Croteam
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| Private | |
| Industry | Computer and video games |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
Key people |
Roman Ribaric, CEO Alen Ladavac, CTO Davor Hunski, CCO |
| Products | Serious Sam series |
| Website | http://www.croteam.com/ |
Croteam is a Croatian independent video game developer based in Zagreb. The company was established in 1993 and is best known for creating the first-person shooter series Serious Sam.
Company history
It was established in 1993 initially as a "garage games" company.[1] Their first game was Football Glory, a football game which was published by Black Legend for Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200 platforms in 1994, and then for PC and PC CD-ROM in 1995.[1][2] Sensible Software threatened legal action against Croteam due to Football Glory being a clone of Sensible Soccer. Croteam ceased further development on the title and released it as freeware in 1998.[3] Save the Earth, a children's game based on a Croatian TV series, was also developed for the Amiga 4000. One year later, Croteam finished 5-A-Side soccer, an indoor soccer version of Football Glory for the Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200.[1][3]
A long hiatus followed, broken by the first title of the Serious Sam series, Serious Sam: The First Encounter in 2001, followed by Serious Sam: The Second Encounter in 2002. Both Serious Sam games debuted on Windows and utilised Croteam's in-house Serious Engine. In 2002 Serious Sam for the Xbox was released, which consisted of both games with the additional number of cinematics, an updated scores system, combos, multikills, auto-aiming and other console specific features. A sequel, Serious Sam II for both PC and Xbox was released on October 11, 2005, using Serious Engine 2.[1]
In 2007, development began on Serious Sam 3: BFE, a prequel to the original game. In 2010, Croteam released HD versions of the original Serious Sam games with upgraded textures and additional features. Serious Sam 3 was released for Windows in November 2011, soon followed by Mac and Linux versions. The Xbox 360 version of Serious Sam 3 was released on Xbox Live Arcade in September 2012, and the game later made its way to PlayStation 3 via PlayStation Network in March 2014.[1] In December 2014, Croteam released first-person puzzle game The Talos Principle for Windows, OS X, and Linux.[4]
Games developed by Croteam
- Football Glory (1994)
- Save the Earth (1995)
- 5-A-Side Soccer (1996)
- Serious Sam: The First Encounter (2001)
- Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (2002)
- Serious Sam II (2005)
- Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter (2009)
- Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter (2010)
- Serious Sam 3: BFE (2011)
- The Talos Principle (2014)
- Serious Sam 4 (TBA)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "About". Croteam. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ↑ Collins, Michael; Barnes, Lucus; Yang, Vincent; Reneke, Charlie; Kudma, Joe (2002). Slaven, Andy, ed. Video Game Bible, 1985-2002. Trafford Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 9781553697312. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Varney, Allen (October 25, 2005). "Serious Cro". The Escapist. Defy Media. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ↑ "The Talos Principle". Croteam. Retrieved March 8, 2015.