Dontnod Entertainment

Dontnod Entertainment
Private
Industry Computer and video games
Interactive entertainment
Founded 2008 (2008)
Headquarters Paris, France
Key people
 Oskar Guilbert[1]
Products See complete products listing
Website Dont-Nod.com

Dontnod Entertainment (typecased as DONTNOD Entertainment, stylized as DONTИOD Entertainment) is a French video game development studio based in Paris. Its first game, Remember Me, was published by Capcom released on 7 June 2013.[1]

History

Dontnod Entertainment was co-founded by Hervé Bonin, Aleksi Briclot, Alain Damasio, Oskar Guilbert and Jean-Maxime Moris in June 2008 along with other ex-Criterion, Ubisoft and EA staff.[2][3]

The first game the developers released was Remember Me, which garnered mixed to positive reviews from critics and users.[4][5][6][7][8][9] During development of the game the developers faced difficulty in finding a publisher who was happy to publish a game with a female lead character, with some saying the lead character needed to be male for it to succeed.[10]

On 31 January 2014, French media outlets and gaming websites reported that Dontnod was filing for bankruptcy as a result of the poor sales of Remember Me. Dontnod responded to these reports explaining that the developer was in the process of "judicial reorganization".[1][11][12] The company turned to public funding to finance a new intellectual property called What If? as a result of this.[13]

On 5 June 2014, Dontnod announced that they were working on a new game with publisher Square Enix to be distributed digitally.[14] The game was later announced to be called Life Is Strange, and was released in 2015.[15] What If was revealed to be an early codename for the game.[16] As of November 2014, the studio has begun work on a third title,[17] a role-playing game called Vampyr.[18]

Developed games

Title Release date(s) Publisher(s) Notes Platform(s)
Remember Me 7 June 2013 Capcom Standalone title WIN, PS3, X360
Life is Strange: Season One 30 January - 20 October 2015 Square Enix 5 episodes WIN, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE
Vampyr 2017[19] Focus Home Interactive Standalone title WIN, PS4, XONE

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rose, Mike. "Remember Me studio boss downplays bankruptcy reports". Gamesutra. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  2. ↑ Cook, Dave (14 August 2012). "Remember Me: Capcom announces new IP from Dontnod Entertainment". VG247. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Dontnod Entertainment Outlines its First Video Game on Console". IGN. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Remember Me for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Remember Me for PlayStation 3". GameRankings. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Remember Me for Xbox 360". GameRankings. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Remember Me for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Remember Me for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Remember Me for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  10. ↑ Weber, Rachel (19 March 2013). "Dontnod: Publishers said you can't have a female character". Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "DONTNOD EN REDRESSEMENT JUDICIAIRE". 31 January 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  12. ↑ Sinclair, Brendan (14 August 2014). "Hitting reset: Dontnod's new episode". Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "LE PROCHAIN DONTNOD (REMEMBER ME) NOMMÉ ? [MÀJ]". Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "Remember Me Developer Dontnod Creating New Game With Square Enix". IGN. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  15. ↑ Conditt, Jessica (14 August 2014). "Life is Strange: Ambiguous young love among leading ladies". Joystiq. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "Square Enix's Life is Strange Considered 100 Different Names". GameSpot. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  17. ↑ Hannley, Steve (28 November 2014). "Dontnod Entertainment Working on Unannounced PS4/Xbox One RPG". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  18. ↑ Copeland, Wesley (20 January 2015). "Remember Me and Life Is Strange Dev Making RPG Vampyr". IGN. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  19. ↑ Makuch, Eddie (December 2, 2015). "This New World War 1 Vampire Game Explores a "Dark and Brutal" World". GameSpot. Retrieved December 2, 2015.

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