Ritual entertainment
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| legal form | Subsidiary of MumboJumbo |
| founding | 1996 |
| resolution | 2007 |
| Reason for dissolution | Closure by the parent company |
| Seat | Dallas , Texas , USA |
| Branch | Software development |
| Website | [1] ritual.com |
Ritual Entertainment was a computer game company based in Dallas , Texas , USA . Until 1998 the development studio was called Hipnotic Interactive . Hipnotic's first commercial title was Scourge of Armagaon in 1997 , an add-on for the first-person shooter Quake . The development studio then developed its own shooter series with SiN . Commissioned works such as Heavy Metal: FAKK² (2000) followed later .
The last game published by Ritual Entertainment was SiN Episodes : Emergence in 2006. Nine episodes were planned to be distributed via the online platform Steam , but Emergence has remained the only title so far.
In 2006, Ritual Entertainment was bought by MumboJumbo , a game manufacturer that specializes in casual games for casual gamers.
Game title developed by Ritual Entertainment
- Quake Mission Pack: Scourge of Armagon (1st Add-on) - 1997, PC , manufactured as Hipnotic Interactive
- SiN - 1998, PC ( Windows and Linux ), Linux on PowerPC , both Linux versions ported by Hyperion Entertainment
- Heavy Metal: FAKK² - 2000, PC (Windows and Linux), Mac ( Mac OS and Mac OS X ), Dreamcast (announced), Linux version ported by Loki Software , Mac OS Classic Edition ported by Contraband Entertainment , Mac -OS-X version ported by The Omni Group
- Blair Witch Volume 3: The Elly Kedward Tale - 2000, PC
- SiN Gold (porting) - 2000, Mac version ported by Contraband Entertainment
- Counter-Strike: Condition Zero - PC, Ritual Entertainment worked on the title in 2002 after Gearbox Software and before its completion by Turtle Rock Studios in 2003
- Star Trek: Elite Force 2 - 2003, PC
- Counter-Strike (port) - 2003, Xbox
- Delta Force: Black Hawk Down : Team Saber (Expansion) - 2004, PC
- SiN Episodes : Emergence - 2006, PC
Unreleased games from Ritual Entertainment
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - PC, canceled
- SiN II Publisher Demo - 2003, PC, Ritual Entertainment created a demo version closed to the public
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ritual.com Official website of MumboJumbo ( Memento from December 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (English)