Ghost Ship Games
Ghost Ship Games is a Danish video game developer founded in 2016. They are best known for developing the co-operative First-person shooter 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.” [1] In February 2017, Swedish developer/publisher Coffee Stain Studios acquired a 35% stake in Ghost Ship Games and agreed to publish their first game, Deep Rock Galactic. [2]
Coffee Stain Publishing released Deep Rock Galactic into early access on February 28, 2018. [3] 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. [4] The game officially left early access after more than two years on May 13, 2020. [5]
In August 2021, Coffee Stain's parent company Embracer Group acquired the remaining 65% of Ghost Ship Games, which made the studio a subsidiary of Coffee Stain Holding. [6] 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. [7] [8]
Games developed
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Deep Rock Galactic | Microsoft Windows, Playstation 4, Playstation 5 | Coffee Stain Publishing |
References
- ↑ "Rock And Stone! Ghost Ship Games CEO Søren Lundgaard Talks Deep Rock Galactic’s Upcoming PlayStation Launch". https://www.psu.com/news/rock-and-stone-ghost-ship-games-ceo-soren-lundgaard-talks-deep-rock-galactics-upcoming-playstation-launch/.
- ↑ "Coffee Stain invests in Ghost Ship Games". 24 February 2017. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-02-24-coffee-stain-invests-in-ghost-ship-games.
- ↑ TANNER DEDMON. "Deep Rock Galactic Comes to Early Access, Game Preview This Month". Comic Book. http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/02/14/deep-rock-galactic-early-access-game-preview/. Retrieved on June 23, 2018.
- ↑ "Deep Rock Galactic and the advantages of open development". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-18-deep-rock-galactic-and-the-advantages-of-open-development.
- ↑ "Deep Rock Galatic Leaves Early Access This May". https://www.gamespot.com/articles/deep-rock-galatic-leaves-early-access-this-may/1100-6476597/.
- ↑ "Embracer Group acquires Ghost Ship Games". https://finance.yahoo.com/news/embracer-group-acquires-ghost-ship-042500192.html.
- ↑ "Deep Rock Galactic Sells 3 Million Units". https://www.thegamer.com/deep-rock-galactic-sells-3-million-units/.
- ↑ "Acclaimed Co-Op Shooter Deep Rock Galactic Digs Down to PS5, PS4 in January". https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/12/acclaimed-co-op-shooter-deep-rock-galactic-digs-down-to-ps5-ps4-in-january.