American video game developer
Hidden Path Entertainment
is an American
video game development
company based in
Bellevue, Washington
, United States.
History
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Hidden Path was founded in 2006 by Michael Austin, Jim Garbarini, Dave McCoy, Jeff Pobst, and Mark Terrano. In 2008, Hidden Path released its first original title,
Defense Grid: The Awakening
for Windows and in 2009 for Xbox. A downloadable title,
Defense Grid
garnered high acclaim with its twist on tower defense and has sold over half a million units since its release. In 2009, Hidden Path began working with
Valve
to update and maintain
Counter-Strike: Source
, first released in 2004.
Hidden Path worked with Valve developing
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
.
CS:GO
debuted at PAX Prime 2011 and released on August 21, 2012.
CS:GO
is available for
Windows
,
OS X
,
Linux
,
PlayStation 3
(PlayStation Network), and
Xbox 360
(Xbox Live Arcade).
[1]
Continuing the company's trend of revisiting older series, Hidden Path released
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
on Valve's
Steam
platform in 2013, which serves as an updated version of
Age of Empires II
, released in 1999 by
Ensemble Studios
and
Microsoft
. In addition to updating the graphics and multiplayer capabilities of the base game and its original expansion, Hidden Path paved the way for a new expansion after 14 years called
The Forgotten
.
According to Valve, the reason they are often collaborating with Hidden Path Entertainment is that they have known them for a while and their offices are "right around the corner". Hidden Path has also contributed model work on
Left 4 Dead 2
.
[2]
They also collaborated with Valve on the
You Monster!
expansion pack for
Defense Grid
which features the character
GLaDOS
from the
Portal
video game series.
In March 2021, it was announced that Hidden Path was developing "a
AAA
, third-person, open-world"
Dungeons & Dragons
game with
Whitney "Strix" Beltran
as the
narrative director
.
[3]
[4]
[5]
Jason Schreier,
Bloomberg News
, commented that the cancellation of multiple unnamed video game projects by
Wizards of the Coast
in January 2023 led to a small layoff at the company and that "the reorganization will land hard for several independent studios such as Boston-based
OtherSide Entertainment
and Bellevue, Washington-based Hidden Path Entertainment, both of which were working on games for Wizards of the Coast".
[6]
[7]
However,
Polygon
reported that "Beltran confirmed in a tweet that the studio's D&D game is still in development, and that it is actively hiring for the project".
[8]
On February 7, 2024, CEO Jeff Pobst announced on
LinkedIn
that the company would be laying off 44 employees after it was unable to secure funding for an unannounced RPG project.
[9]
List of video games
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References
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Makuch, Eddie (12 August 2011).
"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive firing up early 2012"
.
GameSpot
.
CBS Interactive Inc.
Archived from
the original
on 22 October 2011
. Retrieved
13 August
2011
.
- ^
"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ? Interview with Chet Faliszek"
.
- ^
Marshall, Cass (2021-03-03).
"An ambitious open-world D&D adventure game is in the works"
.
Polygon
. Retrieved
2023-01-04
.
- ^
Chowdhury, Mahirul Alam (March 4, 2021).
"New D&D open-world game in development"
.
GameRiv
. Retrieved
29 March
2021
.
- ^
Adams, Robert N. (March 3, 2021).
"
'Defense Grid' Developers Working on New D&D Game"
.
TechRaptor
. Retrieved
29 March
2021
.
- ^
Schreier, Jason (2023-01-03).
"Hasbro's Wizards of the Coast Cancels Video Game Projects"
.
Bloomberg.com
. Retrieved
2023-01-04
.
- ^
Schreier, Jason (January 3, 2023).
"Hasbro's Wizards of the Coast Cancels Video Game Projects"
.
BNN Bloomberg
.
Archived
from the original on January 3, 2023
. Retrieved
January 4,
2023
.
- ^
Welsh, Oli (2023-01-04).
"Wizards of the Coast reportedly cancels at least 5 video games"
.
Polygon
. Retrieved
2023-01-04
.
- ^
Shepard, Kenneth (2024-01-10).
"59 Days Into 2024 And 8,100+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced"
.
Kotaku
. Retrieved
2024-03-05
.
- ^
"Windborne Cancellation"
. Retrieved
4 October
2016
.
- ^
"Chroma Announce Trailer"
.
YouTube
. Retrieved
17 February
2014
.
- ^
"Defense Grid 2: Enhanced VR Edition"
.
oculus.com
. Retrieved
20 December
2020
.
- ^
"Witchblood"
.
oculus.com
. Retrieved
20 December
2020
.
- ^
"Defense Grid 2: Android VR Edition"
.
oculus.com
. Retrieved
20 December
2020
.
- ^
"Brass Tactics: Arena"
.
oculus.com
.
- ^
"Brass Tactics"
.
oculus.com
.
- ^
"Raccoon Lagoon"
.
oculus.com
.
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