Tripwire Interactive

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Tripwire Interactive LLC
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FoundedFebruary 17, 2005; 16 years ago (2005-02-17)
FounderAlan Wilson
Headquarters
Roswell, Georgia
,
U.S.
Key people
Alan Wilson (Interim CEO)
Products
Number of employees
87[1] (2019)
Websitetripwireinteractive.com

Tripwire Interactive LLC is an American video game developer and publisher based in Roswell, Georgia.

History[]

Tripwire was formed by members of the international team that created Unreal Tournament 2004 mod Red Orchestra: Combined Arms. Red Orchestra won top prize in the Nvidia-sponsored Make Something Unreal competition.[2] Their first retail product, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, was released over Valve's Steam service on March 14, 2006. They are also a licensee of Epic's Unreal Engine 3.

Tripwire's second game, Killing Floor, was released on May 14, 2009. Like Red Orchestra, this game also began development as a Unreal Tournament 2004 mod, later becoming a standalone retail title.[3]

Tripwire released and published their third game, Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, which is the sequel to their debut World War II-themed Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 first-person shooter. The title focuses heavily on the Battle of Stalingrad.[4] The game was released on September 13, 2011.[5] and uses the Unreal Engine 3. On May 30, 2013, the expansion pack Rising Storm was released, focusing on the Pacific War with real life battle locations such as the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Tripwire Interactive announced their fifth game, Killing Floor 2 in May 2014.[6] In 2015, Tripwire announced Rising Storm 2: Vietnam at E3 2015.[7]

On September 4, 2021, Tripwire's CEO president, John Gibson, came out in support of a controversial piece of Texas' abortion legislation which had gone into effect on September 1, 2021 and which the United States Supreme Court declined to order a temporarily injunction to block its enforcement.[8][9] In response, Gibson faced criticism from people involved in the video games industry, including Torn Banner Studios, which had used Tripwire for publishing of Chivalry 2, and Shipwright Studios, which had been working with Tripwire for three years but stated their intent to terminate these contracts due to the comments.[10] By September 6, 2021, Gibson announced he was stepping down as CEO of Tripwire, and the company issued its own announcement that "the comments given by John Gibson are of his own opinion, and do not reflect those of Tripwire Interactive as a company".[11] Tripwire announced that co-founder and vice president Alan Wilson would assume Gibson's duties, and the company would immediately address employee concerns related to Gibson's statement and promote open communication to transition to the new leadership.[11]

Games developed[]

Former logo used until 2015.
Title Engine Release date Platform(s) Aggregated scores[12]
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 Unreal Engine 2.5 March 14, 2006 Windows, Linux, OS X 81[13]
Killing Floor May 14, 2009 Windows, Linux, OS X 72[14]
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad Unreal Engine 3 September 13, 2011 Windows 76[15]
Rising Storm May 30, 2013 Windows 82[16]
Killing Floor 2 November 18, 2016 Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One 82.33[17]
November 14, 2017 Windows (VR), PlayStation 4 (PlayStation VR) 68[18]
Maneater Unreal Engine 4 May 22, 2020 Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S 69.67[19]

Games published[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tripwire Interactive Revenue and Growth", Growjo, Retrieved May 7, 2019
  2. ^ Make Something Unreal: Best FPS Mod Archived June 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ GT Q&A: Tripwire's Killing Floor
  4. ^ Breckon, Nick (May 4, 2009). "Red Orchestra Sequel to Feature First FPS German Single-player Campaign". ShackNews. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
  5. ^ "Release Date delayed". Official forums. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  6. ^ "Killing Floor 2 first look". PC Gamer. May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  7. ^ "Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Officially Announced!". www.tripwireinteractive.com. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  8. ^ Zwiezen, Zack (September 5, 2021). "Killing Floor Boss Pleased Texas Women Losing Basic Human Rights [Update]". Kotaku. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  9. ^ Gibson, John (September 4, 2021). "Twitter Status updated: 1434245886670901250". Twitter. Archived from the original on September 6, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  10. ^ PC Gamer: Chivalry 2 developer condemns Tripwire over company president's support for abortion ban
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b Plunkett, Luke (September 6, 2021). "Tripwire CEO 'Steps Down' After Supporting Texas Anti-Abortion Law". Kotaku. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  12. ^ Scores are the average of the Metacritic aggregate score received for all platforms.
  13. ^ "Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 PC". Metacritic.
  14. ^ "Killing Floor PC". Metacritic.
  15. ^ "Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad PC". Metacritic.
  16. ^ "Rising Storm PC". Metacritic.
  17. ^ "Killing Floor 2 PC, PlayStation 4 & Xbox One". Metacritic.
  18. ^ "Killing Floor: Incursion PC & PlayStation 4". Metacritic.
  19. ^ "Maneater PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch". Metacritic.
  20. ^ Yoshiro's post on the Steam forums about Dwarfs
  21. ^ "Rising Storm 2: Vietnam PC". Metacritic.
  22. ^ Gillan, Ryan (June 10, 2019). "Chivalry 2 announced, coming to Epic Games Store in 2020". Polygon. Retrieved February 26, 2020.

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