Kaos Studios
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| legal form | Subsidiary of THQ |
| founding | 2006 |
| resolution | 2011 |
| Reason for dissolution | Closure by the parent company |
| Seat | New York City , New York , USA |
| management | David Votypka |
| Website | kaosstudios.com ( Memento from January 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) |
Kaos Studios was an American game developer based in New York City owned by publisher THQ . The predecessor company was Trauma Studios .
history
Trauma studios
Trauma Studios was founded in 2003 and is known for developing the Desert Combat modification for Battlefield 1942 . President was Frank DeLise. On September 1, 2004, Digital Illusions CE bought Trauma Studios. There they were involved in the development of Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142 . On June 7, 2005, it was announced that DICE had closed Trauma Studios.
Kaos Studio
Kaos Studios was founded in 2006 when parent company and publisher THQ hired the permanent employees of Trauma Studios to create a new studio based in New York City that focuses on first-person shooter video games .
In February 2008 the Kaos Studios released their first game Frontlines: Fuel of War for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows . In 2011, the second game Homefront was released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 , and Microsoft Windows.
On June 14, 2011 it was announced that THQ's Kaos Studios will be closed. The publisher cites a "strategic realignment" as the reason.
Publications
- Frontlines: Fuel of War (2008)
- Homefront (2011)
literature
- KAOS Studios In: Winnie Forster : Lexicon of computer and video game makers. First edition, p. 170. ISBN 978-3-00-021584-1 .
Web links
- Kaos Studios at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Developer shuts down its Gotham shop just days before Battlefield 2 hits the market - and just nine months after it acquired the studio. GameSpot , June 7, 2005, accessed August 18, 2011 .
- ↑ Homefront - Kaos Studios development studio closed. GameStar , June 14, 2011, accessed August 18, 2011 .