Outrage Games

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Short description: Video game developer
Outrage Games
FormerlyOutrage Entertainment (1997–2002)
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FateDissolved
FoundedDecember 1, 1997; 26 years ago (1997-12-01)
FounderMatt Toschlog
Defunct2003 (2003)
Headquarters
Ann Arbor, Michigan
,
US
Key people
Matt Toschlog (studio director)
ProductsDescent 3, Alter Echo
ParentTHQ (2002–2003)

Outrage Games (formerly Outrage Entertainment) was an American video game developer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in December 1997 by Matt Toschlog as part of the split-up of Parallax Software, the company developed Descent 3 (released in 1999) and Alter Echo (2003). The company was acquired by THQ in April 2002 and shut down in 2003.

History

Outrage was founded by Matt Toschlog after he and his business partner, Mike Kulas, decided to split up their venture Parallax Software into two separate companies.[1] The split was formally announced on December 1, 1997, in which Toschlog formed Outrage and Kulas established Volition.[1] Outrage first developed Descent 3, a successor to Parallax's Descent 2.[2] Descent 3 was released in June 1999 to a poor sales performance.[2][3]

On April 4, 2002, THQ announced that it had acquired Outrage to undisclosed terms.[4] Rubu Tribe, a game that had been in development at Outrage and was to be published by Interplay Entertainment, was subsequently canceled.[5] In 2003, Outrage developed the ports of Volition's Red Faction II for Microsoft Windows and Xbox.[6] The studio's next game, Alter Echo, was released the same year.[7] As a result of cost reduction measures taken by THQ, Outrage was shut down sometime during THQ's first fiscal quarter of 2003, which ended on June 30.[8][9]

Games developed

Title Details

Original release date:
June 17, 1999
Release years by system:
1999 – PC (Windows, macOS, Linux)
Notes:

Original release date:
August 19, 2003
Release years by system:
2003 – PlayStation 2, Xbox
Notes:

Canceled

Title Details
Rubu Tribe

Cancellation date:
April 4, 2002
Proposed system release:
N/A
Notes:
  • Was going to be published by Interplay Entertainment
  • Was planned for release on PlayStation 2 and Xbox in late 2002

References




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