Loot Drop

Loot Drop
Private
Industry Interactive entertainment
Founder John Romero, Tom Hall
Headquarters San Mateo, California

Loot Drop is a social video game studio based in San Mateo, California.[1] It was created by John Romero and Tom Hall with its COO being Brenda Romero.[2] Its tagline is "Believe in fun".[1]

The studio got funding from social game publisher RockYou in 2011.[2] At that time, it had four titles in development.[2] Romero stated that he wanted to focus on game design rather than monetizing players.[2] The studio was stated to have three teams that would grow to 10 or 11 employees each.[1]

The studio encountered financial trouble in 2012, with the game Ghost Recon Commander being cancelled only five months after launch.[3] They also failed to fund a Kickstarter campaign for an "Old-School RPG".[3] This resulted in one of the studio's development teams being laid off.[3]

However, the studio remained solvent and continued developing games. By 2014, it had developed games for Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and Zynga.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Loot Drop banks on talented game designers as it takes on social gaming’s giants (exclusive)". VentureBeat. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Loot Drop is John Romero's New Game Studio". Tom's Hardware. 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  3. 1 2 3 "Old School RPG developers’ Ghost Recon Commander to shut down; Loot Drop staff laid off". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  4. ↑ "Doom co-creator John Romero is working on a new shooter". pcgamer. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
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