Surreal Software, Inc.
Moby ID: 204
- Midway Seattle (from 2004-04 to 2009)
- Surreal Software, Inc. (from 1995-11-22 to 2004-04)
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Surreal Software was a video game developer founded in 1995. They first received critical acclaim with the 1999 release of Drakan: Order of the Flame. They continued with Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates in early 2002, both games selling in excess of 250,000 units. Having grown to two development teams, Surreal released The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring later that same year, selling over 1.8 million units. In March 2004, Surreal Software released The Suffering.
Surreal Software employed around 60 designers, artists and programmers. Over the years, Surreal Software's technical capabilities have increased, with the advancement of multi-platform offerings, and a proprietary real-time game development.
In April 2004, Midway Games acquired Surreal Software as an in-house game studio. When most of the Midway assets were acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Surreal Software was included in the deal and taken over by the new company. Even though the name Surreal Software was still used, most of the team was not integrated into the WB Games, Inc. studio. The company was dissolved in 2011.
Credited on 6 Games from 1999 to 2009
| Wheelman (2009 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...) |
| The Suffering: Ties That Bind (2005 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox) |
| The Suffering (2004 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox) |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002 on Windows, PlayStation 2) |
| Drakan: The Ancients' Gates (2002 on PlayStation 2) |
| Drakan: Order of the Flame (1999 on Windows) |
History +
- March 1, 2011
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The company is dissolved.
- February 14, 2005
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David Sears, formerly working at Zipper Interactive, is named the new creative director.
- April 2004
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Acquired by Midway Games as an in-house game studio.
- November 22, 1995
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Company founded.
Trivia +
Contact information (August 2008)
Surreal Software Inc.
3131 Elliott Ave., Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98121-1044
USA
Phone: 206.587.0505
http://www.surreal.com/
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 3 games with Midway Home Entertainment, Inc.
- 2 games with Tradewest Games Ltd.
- 2 games with Noviy Disk
- 1 game with Midway Studios - Newcastle
- 1 game with MPath Interactive
- 1 game with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
- 1 game with Encore, Inc.
- 1 game with Vivendi Games, Inc.
- 1 game with Imagineer Co., Ltd.
- 1 game with Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC
- 5 games with Tomas Vykruta
- 4 games with Greg Alt
- 4 games with Joe Olson
- 4 games with Ben Olson
- 4 games with Scott Cummings
- 4 games with Tim Ebling
- 4 games with Boyd Post
- 4 games with Alan Patmore
- 4 games with Stuart Denman
- 4 games with Richard Rouse III
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