Ion Storm, L.P.
Moby ID: 1315
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Ion Storm was a game developer based in Texas, USA. It was founded on November 15, 1996 in Dallas by John Romero and Tom Hall, both former employees of id Software. In 1997 Warren Spector was asked to lead a company branch in Austin. Game development in the Dallas office was notoriously plagued by delays, internal conflicts, and controversial ad campaigns, all of which marked the release of John Romero's Daikatana (2000).
Romero and Hall left the company shortly after the production of Anachronox (2001). The last company division in Austin was closed by Eidos Interactive in 2005 due to financial troubles.
Credited on 4 Games from 1998 to 2001
| Anachronox (2001 on Windows) |
| John Romero's Daikatana (2000 on Windows) |
| John Romero's Daikatana (2000 on Nintendo 64) |
| Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 (1998 on Windows) |
History +
- February 2005
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Company is shut down.
- November 8, 2004
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Warren Spector, one of the founders, leaves the company.
- January 1997
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Ion Storm signs a 10 year publishing and development deal with Eidos Interactive.
- 1996
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Company founded by John Romero and Tom Hall in Dallas in 1996 and comprised of ex-id Software employees.
Trivia +
Ion Storm's website was formerly located at http://www.ionstorm.com.
Ion Storm currently is the only company to have developed and released games using both the Id Software's Quake II engine and Epic Games Unreal engine. The Deus Ex series and Thief: Deadly Shadows were developed with the Unreal engine. Anachronox was developed with the Quake II engine.
Related Web Sites +
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Wikipedia
The Ion Storm company profile at Wikipedia
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 3 games with Mastertronic Games Ltd.
- 3 games with Eidos GmbH
- 3 games with Square Enix Limited
- 3 games with Eidos, Inc.
- 2 games with id Software, Inc.
- 2 games with GOG Limited
- 2 games with Leader S.p.a.
- 2 games with Acer TWP Corp
- 1 game with Kotobuki Solution Co., Ltd.
- 1 game with Toptronics Oy
- 3 games with Flavia Timiani-Dean
- 3 games with Chad Barron
- 3 games with Paul Baldwin
- 3 games with James Poole
- 3 games with Stan Neuvo
- 3 games with James Featherstone
- 3 games with John Romero
- 3 games with Jason Walker
- 3 games with Michael McHale
- 3 games with Jay Hosfelt
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