nStigate Games
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| Formerly | Nihilistic Software (1998–2012) |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | March 1998 |
| Defunct | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Marin County, California |
| Products | Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption |
| Website | nihilistic.com |
nStigate Games (formerly Nihilistic Software) was an American video game developer based in Novato, California.
History
Nihilistic was founded in March 1998 by Ray Gresko, Robert Huebner, and Steve Tietze. Gresko and Huebner had formerly worked at
The first game produced by Nihilistic was
For their next project, Nihilistic began to develop
Meanwhile, in 2005, Nihilistic completed development on Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, a fighting game based on Marvel Comics' various superheroes. Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects was published by Electronic Arts, for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube.
Nihilistic released their first 'next-gen' title, Conan for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game consoles. According to a preview article in the March 2007 issue of Game Informer, Conan is an action/adventure game based on Robert E. Howard's famous sword and sorcery hero, Conan the Barbarian. This title was released by the publisher THQ on October 23, 2007.
In the fall of 2009,
They developed PlayStation Move Heroes for the PlayStation 3 (for the PlayStation Move) which was released in March 2011.[2]
On May 29, 2012, Nihilistic released Resistance: Burning Skies for the PlayStation Vita.[3]
On October 17, 2012, Nihilistic reorganized their business to focus on mobile gaming, changing their name to nStigate.[4]
On November 13, 2012, nStigate released
The company announced that they'd began to restructure the studio once more and announced that they’d be focusing on developing digital and mobile titles,[7] yet due to the failure of Declassified the company was unable to reach any agreements with major companies and would be forced to close the following month.[8]
Games
| Game title | Release | Platform | Metacritic | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption | 2000 | Apple Macintosh |
74/100 | |
| Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects | 2005 | PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube | 53/100 (PS2), 58/100 (Xbox), 54/100 (GameCube) |
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| Conan | 2007 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | 69/100 | |
| Zombie Apocalypse | 2009 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | 61/100 (PS3), 66/100 (Xbox 360) |
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| PlayStation Move Heroes | 2011 | PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Move) | 53/100 | |
| Resistance: Burning Skies | 2012 | PlayStation Vita | 60/100 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified | 2012 | PlayStation Vita | 33/100 |
References
- ^ "StarCraft: Ghost - What Went Wrong". Polygon. July 5, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- Sony Computer Entertainment. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ James Ransom-Wiley. "Resistance NGP being developed by Nihilistic, isn't a port". Joystiq. AOL Inc. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- Vox Media Inc.2012-10-18. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ Moriarty, Colin (14 August 2012). "Call of Duty's Vita Developer Has Been Revealed". IGN.
- ^ Metacritic. "Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified". Metacritic. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
- ^ "Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified dev Nihilistic ditches retail boxed games, rebrands". Eurogamer.net. 19 October 2012.
- ^ "Nihilistic: Why We're Shutting up Shop". 18 October 2012.