Darkworks

Darkworks S.A.
Type	Independent
Industry	Video games
Founded	1998
Defunct	2011
Headquarters	Paris, France
Key people	Antoine Villette (President); Guillaume Gouraud (General Manager and Artistic Director)
Website	darkworks.com[dead link]

Darkworks S.A. was an independent video game developer and technology company based in Paris, France. The company is known for its games that include Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare and Cold Fear.

Darkworks was founded in 1998 by Antoine Villette (President) and Guillaume Gouraud (General Manager and Artistic Director). The studio employed more than 100 people. In October 2011, the studio was placed into compulsory liquidation and was closed.^[1]^[2]

PlayAll[]

In addition to its game development activities, the company lead several other companies on PlayAll, an integrated multimedia production toolchain and set of engines funded by the Cap Digital cluster.

TriOviz for Games Technology[]

TriOviz company in partnership with Darkworks developed the TriOviz for Games Technology, a technological solution that enables smooth stereoscopic 3D conversion of video games or multimedia products. Following Darkworks Liquidation, TriOviz bought the companies stereoscopic activities and teams.^[3]

Games[]

Game	Release	Platform	Publisher	Notes
1906: An Antarctic Odyssey	1998	PlayStation 2	–	Sales demo
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare	2001	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Dreamcast	Infogrames Entertainment
USS Antarctica	–	Xbox	–	Cancelled
Cold Fear	2005	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox	Ubisoft
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	2006	Xbox, PlayStation 2	Ubisoft	PS2 version only
I Am Alive	2012	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Ubisoft	Game concept and R&D – Development completed by Ubisoft Shanghai
Black Death	–	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	–	Cancelled

References[]

^ "Darkworks et Nobilis en redressement judiciaire". gamekult.com. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
^ "Darkworks : Game over". factornews.com. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
^ "TriOviz Buys Darkworks's Stereoscopic Middleware Activities". Gamasutra. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

External links[]

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[1] "Darkworks et Nobilis en redressement judiciaire". gamekult.com. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

[2] "Darkworks : Game over". factornews.com. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

[3] "TriOviz Buys Darkworks's Stereoscopic Middleware Activities". Gamasutra. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

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