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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 2001; 23 years ago (2001)[1] |
Founders | Paul Wedgwood, Richard Jolly, Arnout van Meer |
Headquarters | London, England |
Products | Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Enemy Territory: Quake Wars |
Owner | Independent (2001–2016) Leyou (2016–2020) Tencent (2020–present) |
Number of employees | 300[2] |
Parent | Radius Maxima (2016–2020) Splash Damage Group Limited (2021-present) |
Website | splashdamage.com |
Splash Damage Ltd. is a British video game developer that specializes in multiplayer first-person shooter video games. The studio is best known as the creator of the Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars.
Splash Damage was formed in May[3] or June 2001[1] by the creators of mods such as Quake 3 Fortress. The studio began life working with Now TV and Gamer.tv, providing both custom maps and an in-game television production solution. Splash Damage staff also worked to produce and present over 150 TV shows based on Quake III Arena Capture the Flag.
In March 2002, Splash Damage partnered with Games Domain to produce a number of multiplayer maps for their online gaming service. One of these was a map for id Software's Return to Castle Wolfenstein based on Operation Market Garden; this map was hugely successful online and instantly became the most played third-party map for the game.
Following Market Garden's success, Activision and id Software asked Splash Damage to produce three additional multiplayer maps for the Return to Castle Wolfenstein Game of the Year Edition. The same year, Splash Damage partnered with the two companies to develop Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, a stand-alone expansion based on Return to Castle Wolfenstein. The Windows version of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was released online for free on 29 May 2003, with Linux and Mac versions following later. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory won several Game of the Year and Editor's Choice awards[4] and remained one of the most popular online first-person shooter titles even in 2008.[5]
In June 2003 and once again working with id Software, Splash Damage created all the maps for Doom 3's multiplayer mode and at the same time began pre-production on Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, a follow-up to Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory using a heavily modified version of the id Tech 4 engine and set in the Quake universe. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars shipped on 28 September 2007, and has won dozens of awards to date, including several Game of the Year awards and over 25 Editor's Choice awards.[6]
In 2008, Splash Damage announced they would be partnering with Bethesda Softworks on an unannounced title.[7] In 2009, Splash Damage and Bethesda announced Brink,[8] which would eventually be released in May 2011.[9] In August 2011 Splash Damage and Bethesda released the Agents of Change DLC for Brink.[10]
In 2012, Splash Damage launched a publishing division called Warchest and a back-end technology business called Fireteam. [11] Warchest initially acted as publisher of various Splash Damage projects such as RAD Soldiers and Tempo. Later that year Splash Damage announced that they were developing a new multiplayer FPS game called Dirty Bomb.[12]
In 2013 Splash Damage announced that Nexon would be publishing Dirty Bomb, under the name Extraction, but later the name was changed back to Dirty Bomb.[13]
In July 2016, Splash Damage, alongside its sister companies Warchest and Fireteam, were acquired by Leyou, a Chinese holding company, via its Radius Maxima subsidiary.[14]
In February 2017, Splash Damage announced it had reacquired the publishing rights of Dirty Bomb from Nexon, after which Splash Damage's publishing arm Warchest would become the new publisher.[15]
After the acquisition of Leyou by Tencent by the end of 2020, Splash Damage will continue to operate as an "independent entity within the Tencent family".[16] In the same year Splash Damage and Google released Outcasters, an exclusive game for Google Stadia.
In May 2021 it was announced that Warchest will be taking over the publishing of Outcasters.[17]
Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) |
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2002 | Return to Castle Wolfenstein (multiplayer) | Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac | Activision |
2003 | Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | ||
2004 | Doom 3 (multiplayer) | ||
2007 | Enemy Territory: Quake Wars | Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
2011 | Brink | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Bethesda Softworks |
2012 | RAD Soldiers[18] | iOS, Web | Warchest |
2013 | Batman: Arkham Origins (multiplayer) | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
2014 | Dirty Bomb[19] | Microsoft Windows | Nexon (until 2017), Warchest (from 2017) |
2015 | Tempo[20] | iOS | Warchest |
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition[21] | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series Consoles | Xbox Game Studios | |
2016 | Gears of War 4 (multiplayer)[22] | ||
2019 | Gears 5 (multiplayer)[23] | ||
Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC version)[24] | |||
2020 | Gears Tactics[25] | ||
Outcasters[26] | Google Stadia | Stadia Games and Entertainment (until May 2021), Warchest (from May 2021) |
Date | Award | Result |
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2008 | Develop Industry Excellence Award for Best Independent Studio[27] | Won |
2008 | Ultraweb Level 4 Award[28] | Won |
2008 | Golden Joystick award for UK Developer of the Year[29] | Nominated |
2009 | Guardian Top 100 UK Tech & Media Companies[30] | Won |
2015 | Best Companies Ones to Watch[31] | Won |
2016 | Best Companies 2 Star Accreditation[32] | Won |
2016 | Amazon Growing Business Awards[33] | Nominated |
2018 | Best Companies[34] | 47th |
2021 | Best Companies - Best Large Companies[35] | 58th |
2021 | Best Companies - London's Best Large Companies[36] | 29th |
2021 | Best Companies 3 Star Accreditation [37] | Won |
The full list of awards can be found on their web site.[38]
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