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Ghost Ship Games

2022-08-19T12:57:52Z

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{{Short description|Danish video game developer}}
{{Notability|Companies|date=December 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Ghost Ship Games ApS
| logo = Ghost Ship Games.svg
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| parent = [[Coffee Stain Studios|Coffee Stain Holding]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|2016}}
| predecessor = [[Press_Play_(company)|Press Play]]
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Søren Lundgaard|Mikkel Martin Pedersen|Henrik Edwards|Jonas Møller|Robert Friis|Philip Mygind}}
| hq_location_city = [[Copenhagen]]
| hq_location_country = Denmark
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Søren Lundgaard ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|Henrik Edwards ([[Chief technology officer|CTO]])}}
| num_employees = 28
| website = {{URL|https://www.ghostship.dk/|ghostship.dk}}
}}

'''Ghost Ship Games ApS''' is a Danish [[video game developer]] based in [[Copenhagen]]. Founded in 2016, it is best known for developing ''[[Deep Rock Galactic]]''.

== History ==
Ghost Ship Games was founded in the spring of 2016 by a team of five former employees of [[Press_Play_(company)|Press Play]] after that studio's closure. CEO Søren Lundgaard was invited to join the company shortly after by game director Mikkel Martin Pedersen. Lundgaard and Pedersen had previously been co-workers at the defunct game studio [[Deadline Games]] for over ten years and each of the six founders had had experience in studio management.<ref name='Pedersen Interview'>{{cite web |url=https://gamerant.com/deep-rock-galactic-interview-ghost-ship-history-player-growth-3-million/|title=Deep Rock Galactic Game Director Talks Rise From Six Founders to Three Million Players}}</ref> The newly formed team begin work on a co-op title that they envisioned as "basically combining ''[[Minecraft]]'' and ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psu.com/news/rock-and-stone-ghost-ship-games-ceo-soren-lundgaard-talks-deep-rock-galactics-upcoming-playstation-launch/|title=Rock And Stone! Ghost Ship Games CEO Søren Lundgaard Talks Deep Rock Galactic's Upcoming PlayStation Launch}}</ref> In February 2017, Swedish developer [[Coffee Stain Studios]] acquired a 30% stake in Ghost Ship Games and agreed to publish their first game, ''Deep Rock Galactic''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wccftech.com/coffee-stain-studios-publishing-expanding/|title=Coffee Stain Studios: Expanding, Acquiring and Publishing}}</ref>

Coffee Stain Publishing released ''Deep Rock Galactic'' into early access on 28 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/02/14/deep-rock-galactic-early-access-game-preview/|title=Deep Rock Galactic Comes to Early Access, Game Preview This Month| publisher=Comic Book| author=TANNER DEDMON | accessdate=23 June 2018}}</ref> Ghost Ship benefited from the community feedback that an early access model allowed for. Early reviews of the game were very positive and the game amassed 300,000 players by September 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-18-deep-rock-galactic-and-the-advantages-of-open-development|title=Deep Rock Galactic and the advantages of open development}}</ref> The game officially left early access after more than two years on 13 May 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/deep-rock-galatic-leaves-early-access-this-may/1100-6476597/|title=Deep Rock Galatic Leaves Early Access This May}}</ref>

In August 2021, Coffee Stain's parent company [[Embracer Group]] acquired the remaining 70% of Ghost Ship Games, which made the studio a subsidiary of Coffee Stain Holding.<ref>{{cite web |title=Embracer Group acquires 3D Realms, CrazyLabs, Digixart, Easy Trigger, Force Field, Ghost Ship Games, Grimfrost, and Slipgate Ironworks |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2021/08/embracer-group-acquires-3d-realms-crazylabs-digixart-easy-trigger-force-field-ghost-ship-games-grimfrost-and-slipgate-ironworks |website=Gematsu |date=August 4, 2021 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805074808/https://www.gematsu.com/2021/08/embracer-group-acquires-3d-realms-crazylabs-digixart-easy-trigger-force-field-ghost-ship-games-grimfrost-and-slipgate-ironworks |url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2021, Ghost Ship announced that ''Deep Rock Galactic'' had sold three million copies and would be ported to [[PlayStation 4]] and [[PlayStation 5]] in January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/deep-rock-galactic-sells-3-million-units/|title=Deep Rock Galactic Sells 3 Million Units|date=11 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/12/acclaimed-co-op-shooter-deep-rock-galactic-digs-down-to-ps5-ps4-in-january|title=Acclaimed Co-Op Shooter Deep Rock Galactic Digs Down to PS5, PS4 in January|date=December 2021}}</ref> In June 2022 they announced they had sold 4 million copies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/548430/view/3347878488984502794|title=4 Million Units sold|date=June 2022}}</ref>

== Games developed ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Platform(s)
! scope="col" | Publisher(s)
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
| ''[[Deep Rock Galactic]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[PlayStation 5]], [[Xbox One]]
| [[Coffee Stain Studios|Coffee Stain Publishing]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.ghostship.dk/}}

{{Embracer Group}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:2021 mergers and acquisitions]]
[[Category:Companies based in Copenhagen]]
[[Category:Danish companies established in 2016]]
[[Category:Embracer Group]]
[[Category:Video game companies established in 2016]]
[[Category:Video game companies of Denmark]]
[[Category:Video game development companies]]
[[Category:Video game companies based in Copenhagen]]

Ghost Ship Games

2021-12-15T04:20:44Z

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{{Short description|Danish video game developer}}
{{Notability|Companies|date=December 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Ghost Ship Games ApS
| logo = Ghost Ship Games.svg
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| parent = [[Coffee Stain Studios|Coffee Stain Holding]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|2016}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Søren Lundgaard|Mikkel Martin Pedersen|Henrik Edwards|Jonas Møller|Robert Friis|Philip Mygind}}
| hq_location_city = [[Copenhagen]]
| hq_location_country = Denmark
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Søren Lundgaard ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|Henrik Edwards ([[Chief technology officer|CTO]])}}
| num_employees = 28
| website = {{URL|https://www.ghostship.dk/|ghostship.dk}}
}}

'''Ghost Ship Games ApS''' is a Danish [[video game developer]] based in [[Copenhagen]]. Founded in 2016, it is best known for developing ''[[Deep Rock Galactic]]''.

== History ==
Ghost Ship Games was founded in the spring of 2016 by a team of five developers, with CEO Søren Lundgaard being invited to join the company shortly after by game director Mikkel Martin Pedersen. Lundgaard and Pedersen had previously been co-workers at the defunct game studio [[Deadline Games]] for over ten years. The newly formed team begin work on a co-op title that they envisioned as "basically combining ''[[Minecraft]]'' and ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psu.com/news/rock-and-stone-ghost-ship-games-ceo-soren-lundgaard-talks-deep-rock-galactics-upcoming-playstation-launch/|title=Rock And Stone! Ghost Ship Games CEO Søren Lundgaard Talks Deep Rock Galactic’s Upcoming PlayStation Launch}}</ref> In February 2017, Swedish developer [[Coffee Stain Studios]] acquired a 35%{{failed verification|date=December 2021}} stake in Ghost Ship Games and agreed to publish their first game, ''Deep Rock Galactic''.<ref name="gsg">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-02-24-coffee-stain-invests-in-ghost-ship-games |title=Coffee Stain invests in Ghost Ship Games|date=24 February 2017 |website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |access-date=14 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115112849/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-02-24-coffee-stain-invests-in-ghost-ship-games |archive-date=15 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Coffee Stain Publishing released ''Deep Rock Galactic'' into early access on 28 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/02/14/deep-rock-galactic-early-access-game-preview/|title=Deep Rock Galactic Comes to Early Access, Game Preview This Month| publisher=Comic Book| author=TANNER DEDMON | accessdate=23 June 2018}}</ref> Ghost Ship benefited from the community feedback that an early access model allowed for. Early reviews of the game were very positive and the game amassed 300,000 players by September 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-18-deep-rock-galactic-and-the-advantages-of-open-development|title=Deep Rock Galactic and the advantages of open development}}</ref> The game officially left early access after more than two years on 13 May 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/deep-rock-galatic-leaves-early-access-this-may/1100-6476597/|title=Deep Rock Galatic Leaves Early Access This May}}</ref>

In August 2021, Coffee Stain's parent company [[Embracer Group]] acquired the remaining 65%{{failed verification|date=December 2021}} of Ghost Ship Games, which made the studio a subsidiary of Coffee Stain Holding.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/embracer-group-acquires-ghost-ship-042500192.html|title=Embracer Group acquires Ghost Ship Games}}</ref> In November 2021, Ghost Ship announced that ''Deep Rock Galactic'' had sold three million copies and would be ported to [[PlayStation 4]] and [[PlayStation 5]] in January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/deep-rock-galactic-sells-3-million-units/|title=Deep Rock Galactic Sells 3 Million Units}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/12/acclaimed-co-op-shooter-deep-rock-galactic-digs-down-to-ps5-ps4-in-january|title=Acclaimed Co-Op Shooter Deep Rock Galactic Digs Down to PS5, PS4 in January}}</ref>

== Games developed ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Platform(s)
! scope="col" | Publisher(s)
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
| ''[[Deep Rock Galactic]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[PlayStation 5]]
| [[Coffee Stain Studios|Coffee Stain Publishing]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.ghostship.dk/}}

{{Embracer Group}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:2021 mergers and acquisitions]]
[[Category:Companies based in Copenhagen]]
[[Category:Danish companies established in 2016]]
[[Category:Embracer Group]]
[[Category:Video game companies established in 2016]]
[[Category:Video game companies of Denmark]]
[[Category:Video game development companies]]

Agate (game company)

2020-08-17T06:11:46Z

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{{Orphan|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Agate
| logo = Agate Logo.png
| logo_caption = Agate's logo after rebranding
| type =
| foundation = 2009
| num_employees = +/- 300
| location = [[Bandung]], [[Indonesia]]
| products = ''Football Saga''<br> ''Valthirian Arc''<br>''Anak Sholeh''
| homepage = {{url|agate.id}}
}}

'''Agate''' is an [[Indonesia]]n video game development company based in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was founded on April 1, 2009. It has worked with publishers such as [[Square Enix]] and [[Electronic Arts]].

The company produces [[serious game]]s, providing gamified applications to companies either via [[gamification]] of systems, [[Advertising in video games|advertisement games]] or [[Simulation#Simulation games|training games]] meant to simulate the work environment. Agate had worked for [[Microsoft]], [[Samsung]], and [[Coca-Cola]].

In October 2011, Agate together with Kummara and AnimartDigi held ''Indonesia Bermain'' in Bandung.<ref>Hidayat, Wicak (October 22nd, 2011) [http://www.detikinet.com/read/2011/10/22/142402/1750027/654/indonesia-bermain-sebarkan-semangat-positif-game/ Indonesia Bermain Sebarkan Semangat Positif Game] Detikinet. Retrieved January 13, 2012.</ref> 7000 people attended.

==History==
The founders of Agate met in October 2007 as college students when they decided to make a game with no budget. With no experience on making games beforehand, the game only made it to a playable state before being scrapped. Learning from this experience, the team moved on to make a game for [[Microsoft]]'s [[Dream Build Play]] competition, titled ''Ponporon!''. The title was showcased on Indonesia Game Show in 2008 and gave new hope to the team which drove them to start a video game company, which was founded on April 1, 2009.

Seeing market condition at the time, Agate focused in [[Browser game|flash games]] for a while before venturing to make [[Advertising in video games|advergames]] and service games in 2010. In addition, within that year, the company merged with another game studio named Lucidrine a fellow game studio that had previously worked at several popular flash games such as ''Valthirian Arc'' which continues to be an ongoing serial project, now worked on by Agate.

The company expanded once more in 2011 with the establishment of Agate Jogja in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, along with the addition of a publishing division and attaining partnership with [[Electronic Arts#Chillingo|Chillingo]]. Within the same year, Agate had begun developing [[console game]]s for the first time in its history, along with venturing into the creation of browser-based social games.

In 2012, Agate started a [[Video game developer#Third-party developers|third-party publishing]] business while their game ''Football Saga'' reached its peak of 58.000 monthly users and 10.000 active daily users. Within the year, was also the first ever representative of Indonesia in the annual [[Tokyo Game Show]] to appear in its Asia New Stars, an exhibition geared towards introducing emerging game developers from Asia.

In 2013, the company helped co-found [[Video gaming in Indonesia|AGI]] (Indonesia Gaming Association) while, in the same year, establishing a partnership with [[Square Enix]] to publish and localize ''Sengoku IXA'' in Indonesia. In 2014, formed a partnership with Les' Copaque Productions to develop a game for ''[[Upin & Ipin]]''.

By 2015, Agate's serious game business expanded outside of Indonesia and South East Asia.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

In 2016, scored a US$1,000,000 pre-series A round led by a local venture firm known as Maloekoe Ventures.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/indonesian-gaming-dev-agate-studios-raises-1m-from-maloekoe-ventures-36274/|title=Agate Studios raises $1m from Maloekoe Ventures|work=DealStreetAsia|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en-US}}</ref> The company also expanded their serious game business further to the company training games business.

In 2017, Agate secured another partnership, this time with the biggest telecommunications company in Indonesia, [[Telkom Indonesia]]. They a growth spurt of over 45% the number of employees than 2016 and achieved the title as the leading game company in Indonesia.

In 2018, Agate released the third installment to their signature franchise, Valthirian Arc, Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story. Working together with the UK based publisher, PQube, the game was released for the [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Nintendo Switch]] and [[Personal computer|PC]].

In 2019, Agate works together yet again with [[Telkom Indonesia]] to create Oolean. A partnership that was announced at [[Telkom Digisummit]] of 2019 with the goal of nurturing and sharpening the Indonesian game industry to be more competitive. To date, Agate had created over 250 games and [[gamification]] projects.

== Developed Games ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"
! Judul
! Platform(s)
! Year
|-
| Memories (previously Ciayo Stories)
|[[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| 2019
|-
|Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story
|[[Personal computer|PC]], [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Nintendo Switch]]
| 2018
|-
| Onet Asli
|[[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| 2018
|-
| Teka Teki Santai
|[[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| 2018
|-
| Bumbu Cinta: Love Spice
|[[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| 2017
|-
| Dungeon Chef
|[[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| 2017
|-
| Game Anak Sholeh
|[[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| 2017
|-
| Fantasista
|[[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| 2016
|-
| Upin & Ipin: Demi Metromillenium
|[[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| 2016
|-
| Sengoku Ixa
|[[Browser game|Browser-Based Game]]
| 2013
|-
| Football Saga 2
|[[Browser game|Browser-Based Game]]
| 2012
|-
| Earl Grey and this Rupert Guy
| [[Adobe Flash|Flash]]
| 2010
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External link==
* {{official website}}

[[Category:Companies based in Bandung]]
[[Category:Video game publishers]]
[[Category:Video game development companies]]
[[Category:Video game companies of Indonesia]]
[[Category:Indonesian companies established in 2009]]
[[Category:Video game companies established in 2009]]