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Feral Interactive Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
HeadquartersLondon, England

Key people

  • David Stephen
  • Ian Bullock
  • Edwin Smith
  • Andrew Wood
  • Number of employees

    50–100[1]
    Websitewww.feralinteractive.com

    Feral Interactive Limited is a British video games developer and publisher for macOS, Linux, iOS,[2] Android, Nintendo Switch[3] and Microsoft Windows platforms. It was founded in 1996 to bring games to Mac and specialises in porting games to different platforms.[4][5]

    Feral have partnered with publishers like Square Enix Europe, 2K Games, Sega Europe, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Codemasters to port and publish their games for platforms that the publishers themselves are not supporting.[6] It has offered its games on digital download services like Direct2Drive since 2011.[6]

    History

    [edit]

    From 1996 to 2013, Feral Interactive published games exclusively for macOS. In June 2014, Feral released its first game for Linux, XCOM: Enemy Unknown.[7][8] In November 2016, Feral released its first game for iOS, Rome: Total War for iPad,[9] following in November 2017 with its first iOS release simultaneously for both iPhone and iPad, GRID Autosport.[10] Feral's first Android release, Rome: Total War, came in December 2018.[11] Feral Interactive released its first Nintendo Switch title, GRID Autosport, in September 2019.[12] Feral developed the remaster of Rome: Total War in collaboration with Creative Assembly, released in April 2021, which is its first game for Windows.[13]

    Awards

    [edit]

    In 2006, the Mac version of The Movies won a BAFTA award for the best game in the Simulation category.[14] In 2012, the Mac version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution won a 2012 Apple Design Award as part of the Mac Developer Showcase.[15][16]

    Games

    [edit]
    Year Title Platform Original publisher Ref.
    1995
    • Racing Days R
    MacOS Kitt Peak [17]
    1997 MacOS
    1999 MacOS
    2000 MacOS
    2001 MacOS
    2002 MacOS
    2003 MacOS
    2004 MacOS
    2005 MacOS
    2006 MacOS
    2007 MacOS
    2008 MacOS
    2009 MacOS
    2010 MacOS
    2011 MacOS
    2012 MacOS
    2013 MacOS
    2014 MacOS, Linux
    MacOS
    2015 MacOS, Linux
    MacOS
    2016 MacOS, Linux
    MacOS
    Linux
    iPadOS
    2017 MacOS, Linux
    MacOS
    Linux
    iOS
    iPadOS
    2018 MacOS, Linux
    iOS, Android
    MacOS
    iPadOS
    2019 MacOS, Linux
    Android, Nintendo Switch
    iOS, Android
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    2020 iOS, Android
    MacOS
    iOS
    2021 MacOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows
    iOS, Android
    Android
    2022 iOS, Android
    2023 Nintendo Switch
    iOS, Android
    2024
    • Hitman: Blood Money - Reprisal
    Nintendo Switch
    TBA MacOS

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ "job posting for C/C++ Cross Platform Game Programmer". Feral Interactive. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021. Feral is currently a team of around a hundred people
  • ^ Madnani, Mikhail (14 January 2021). "An Interview With Feral Interactive on Bringing Games to iOS, a Potential 'Alien: Isolation' Port, Mobile Game Pricing, Working With Nintendo Switch, and More". TouchArcade.
  • ^ Lane, Gavin (19 December 2020). "Feature: Feral Interactive On The Pleasures And Pitfalls Of Porting To Switch". Nintendo Life.
  • ^ Stern, Z. (12 January 2007). "Feral Interactive product update (Macworld Expo)". Engadget.
  • ^ "About Feral Interactive". Feral Interactive. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  • ^ a b Schramm, M. (14 January 2011). "Feral Interactive offers digital downloads on multiple online stores". Engadget.
  • ^ Dawe, Liam (19 June 2014). "XCOM: Enemy Unknown Released For Linux". GamingOnLinux.
  • ^ "XCOM: Enemy Unknown for Linux is Fully Operational". Feral Interactive. 19 June 2014.
  • ^ "Conquer and rule the ancient world from your iPad with ROME: Total War". Feral Interactive. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  • ^ "Console-quality racing comes to iOS with GRID Autosport". Feral Interactive. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  • ^ "The full glory of ROME: Total War — now on Android". Feral Interactive. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  • ^ "Race anytime, anywhere: GRID™ Autosport launched for Nintendo Switch". Feral Interactive. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  • ^ Tapsell, Chris (25 March 2021). "In a series-first, the classic Rome: Total War is getting an extensive remaster". Eurogamer.
  • ^ Kruse, Cord (16 October 2006). "The Movies Awarded a BAFTA". insidemacgames.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2006.
  • ^ Lowensohn, Josh (11 June 2012). "Apple announces 2012 Design Award winners". CNET.
  • ^ "Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Ultimate Edition Receives an Apple Design Award". Feral Interactive.
  • ^ "Feral Interactive on Twitter". Twitter. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
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