Raven Software
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| Type | Subsidiary of Activision |
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| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
| Key people | Brian and Steve Raffel (founders) |
| Industry | Interactive entertainment |
| Website | www.ravensoft.com |
Raven Software is a computer game software developer based in Madison, Wisconsin. The company was founded in 1990 by brothers Brian and Steve Raffel. In 1997, Raven made an exclusive publishing deal with Activision and was subsequentally acquired by them.
Raven has a history of working with id Software: After using id's engines for many of their games, they took over development of id's Quake franchise for Quake 4 and are currently working on a game in id's Wolfenstein series.[1] They have a history of creating games only for the PC market but have expanded recently into more console games.
[edit] Games
- Black Crypt (1992)
- Shadowcaster (1993)
- CyClones (1994)
- Heretic (1994)
- Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders (1994)
- HeXen (1995)
- HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel (1996)
- Necrodome (1996)
- Mageslayer (1997)
- Take No Prisoners (1997)
- HeXen II (1997)
- HeXen II: Portal of Praevus (1998)
- Heretic II (1998)
- Soldier of Fortune (2000)
- Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force (2000)
- Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002)
- Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002)
- Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003)
- X-Men Legends (2004)
- X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (2005)
- Quake 4 (2005)
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006)
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