Troika Games
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Troika Games
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| legal form | LLC |
| founding | 1998 |
| resolution | 2005 |
| Reason for dissolution | Business abandonment |
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Irvine , California , United States
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| management | Timothy Cain , Leonard Boyarsky , Jason D. Anderson |
| Branch | Software development |
| Website | www.troikagames.com ( Memento from November 22, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) |
Troika Games was a development studio for computer role-playing games , based in Irvine , California .
history
Troika was founded in April 1998 by former Interplay employees ( Black Isle Studios division ) and Fallout developers Timothy Cain , Leonard Boyarsky and Jason D. Anderson . The name is derived from the Russian word Тройка and means “trio”, because the three founders saw themselves as the three key developers / designers / programmers of their previous Interplay project, Fallout .
Her debut project was titled Arcanum: Von Dampfmaschinen und Magie , an isometric 2D RPG in the style of Fallout , which was released in August 2001. It was the most economically successful game of Troika with 234,000 units sold and revenue of 8.8 million USD . The second title, The Temple of Elemental Evil , was a turn-based role-playing game in the Dungeons & Dragons universe that was released in September 2003, but no longer had the same sales figures as Arcanum . Troika came under criticism, especially because of many program errors.
Troika's third and last game was based on the pen and paper role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade by White Wolf and was released as Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines in November 2004. But the first employees were laid off in the same month, and finally in December 2004 the rest of the workforce. In 2004 Troika also tried to find a publisher for an unnamed post-apocalyptic role-playing game, but was unsuccessful, which led to rumors in January 2005 that the company was already closed. Screenshots of this unnamed game appeared on Fallout fans' No Mutants Allowed and Duck and Cover in 2004 , and a video of a tech demo became available in the spring of 2005, just weeks before it closed. Tim Cain confirmed years later that this was indeed the prototype intended to be the successor to Fallout, but that it would have been outbid by Bethesda in the IP price negotiations.
On February 25, 2005, Leonard Boyarsky officially announced the closure of Troika Games due to funding problems.
Projects
- Arcanum: Of Steam Engines and Magic (2001)
- The Temple of Elemental Evil (2003)
- Vampires: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (2004)
- unnamed post-apocalyptic RPG ("Fallout 3" prototype, unfinished) (2005)
The 2005 Troika prototype of a "post-apocalyptic role-playing game" meant as Fallout 3, was never further developed and completed because there was no publisher and Bethesda offered more for the rights. Fallout 3 was originally developed by Black Isle until 2003 under the project name Van Buren , but due to the financial problems of the parent company Interplay, it was discontinued prematurely. Interplay had to sell the rights to develop a third part (and later the full naming rights). The buyer Bethesda Softworks developed Fallout 3 itself and released it in 2008.
Web links
- Troikagames ( Memento of August 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Troika Games at MobyGames (English)
- troikachronicles.wordpress.com - Fansite (2009, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joe Blancato: The Rise and Fall of Troika ( English ) The Escapist Magazine. December 26, 2006. Retrieved March 27, 2007.
- ↑ Troika ( English ) Troika.com. May 20, 2000. Archived from the original on May 20, 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
- ↑ GameBanshee News Staff: Troika Games' Sales Figures ( English ) GameBanshee. March 1, 2005. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
- ↑ Tor Thorsen: Rumor Control: The Supersized Edition - News at GameSpot . Uk.gamespot.com. January 29, 2005. Archived from the original on January 30, 2010. Retrieved on August 1, 2009.
- ^ Troika Games Untitled Post-apocalyptic RPG . YouTube. July 29, 2006. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ↑ Tim Cain: Gamers at work ( English ) Retrieved on August 26, 2014: “ Leonard pursued Fallout 3, which ultimately went to Bethesda, who outbid us. "
- ↑ Troika closes - News at GameSpot ( Memento from June 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Troika Games Interview ( Memento from February 27, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) - Leonard Boyarsky Interview on the closing of Troika (English, February 26, 2005)