Renegade Kid

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Renegade Kid LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2007; 18 years ago (2007)
Founders
  • Gregg Hargrove
  • Jools Watsham
DefunctAugust 29, 2016 (2016-08-29)
FateDissolved
Successors
  • Atooi
  • Infitizmo
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
,
U.S.
Key people
  • Gregg Hargrove
  • Jools Watsham
Websiterenegadekid.com

Renegade Kid LLC was an American

indie games
prior to its closure in 2016. Watsham currently owns all rights of its output and continues to develop games under the brand Atooi.

History

Prior to founding Renegade Kid, Gregg Hargrove and Jools Watsham had been working together for 12–13 years, starting at Iguana Entertainment.[1] The two launched Renegade Kid in early 2007.[2] Hargrove and Watsham incorporated their expertise in Nintendo 64 (N64) game development into Renegade Kid's projects, and Watsham described the Nintendo DS, which would become the studio's primary target platform, as "basically a portable N64".[3][4] The studio's first game, Dementium: The Ward, was announced on March 5, 2007, and found Gamecock Media Group as its publisher by June.[1][3] At that time, Renegade Kid had three employees.[1]

In March 2012, Renegade Kid and Gamescribe jointly announced PitchWinPlay, a competition in which people could pitch their game ideas to the two companies, the winning entry would be developed as a game for the

indie game development.[7]

Renegade Kid's 2014 game

compilation video game for the Nintendo 3DS, titled Atooi Collection[10] and released on August 7, 2020[11] by Limited Run Games
as the 3DS' final physical title prior to Nintendo's official discontinuation of the system.

In September 2018, Hargrove died of pancreatic cancer.[12] Watsham negotiated with Hargrove's widow to acquire Infitizmo's intellectual properties and subsequently released remasters of the Dementium games.[13]

Games

Year Title Platform(s) Publisher(s)
2007 Dementium: The Ward Nintendo DS Gamecock Media Group, SouthPeak Games
2009 Moon Mastiff, Gamebridge
2010 Dementium II SouthPeak Games
2011 ATV Wild Ride Destineer
Face Racers: Photo Finish Nintendo 3DS Majesco Entertainment
2012 Mutant Mudds iOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS Renegade Kid
Bomb Monkey Nintendo 3DS
Planet Crashers UTV Ignition Games
2013 ATV Wild Ride 3D Renegade Kid
Mutant Mudds Deluxe
 		iOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U
2014
Moon Chronicles
 		Nintendo 3DS
Xeodrifter Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U Renegade Kid,
Gambitious Digital Entertainment
, Atooi
2015
Dementium Remastered
 		Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 Renegade Kid, Atooi
2016
Mutant Mudds Super Challenge
 		Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U
2017 ATV Renegades PlayStation 4, Xbox One Nighthawk Interactive

Unreleased

  • Demon's Crest (Game Boy Advance)[14]
  • Son of the Dragon (Wii)[15]
  • Crash Landed (Nintendo DS)[16]
  • Maximilian and the Rise of the Mutant Mudds (Nintendo DS)[17]
  • Razor Global Domination Pro Tour (PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One)[18]
  • Cult County (macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One)[19][20]
  • Dementium II Remastered (Nintendo 3DS)[21]

References

  1. ^
    Gamasutra
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  2. ^ Dobson, Jason (April 14, 2008). "Joystiq interview: Renegade Kid versus the Moon". Engadget.
  3. ^ a b Ronaghan, Neal (February 10, 2012). "Developer Spotlight: Renegade Kid". Nintendo World Report.
  4. Siliconera
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  5. Nintendo Life
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  6. ^ Sanchez, David (July 24, 2012). "Well, this sucks: Renegade Kid's game dev contest shuts down". GameZone.
  7. ^ Watsham, Jools; D., Konstantinos (April 18, 2013). "How a bad publisher deal made Mutant Mudds dev Renegade Kid go indie". Indie Games Plus.
  8. Nintendo Life
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  9. Gamasutra
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  10. ^ Craddock, Ryan (June 11, 2019). "Atooi Collection Keeps The 3DS Alive By Throwing Five Games On One Physical Cart". Nintendo Life. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  11. ^ "Official website". Atooi. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  12. ^ Watsham, Jools. "It saddens me to share the news that we have lost a great friend. Gregg Hargrove passed away yesterday after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. The world is a better place because Gregg was in it. I will miss him dearly and cherish our friendship". Twitter. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  13. ^ Reynolds, Ollie (September 30, 2023). ""We Wouldn't Give The Silent Hill IP To A Team Like Yours" - Dementium: The Ward's Origins And Switch Return". Nintendo Life. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  14. Nintendo Life
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  15. Gamasutra
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  16. ^ Fletcher, JC (January 11, 2013). "Renegade Kid's lost Crash Bandicoot DS prototype revealed". Engadget.
  17. Nintendo Life
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  18. ^ Farokhmanesh, Megan (February 26, 2014). "Razor Global Domination Pro Tour headed to consoles in 2015". Polygon.
  19. ^ Farokhmanesh, Megan (April 16, 2014). "Cult County to launch on Nintendo 3DS if minimum crowdfunding goal is met". Polygon.
  20. Nintendo Life
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  21. Nintendo Life
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