Propaganda Games

Propaganda Games
Formerly	Revolution Interactive; (2005)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Fate	Closed
Successor	Library:; Disney Interactive
Founded	April 2005; 18 years ago
Founder	Josh Holmes; Howard Donaldson; Daryl Anselmo; Jorge Freitas;
Defunct	January 2011; 13 years ago
Headquarters	Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada
Key people	Gary McKay; (studio general manager); Howard Donaldson; (vice-president, studio operations);
Owner	Disney Interactive Studios; (The Walt Disney Company)
Number of employees	~100 (2010)

Propaganda Games was a Canadian video game development studio based in Vancouver , British Columbia, founded by Josh Holmes in 2005, and bought by Disney Interactive Studios, the interactive subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company at the same year. In January 2011, Propaganda Games was closed.

History

Buena Vista Games formed the new studio with former employees of EA Canada in April 2005.^[2] They acquired the Turok license in May 2005,^[3] which was released in 2008 for the current generation consoles at the time. A sequel, Turok 2, was in development soon after but was canceled due to layoffs.

Once work was completed on Tron and the proposed Pirates of the Caribbean title was cancelled,^[4] Disney closed the studio in January 2011.^[5]

Games

Release date	Title(s)	Genre(s)	Platform(s)
2008	Turok	First-person shooter	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2010	Tron	Action-adventure
Canceled	Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned	Action Role-playing game Adventure
Canceled	Turok 2	First-person shooter	Xbox 360^[6]

References

↑ "Disney's Propaganda Games layoffs". https://kotaku.com/pirates-of-the-caribbean-game-canned-as-layoffs-hit-pro-5664021.
↑ Kawamoto, Dawn (April 19, 2005). "Disney scoops up Avalanche, founds new studio". gamespot.com. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/disney-scoops-up-avalanche-founds-new-studio/1100-6122500/.
↑ "Disney digs up Turok". gamespot.com. May 13, 2005. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/disney-digs-up-turok/1100-6124379/.
↑ "Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned Cancelled - IGN". http://uk.ign.com/articles/2010/10/14/pirates-of-the-caribbean-armada-of-the-damned-cancelled.
↑ "Propaganda Games Shuttered" from Joystiq.com
↑ Schwartz, William (June 8, 2015). "Teaser Video Uploaded Of Cancelled Turok 2 By Turok Animator". Attack of the Fanboy. . Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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[1] "Disney's Propaganda Games layoffs". https://kotaku.com/pirates-of-the-caribbean-game-canned-as-layoffs-hit-pro-5664021.

[gpt1-2] Kawamoto, Dawn (April 19, 2005). "Disney scoops up Avalanche, founds new studio". gamespot.com. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/disney-scoops-up-avalanche-founds-new-studio/1100-6122500/.

[3] "Disney digs up Turok". gamespot.com. May 13, 2005. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/disney-digs-up-turok/1100-6124379/.

[4] "Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned Cancelled - IGN". http://uk.ign.com/articles/2010/10/14/pirates-of-the-caribbean-armada-of-the-damned-cancelled.

[5] "Propaganda Games Shuttered" from Joystiq.com

[6] Schwartz, William (June 8, 2015). "Teaser Video Uploaded Of Cancelled Turok 2 By Turok Animator". Attack of the Fanboy. . Retrieved 11 August 2021.


Formerly	Revolution Interactive (2005)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Fate	Closed
Successor	Library: Disney Interactive
Founded	April 2005; 18 years ago (2005-04)
Founder	Josh Holmes Howard Donaldson Daryl Anselmo Jorge Freitas
Defunct	January 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01)
Headquarters	Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada
Key people	Gary McKay (studio general manager) Howard Donaldson (vice-president, studio operations)
Owner	Disney Interactive Studios (The Walt Disney Company)
Number of employees	~100^[1] (2010)