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Iron Lore Entertainment
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Titan Quest was an action-RPG released for the PC a few years ago, and while it was generally seen as a Diablo-clone, the game was still a ball of fun. Levels were huge, the visuals scaled very nicely with better equipment and still look incredible on today’s machines, and the backdrop was ancient mythology, a reading interest I’ve had since young. The studio responsible for the game title, Iron Lore Entertainment, closed down just in February this year however. In a parting shot, its creativ
THQ Creative Director Rants On Piracy, Death Of Iron Lore [Iron Lore Entertainment]
When Iron Lore Entertainment announced it was closing its doors, some readers found it hard to believe. After shipping two quality products, with another promising project underway, how did several unspecified "unrelated events" put Iron Lore out of commission? Michael Fitch, Director of Creative Management at THQ, publisher of both Titan Quest titles, helps to shed some light on part of the reason in a rant posted yesterday to the Quarter To Three forums. His targets? Piracy on the PC platfor
Iron Lore Entertainment, sviluppatore di alcuni giochi niente male come l’hack & slash Titan Quest e Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm, ha chiuso i battenti dallo scorso 19 febbraio. L’annuncio, che è stato dato direttamente sul sito ufficiale della software house, spiega che gli Iron Lore non riuscivano a trovare i necessari finanziamenti per continuare i loro progetti (fra cui spiccava anche il seguito di Titan Quest). Iron Lore ha inoltre specificato che nonostante la chiusura i su
Titan Quest developer Iron Lore Entertainment recently announced that it has ceased "active game development." A posting on the game's web site cited "several unrelated events occurred which resulted in Iron Lore being unable to secure funding for its next project" as the reason for the shutdown. The post goes on to thank "everyone who has helped us in the last seven years," in particular publisher THQ, "who has been a great partner through three product development cycles," and of course "
Jeff Goodsill, President Brian Sullivan, Creative Director Paul Chieffo, Technology Director Ian S. Frazier, Producer Arthur Bruno, Lead Designer Steve Marvin, Design Director
Products
Titan Quest Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
Employees
30 (estimated)
Website
www.ironlore.com
Iron Lore Entertainment (also Iron Lore) was a computer game developer that was founded in October 2000 by Brian Sullivan (co-creator of the Age of Empires series) and Paul Chieffo.
In late June 2006, the company released Titan Quest, an action/RPG/adventure game for publisher THQ. Titan Quest is set in ancient Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia and China, and makes extensive use of the mythology of those civilizations. The company released an expansion pack, Titan Quest: Immortal Throne, in March 2007.
Iron Lore received the New Studio award at the 7th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement of a studio whose first title was released in 2006.
It was announced in the October 2007 issue of Games for Windows Magazine that Iron Lore Entertainment was assisting with the development of the upcoming Relic Entertainment title, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm, which is the 3rd expansion in the popular Dawn of War series of games. It proved to be their last project.
On February 27, 2008 it was announced that Iron Lore Entertainment had closed down owing to an inability to secure funding for its next project.
