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Ghost Ship Games

2022-09-17T00:10:39Z

2600:1700:BC90:B40:30CC:F050:E440:B4A2: Fixed typo

{{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|Urine 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 [sic] 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]]
[[Category:Companies based in Copenhagen Municipality]]

Ghost Ship Games

2022-09-17T00:08:12Z

2600:1700:BC90:B40:30CC:F050:E440:B4A2: /* Games developed */Fixed a typo

{{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 [sic] 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
| ''[[Dwarf Sex Simulator]]''
| [[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]]
[[Category:Companies based in Copenhagen Municipality]]