Stainless Games
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | August 1994 |
| Founder | Patrick Buckland Neil Barnden |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Carmageddon Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers Risk: Factions |
Number of employees | 50 |
| Website | stainlessgames.com |
Stainless Games is an independent British video game developer based in Newport, Isle of Wight, that is best known for the creation of the Carmageddon franchise.
History
Originally named Stainless Software, the company was founded in August 1994 by lead programmer Patrick Buckland and design director Neil Barnden. It was originally located in "The Cottage" on the Isle of Wight.[1]
Buckland was the lead programmer on Carmageddon and
Starting with sub-contracted 3D engine work for
In 2006, Stainless was sub-contracted by
The company released Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers in June 2009 on XBLA. Developed over nearly two years in conjunction with Wizards of the Coast, the title broke sales records on Xbox Live Arcade (171,000 in the first month) and was well received by both critics and players. In April 2011, it was announced by Wizards of the Coast that Stainless Games was working on the new updated client version of Magic: The Gathering Online (commonly known as MTGO or MODO).[3]
Stainless has also licensed Buckland's 1980s Mac classic Crystal Quest and has produced versions for XBLA and Windows Vista.
On 1 June 2011, Stainless announced that it had retrieved the rights to the Carmageddon brand, and that a new and completely independent game was in development, named Carmageddon: Reincarnation.[4] On 8 May 2012, Stainless announced a Kickstarter project aimed at funding Carmageddon: Reincarnation into a new game, with an initial requirement of $400,000 which was successfully completed on 7 June 2012 at $625,143.[5] Also in 2011 and 2012, ports of the first game in the franchise were released for the iOS and Android platforms. It was titled Carmageddon: Funsize and initially had a positive reception; however, the game eventually became free-to-play, and introduced ads along with bugs.
After releasing an updated version of Reincarnation titled
Games
- Carmageddon (1997)
- Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now (1998)
- Crystal Quest (2006)
- Novadrome (2006)
- Atari Classics Evolved (2007)
- Tempest (2007)
- Asteroids/Asteroids Deluxe (2007)
- Missile Command (2007)
- Centipede/Millipede (2007)
- Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm (2008)
- Red Baron (2008)
- Warlords (2008)
- Battlezone (2008)
- Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers (2009)
- Scrabble (2009)
- Risk: Factions (2010)
- Carmageddon: Funsize (2012)
- Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 (2011)
- Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 (2012)
- Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014 (2013)
- Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015 (2014)
- Carmageddon: Reincarnation (2015)
- Magic Duels: Origins(2015)
- Carmageddon: Max Damage (2016)
- Carmageddon: Crashers (2017)
- ShockRods (2019)
References
- ^ "ng alphas: Carmageddon". Next Generation. Vol. 3, no. 25. Imagine Publishing. January 1997. p. 125 – via Internet Archive.
- Gamasutra. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Magic Online Status Report - April 2011". Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "New Carmageddon game confirmed for digital release". Computer and Video Games. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Carmageddon Kickstarter". 8 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.