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PREMIER DEVELOPMENT STUDIO SMOKING GUN INTERACTIVE FORMED BY THE CREATORS OF THE AWARD WINNING COMPANY OF HEROES™
Creative forces behind the highest rated strategy game* of all time reveal new development studio
VANCOUVER, CA (June 4, 2007) - The creators of the critically acclaimed game Company of Heroes today announced the formation of their new interactive entertainment software development studio, Smoking Gun Interactive Inc. The development studio will focus on creating innovative award winning cross platform games based on original or company owned intellectual property.
Smoking Gun Interactive Inc, has been founded by John Johnson, Angie Radwan-Pytlewski and Drew Dunlop all former senior staff from Relic Entertainment. The studio is led by CEO and Creative Director John Johnson who was previously the Director of Franchise Development and Producer on Company of Heroes, while Angie Radwan-Pytlewski served as Art Director and Drew Dunlop as Lead Programmer on the critically acclaimed real-time strategy hit.
"The team at Smoking Gun has worked passionately together for over 7 years, building teams that have created the most critically acclaimed games in their genre." said John Johnson CEO and Creative Director, "As the industry evolves so do the ways that people interact with video games. With our collective input Smoking Gun will be at the forefront of producing innovative best-selling titles, that really push the envelope further than we've gone before".
Working with Smoking Gun Interactive are key personnel from the team that created Company of Heroes including the Audio Director Crispin Hands and Story and Script Writer Duane Pye. Collectively the management and executive team have over 30 years of experience and have worked on best-selling franchises including Company of Heroes™, Impossible Creatures™, Homeworld™, Need for Speed™, NHL™, NBA Live™ and FIFA Soccer™. With their collective experience in leading passionate teams and creating award winning products, Smoking Gun is destined to become one of the industry's leading premier development studios.
For updated news and additional company information, please visit the official Smoking Gun Interactive site www.smokingguninc.com
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*According to www.gamerankings.comMessage from Smoking Gun.
We would like to thank all of our friends and community members who participated in the company's teaser campaign at www.exoriare.com. We thought about how we wanted to launch Smoking Gun and decided, "We are a game company, lets have some fun with it." Involving the community and having them work together to solve the puzzles was the most important aspect of the design for us, it's just another way games are changing in how people interact with them and each other while playing. It's an important part of our vision as a company to focus attention on those changes and create new ways for people to have fun with interactive entertainment. We're very happy this campaign has created a lot of enjoyment for the community. This is just the beginning...
Some of the recent coverage on Exoriare.com:
Next-Gen.biz - Next Generation - Interactive Entertainment Today
Gamasutra
Kotaku - The Gamers Guide
FiringSquad
Blues News
Shacknews
Gamestar.de
Eurogamer.de
Multiplayer.it
Gamekult.com
CVG - Computerandvideogames.com