ^ "Sports Scramble Mixing it up on Oculus Quest".
- ^ "Bayonetta + Vanquish 10th Anniversary Edition".
External links[]
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