Armature Studio
 | |
| Private | |
| Industry |
Interactive entertainment Computer and video games |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, United States |
Key people |
Mark Pacini Todd Keller Jack Mathews |
Number of employees | 50 |
| Website |
www |
Armature Studio, LLC is an American video game development studio in Austin, Texas. In April 2008, after completing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption in 2007 for Nintendo, former game director Mark Pacini, art director Todd Keller, and principal technology engineer Jack Matthews left Retro Studios to start Armature, which was founded in September 2008.[1] Armature's first game was Metal Gear Solid HD Collection for the PlayStation Vita in 2012.[2] In April 2013, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate would be developed by Armature as their first new work and released for both the PlayStation Vita and the Nintendo 3DS on October 25, 2013.[1] The third game developed was the PlayStation Vita edition of Injustice: Gods Among Us.[3]
The studio will be responsible for porting Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night to the PS Vita and Wii U. This will include porting Unreal Engine 4 to those platforms, as they are not supported by the engine's developer.[4] Armature will make their engine code available to licensed Wii U and PS Vita developers after Bloodstained is finished.[5]
In October, 2015 the studio announced its first original intellectual property, Dead Star, which is a space-themed multidirectional shooter.[6] It has been released on April 5, 2016 for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4.
Games developed
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DS | PS3 | PS4 | Vita | Wii U | Win | X360 | XONE | ||||
| 2012 | Metal Gear Solid HD Collection | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
| 2013 | Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| 2013 | Injustice: Gods Among Us | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
| 2014 | The Unfinished Swan | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
| 2015 | Borderlands: The Handsome Collection[7] | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2016 | ReCore | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| 2016 | Dead Star | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | ||
References
- 1 2 Kollar, Philip (2013-06-12). "A tale of two Batmen: the dueling philosophies of WB Montreal and Armature Studio". Polygon. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ↑ JC Fletcher (2012-03-11). "Armature Studio assisting with Metal Gear Solid: HD Edition on Vita". Joystiq. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ↑ "Injustice: Gods Among Us on Vita feels like a faithful port". Polygon. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night/posts/1259255
- ↑ http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/245756/Bloodstained_port_house_Armature_to_freely_offer_its_UE4_Wii_UVita_code_base.php
- ↑ Albaraa Fahmy (October 6, 2015). "Armature Studio is working on a new game called Dead Star for PS4 and PC - Gaming News - Digital Spy". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ↑ "The Handsome Collection' Of 'Borderlands 2' and "The Pre-Sequel' Is Coming To PS4 And Xbox One". Inquisitr. 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2015-01-21.