XGen Studios
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XGen Studios, Inc (stylized as XGen Studios) is an independent video game development studio based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Skye Boyes |
| Headquarters | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Key people | Kaelyn Boyes (Owner) |
| Products | Super Motherload Defend Your Castle |
| Website | xgenstudios |
Since 2001, XGen Studios has released 14 internally developed titles for consoles, mobiles, and the web, including the WiiWare title Defend Your Castle[1][2]
History
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XGen Studios was founded by Skye Boyes in 2001. Boyes was interested in programming in his childhood, and was studying computer science at the University of Alberta.[3] While in university in 2003, he published a browser game made with Adobe Flash called Stick RPG. This game amassed one million plays in the first month.[4] Skye dropped out of his computer science program, incorporated the company, and began to accumulate staff.[5] XGen Studios followed up Stick RPG by releasing another Flash game called Motherload in 2004.[4]
An offer to acquire the company for $8 million was made to XGen in 2007, but Boyes declined the deal.[4] That same year, XGen Studios announced that they had obtained a license to develop for Nintendo's Wii system, and intended to develop a WiiWare title.[6][7] It was revealed in 2008 that Defend Your Castle would be part of Nintendo's WiiWare launch line up.[1][5][8][9]
In 2011, XGen Studios announced that they would take Amanita Design's Machinarium to WiiWare.[10][11] The project was eventually cancelled as of November 2011, due to the WiiWare platform's game size limit.[12][13][14]
In 2013, Sony announced that Super Motherload would be a day one title for the PlayStation 4.[15]
On October 12, 2015, founder and CEO Boyes died in Vancouver after experiencing cardiac arrest.[16][17] His wife Kaelyn, who had worked on the operations side of the business, took over XGen Studios, overseeing the development of The Low Road.[17][18] The Low Road launched on July 26, 2017, on Valve's Steam available for PC, Mac and Linux.[19][20] The following year, The Low Road was released on the Nintendo Switch.[21]
Console games developed
| Title | Year | Platform(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defend Your Castle | 2008 | Nintendo Wii, iPad, iPhone, MacOS, Windows, Android, Nintendo Switch | |
| Machinarium | 2011 | WiiWare | Port - Cancelled |
| Super Motherload | 2013 | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Windows | |
| The Low Road | 2017 & 2018 | Windows, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch |
References
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