Airtight Games
| Industry | Video game industry |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Defunct | July 2014 |
| Headquarters |
Redmond, Washington, United States |
Key people | Jim Deal (President) |
| Website | www.airtightgames.com (archived version until 2014-09-06) |
Airtight Games was an American independent video game developer based in Redmond founded in 2004 that was made up of former members of FASA Studio, Will Vinton Studios and Microsoft, as well as several other studios. The key members included president and creative director Jim Deal, art director Matt Brunner, and co-founder Ed Fries. Their first title was the 2010 action game Dark Void, published by Capcom and released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms.
In 2012 they released a puzzle-platformer game with Square Enix as publisher, titled Quantum Conundrum.[1] They followed this up with two mobile games for iOS in 2012 and 2013, and Soul Fjord, a hybrid roguelike/rhythm game developed as an exclusive title for the short-lived Ouya console and released in 2014.
In June 2014 they released the adventure-mystery game Murdered: Soul Suspect, published by Square Enix and released for Microsoft Windows, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Earlier that year the studio had laid off 14 employees, and its creative director Kim Swift joining Amazon Game Studios.
Murdered: Soul Suspect received an average reception upon release, and only a month later Airtight Games closed in July 2014.[2][3]
Company overview
Airtight Games was formed in 2004 by a group of industry veterans and the core team that shipped the award-winning Xbox title, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge. Airtight Games has been working with publishers and industry leaders on contracts and publishing deals. With backgrounds in the game, film, television and comic book industries, Airtight Games' team claims ship credit on over fifty different titles and decades of combined industry experience.
Games developed
| Year | Title | Publisher | Platform(s) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ouya | iOS | PS3 | Win | X360 | PS4 | XBO | |||
| 2010 | Dark Void | Capcom | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 2012 | Quantum Conundrum | Square Enix | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 2012 | Pixld[4] | Self | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| 2013 | DerpBike[5] | Self | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| 2014 | Soul Fjord[6] | Self | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 2014 | Murdered: Soul Suspect | Square Enix | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
References
- ↑ "Quantum Conundrum". Retrieved 2011-08-26.
- ↑ "Geekwire: Airtight Games closes, just weeks after debut of new game". Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-02-report-murdered-soul-suspect-dev-airtight-closes-down
- ↑ "Pixld". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "DerpBike". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "Soul Fjord - Android". IGN. Retrieved 2013-07-16.