Annapurna Interactive

Annapurna Interactive
Annapurna Interactive
Subsidiary
Industry
Founded December 1, 2016 (2016-12-01)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Key people
 Neale Hemrajani
James Masi
Nathan Gary
Deborah Mars
Hector Sanchez
Jeff Legaspi
Products Video games
Parent Annapurna Pictures
Website annapurna.pictures/interactive/

Annapurna Games LLC, doing business as Annapurna Interactive, is a subsidiary of Annapurna Pictures and a video game publisher. Titles published by the company include What Remains of Edith Finch.

History

The company was founded as a division of Annapurna Pictures on December 1, 2016 as Annapurna's attempt to expand into the interactive game industry. The company's staff include existing Annapurna executive, producer Neale Hemrajani and technology head James Masi. Annapurna also hired several video game veterans to head the company, including Nathan Gary, Deborah Mars, Hector Sanchez, and Jeff Legaspi, who had worked in Sony Interactive Entertainment and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.[1] Jenova Chen also served as the company's advisor. The company aimed to publish games that are "personal, emotional, and original".[2]

On the day of establishment, the company announced several publishing deals it had signed with several independent developers. This includes Gorogoa, What Remains of Edith Finch, an untitled project from Keita Takahashi, and an unannounced game from Ken Wong, the designer of Monument Valley.[3] In 2017, Annapurna announced that it will begin publishing more independent games, including The Artful Escape, Ashen, and Telling Lies.[4][5][6]

Games published

YearTitlePlatform(s)Genre(s)Engine
2017 What Remains of Edith Finch Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Adventure Unreal Engine 4
Flower iOS Adventure, art game PhyreEngine
Gorogoa Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Puzzle Unity
2018 Florence[7] iOS, Android Interactive novel Unity
Donut County[8] Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, OS X, iOS Action Unity[9]
Gone Home[10] Nintendo Switch Adventure, exploration Unity
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Adventure Unity
Wattam Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 Puzzle Source
Ashen Microsoft Windows, Xbox One Action role-playing Unreal Engine[11]
Outer Wilds[12] Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox One Adventure game Unity
TBA The Artful Escape Microsoft Windows, Xbox One Platform Unreal Engine 4
Telling Lies (sequel to Her Story) TBA Interactive movie Unity
Due Process Microsoft Windows First-person shooter Unity[13]

References

  1. ↑ Sprangler, Todd (December 1, 2016). "Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures Launches Video Game Division". Variety. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ Sinclair, Brandon (December 1, 2016). "Annapurna Pictures gets into game publishing". Gameindustry.biz. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ Dornbush, Jonathon (December 1, 2016). "Annapurna Pictures Announces Video Game Publishing Division Annapurna Interactive". IGN. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ D'Anastasio, Cecilia (30 March 2017). "A Musical Indie Game Starring A Teen With A Cosmic Guitar". Kotaku. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Cosimano, Mike (June 11, 2017). "Open-world RPG Ashen is the next game from Annapurna Interactive". Destructoid. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ Chalk, Andy (July 14, 2017). "Her Story creator reveals new game will be called Telling Lies". PC Gamer. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Florence is a game about love from the designer behind Monument Valley". The Verge. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  8. ↑ de Rochefort, Simone (June 16, 2017). "Donut County: How I learned to love being a hole". Polygon. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  9. ↑ Nutt, Christian (February 19, 2015). "Road to the IGF: Ben Esposito's Donut County". Gamesutra. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  10. ↑ McCarthy, Katy (August 22, 2018). "Gone Home on Switch Delayed to September". Eurogamer. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  11. ↑ North, Dale (19 June 2015), "The best Unreal Engine games of E3, selected by GamesBeat", VentureBeat
  12. ↑ Takahashi, Dean (March 15, 2018). "Outer Wilds is about backpacking in outer space". Venture Beat. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  13. ↑ Smith, Graham (June 30, 2014). "Due Process: SWAT-Inspired Multiplayer FPS Due Attention". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.