Company:Torn Banner Studios

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Short description: Canadian video game developer
Torn Banner Studios Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2010; 14 years ago (2010)
FounderSteve Piggott
Headquarters
Toronto
,
Canada
Key people
Steve Piggott (president)
Products
Websitetornbanner.com

Torn Banner Studios Inc. is a Canadian video game developer based in Toronto.

History

Torn Banner Studios was founded in 2010 by Steve Piggott of Team Chivalry, the development team of Age of Chivalry, a 2007 mod for Half-Life 2.[1] The studio's first game was Chivalry; after a successful kickstarter campaign raising $85,934[2][3][4] it was released independently in October 2012.[5] The game received the 2012 "Indie of the Year" award from Indie DB.[6] Sega released Torn Banner's NeverMine in July 2016 as part of the Help: The Game collection, with proceeds going to the War Child charity.[7][8]

Games developed

Year Title Platform(s) Publisher(s)
2012 Chivalry Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Torn Banner Studios, Activision
2016 NeverMine Microsoft Windows Sega
2017 Mirage[9] Microsoft Windows Torn Banner Studios
2021 Chivalry 2[10] Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Tripwire Interactive

References

  1. Sinclair, Brendan (23 April 2015). "Messing with success". http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-04-23-messing-with-success. 
  2. Lopez, Miguel (2016-09-16). "How 'Chivalry: Medieval Warfare' Wound Up a Comedic Masterpiece" (in en-US). Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/how-chivalry-medieval-warfare-wound-up-an-unlikely-comedic-masterpiece-129185/. Retrieved 2021-11-07. 
  3. Kain, Erik. "'Chivalry' Developer Talks Kickstarter, Medieval Combat, And More" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/10/18/chivalry-developer-talks-kickstarter-medieval-combat-and-more/. 
  4. Petitte, Omri (2012-09-21). "Chivalry: Medieval Warfare trailer sets release date with reverse cut thrust" (in en). PC Gamer. https://www.pcgamer.com/chivalry-medieval-warfare-trailer-release-date/. 
  5. Grayson, Nathan (17 October 2012). "Give 'Em A Hand – Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Launches". https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/10/17/give-em-a-hand-chivalry-medieval-warfare-launches/. 
  6. Henley (25 December 2012). "Ho ho ho Merry Christmas and merry Indie of the Year!". http://www.indiedb.com/features/indie-of-the-year-2012. 
  7. Benson, Julian (27 July 2016). "Help: The Game is a Bundle of Games to Raise Money for the Child Victims of War". http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/07/27/help-the-game-is-a-bundle-of-games-to-raise-money-for-the-child-victims-of-war. 
  8. Welsh, Oli (4 July 2016). "Charity game compilation from Total War, Football Manager devs on sale next month". https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-06-30-charity-game-compilation-from-total-war-football-manager-devs-on-sale-next-month. 
  9. Purchese, Robert (2 March 2016). "Chivalry dev reveals new game Mirage". http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-03-02-chivalry-dev-reveals-new-game-mirage. 
  10. "Chivalry 2 announced". http://tornbanner.com/blog/chivalry-2-announced/. Retrieved June 10, 2019. 

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