Free Lives
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | April 2012 |
Founder | Evan Greenwood |
Headquarters | , South Africa |
Key people | Evan Greenwood (creative director) |
Products | |
Number of employees | 16 (2018) |
Website | freelives |
Free Lives (Pty) Ltd is an independent South African video game developer based in Cape Town. Founded in April 2012 and led by creative director Evan Greenwood, Free Lives is best known for creating the video game Broforce and has also developed the comedy game Genital Jousting and the virtual reality game Gorn. Free Lives is primarily published through the American publisher Devolver Digital.
History
Background
Free Lives was founded in April 2012 by video game programmer and creative director Evan Greenwood and is based on a property that is part studio, part house in
Video games
Free Lives first got involved with the video game industry when the team entered Rambros, a
Late 2016, Free Lives made the comedy game
On 10 July 2017, Free Lives released the virtual reality game Gorn for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on Steam Early Access. Described as a "ludicrously violent VR gladiator simulator," Gorn features a physics-driven combat engine and a large amount of violent gore. Free Lives stated that they used the Early Access service in order to be able to expand the game with features players want to see.[8][9]
In October 2020, Free Lives partnered up with another independent video game development team to expand upon the video game
Success
In an interview with MyGaming, Greenwood stated that the studio had made approximately US$3 million off of Broforce sales by 2016.[11] The entire Free Lives team moved to
Games developed
Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) |
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2014 | The Expendabros[4]
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Windows
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Devolver Digital |
2015 | Broforce | Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows | |
2016 | Yojimbrawl![13] | Windows | Humble Bundle |
2018 | Genital Jousting | macOS, Windows | Devolver Digital |
2019 | Gorn | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows | |
Cricket Through the Ages | iOS, tvOS | ||
2023 | Terra Nil | Android, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows | |
2024 | Anger Foot | Windows | |
Stick it to the Stickman |
References
- ^ Akabor, Nafisa (12 October 2017). "Meet SA's game changers". Financial Mail. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ The Sunday Times. Archivedfrom the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Corriea, Alexa Ray (5 July 2013). "Broforce devs talk female heroes, 80s action appeal and cultural sensitivity to games". Polygon. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ a b López, Jorge (6 August 2014). "Broforce Muesta Su Nueva Expansión, The Expendabros". IGN. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- Venturebeat. Archivedfrom the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Wales, Matt (18 January 2018). "Penis-based party game Genital Jousting leaves Early Access, gains a story mode". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Conditt, Jessica (2 February 2018). "A game about penises made Steam live streaming a reality". Engadget. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (11 July 2017). "BroForce and Genital Jousting dev just released a VR game". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Prescott, Shaun (27 June 2017). "Gorn is a ridiculously violent VR brawler by the Broforce studio". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Hall, Charlie (7 June 2021). "Terra Nil is a beautiful 'reverse city-builder' from the developer behind Broforce". Polygon.
- ^ Vermeulen, Jan (17 May 2016). "Broforce earned SA developer Free Lives over R30 million". MyGaming. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Alexandra, Heather (26 September 2016). "Indie Game Devs Move Studio To Tropical Island For Three Months". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ LeClair, Kyle (2 December 2016). "December's Humble Monthly Bundle Brings Dragon's Dogma, Mordheim, More". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2019.