Tre av personerna som var med och skapande det mångbelönade strategispelet#company-of-heroes|"Company of Heroes" har lämnat utvecklaren #Relic Entertainment och idag annonserade de sin nya firma. #Smoking Gun Interactive har inte några officiella spelplaner ännu men de verkar vara inriktade på att koka ihop ett eget koncept.
PREMIER DEVELOPMENT STUDIO SMOKING GUN INTERACTIVE FORMED
BY THE CREATORS OF THE AWARD WINNING COMPANY OF HEROES?
Creative forces behind the highest rated strategy game*
of all time reveal new development studio
VANCOUVER, CA (June 4, 2007) ? The creators of the critically acclaimed game Company of Heroes today announced the formation of their new interactive entertainment software development studio, Smoking Gun Interactive Inc. The development studio will focus on creating innovative award winning cross platform games based on original or company owned intellectual property.
Smoking Gun Interactive Inc, has been founded by John Johnson, Angie Radwan-Pytlewski and Drew Dunlop all former senior staff from Relic Entertainment. The studio is led by CEO and Creative Director John Johnson who was previously the Director of Franchise Development and Producer on Company of Heroes, while Angie Radwan-Pytlewski served as Art Director and Drew Dunlop as Lead Programmer on the critically acclaimed real-time strategy hit.
"The team at Smoking Gun has worked passionately together for over 7 years, building teams that have created the most critically acclaimed games in their genre." said John Johnson CEO and Creative Director, "As the industry evolves so do the ways that people interact with video games. With our collective input Smoking Gun will be at the forefront of producing innovative best-selling titles, that really push the envelop further than we've gone before?,
Working with Smoking Gun Interactive are key personnel from the team that created Company of Heroes including the Audio Director Crispin Hands and Story and Script Writer Duane Pye. Collectively the management and executive team have over 30 years of experience and have worked on best-selling franchises including Company of Heroes?, Impossible Creatures?, Homeworld?, Need for Speed?, NHL?, NBA Live? and FIFA Soccer?. With their collective experience in leading passionate teams and creating award winning products, Smoking Gun is destined to become one of the industry's leading premier development studios.
For updated news and additional company information, please visit the official Smoking Gun Interactive site www.smokingguninc.com
This is Smoking Gun?
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About Smoking Gun Interactive
Smoking Gun Interactive was founded in 2007 by award winning industry veterans and the creators of Company of Heroes?, the highest rated Strategy game of all time. Garnering over 45 industry awards including 9 ? Best PC Game of year and 13 ? Best Strategy Game of the Year awards and is currently rated 5th best PC Game of all time.
Smoking Gun's founders have over 30 years of industry experience shipping 14 products, including 9 platinum titles. They have worked together for seven years, building and leading passionate teams -- teams that stand with the very best in the industry. Over time, they realized that they shared a vision of what games could be; with Smoking Gun they have come together to build that dream.
