Milestone srl

Short description: Italian video game developer

Milestone srl

Formerly| Graffiti (1994–1996)
Type| Subsidiary
Industry| Video games
Founded| 1994; 32 years ago (1994)
Founder| Antonio Farina
Headquarters|

Milan

Italy

Key people

| Luisa Bixio (CEO)

Number of employees

| ≈200 (2019)
Parent|

* Leader Group (2002–2011)
* Deep Silver (2019–present)

Website| milestone.it

Milestone srl is an Italian video game developer based in Milan that focuses on racing games. It was founded by Antonio Farina in 1994, originally under the name Graffiti, before becoming Milestone in 1996. Milestone was part of Leader Group between 2002 and 2011, and in August 2019, the studio was acquired by Koch Media.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Games developed
* 2.1 As Graffiti
* 2.2 As Milestone
* 2.3 Cancelled titles
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

Milestone was founded under the name Graffiti in 1994 by Antonio Farina.[1][2] Under the continued leadership of Farina, Graffiti was re-founded as Milestone in 1996.[3][4] In late 2002, Milestone became part of the Leader Group, a multi-facet video game company.[1][3] Through this transition, Milestone became exclusively affiliated with Leader Group's internal publisher Lago.[3] However, the studio later started co-operating with third-party publishers again as it considered such a move to be in the best interest of all involved parties.[3] Their position as subsidiary also allowed them to grow and develop multiple games for multiple platform simultaneously; by October 2007, the studio had 55 employees.[3] By January 2010, Milestone had 80 employees, making it the largest video game developer in Italy.[5]

In 2011, Milestone was restructured as an independent company, aiming for further growth while remaining self-reliant.[6] Following low earnings of €2.6 million in 2012, Milestone ceased developing games on a work-for-hire basis and began publishing its games by itself.[4][6] As a result of this strategy, the company's profits rose to €28 million by 2017.[6] On August 14, 2019, media company Koch Media entered into an agreement to fully acquire Milestone and all of its intellectual property for €44.9 million paid in cash.[2][4] The acquisition was completed later that day.[7] Prior to this point, Milestone had been wholly owned by its chief executive officer, Luisa Bixio, who continued heading the company following the acquisition.[4] It became a studio for Koch Media's Deep Silver label.[8] At the time, Milestone employed 200 people.[2]

## Games developed

### As Graffiti

Year  | Title  | Platform(s)

|
|

1994  | Super Loopz | Super Nintendo Entertainment System
1995  | Iron Assault | MS-DOS
Screamer | MS-DOS

### As Milestone

Year  | Title  | Platform(s)

|
|

1996  | Screamer 2 | MS-DOS
1997  | Screamer Rally | MS-DOS, Windows
1999  | Superbike World Championship | Windows
2000  | Superbike 2000 | Windows, PlayStation
Superbike 2001 | Windows
2003  | Racing Evoluzione | Xbox
L'eredità | Windows, PlayStation 2
2005  | Alfa Romeo Racing Italiano | Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
The X Factor Sing | Windows, PlayStation 2
2006  | Australian Idol Sing | PlayStation 2
Corvette Evolution GT | Windows, PlayStation 2
Super-bikes Riding Challenge
Suzuki Super-Bikes II: Riding Challenge | Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2
2007  | MotoGP 07 | PlayStation 2
SBK-07 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
Super PickUps | PlayStation 2
2008  | MotoGP 08 | Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
SBK: Superbike World Championship
2009  | SBK 09: Superbike World Championship
Superstars V8 Racing | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2010  | SBK X: Superbike World Championship
Superstars V8: Next Challenge
WRC FIA World Rally Championship
2011  | SBK 2011: FIM Superbike World Championship
WRC 2
2012  | MUD: FIM Motocross World Championship | Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
SBK Generations | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
WRC 3 | Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
2013  | MotoGP 13
WRC 4
WRC Powerslide | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
WRC Shakedown Edition | iOS
2014  | MotoGP 14 | Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame
2015  | Karate Master 2: Knock Down Blow | Windows
MotoGP 15 | Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Ride
2016  | Ducati | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
MXGP2: The Official Motocross Videogame
Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO
Valentino Rossi
2017  | MotoGP 17
MXGP3: The Official Motocross Videogame | Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Ride 2 | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2018  | Gravel
Monster Energy Supercross | Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
MotoGP 18
MXGP: Pro | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Ghostly Matter | Windows
Ride 3 | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2019  | Monster Energy Supercross 2: The Official Videogame | Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
MotoGP 19
MXGP 2019 | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2020  | Monster Energy Supercross 3: The Official Videogame | Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox One
MotoGP 20
Ride 4
Monster Energy Supercross 4: The Official Videogame

### Cancelled titles

Title  | Platform(s)

|

FX Racing | GameCube, Windows, PlayStation 2
Lamborghini FX | Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
SBK-07 | Windows, Xbox 360
SBK-08 | Nintendo DS, Wii

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Timeline". http://milestone.it/company/timeline/?lang=en.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Blake, Vikki (14 August 2019). "Koch Media to acquire Milestone and all IPs, including MotoGP and Supercross". https://www.mcvuk.com/koch-media-to-acquire-milan-studio-milestone-and-all-ips-including-motogp-and-supercross/.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 MCV Staff (9 October 2007). "Milestone". https://www.mcvuk.com/milestone-2/.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Romano, Sal (14 August 2019). "THQ Nordic acquires Milestone S.r.l". https://gematsu.com/2019/08/thq-nordic-acquires-milestone-srl.
5. ↑ "Intervista a Luisa Bixio – Amministratore Delegato Leader" (in it). 11 January 2010. http://www.aesvi.it/cms/view.php?dir_pk=1204&cms_pk=1112.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Handrahan, Matthew (26 October 2017). "Milestone races towards its biggest ever year". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-26-milestone-races-towards-its-biggest-ever-year.
7. ↑ Wingefors, Lars (14 August 2019). "THQ Nordic completes the acquisition of Milestone". https://news.cision.com/thq-nordic-ab/r/thq-nordic-completes-the-acquisition-of-milestone,c2880843.
8. ↑ Wingefors, Lars (27 August 2019). "THQ Nordic Annual Report 2018/19". https://mb.cision.com/Main/15049/2890795/1096896.pdf.

## External links

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Racing games developed by Milestone

Screamer series|

* Screamer
* Screamer 2
* Screamer Rally

Licensed series|

| MotoGP|

* '07
* '08
* 13
* 14
* 15
* Valentino Rossi (16)
* 17
* 18
* 19
* 20

|

FIA WRC|

* WRC
* WRC 2
* WRC 3
* WRC 4

Superbike|

* Superbike 2001
* SBK-07
* SBK-08
* SBK-09
* SBK X
* SBK 2011

Superstars|

* Superstars V8 Racing
* Superstars V8 Next Challenge

MXGP|

* MXGP The Official Motocross Videogame

Other car games|

* Racing Evoluzione
* Alfa Romeo Racing Italiano
* Corvette Evolution GT
* Super PickUps
* Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo
* Gravel

Other motorcycle games|

* Superbikes Riding Challenge
* Ride
* Ducati
* Ride 2
* Ride 3
* Ride 4

* v
* t
* e

Embracer Group

List of video games (Deep Silver, THQ Nordic) / List of acquisitions

Franchises|

* Alone in the Dark
* AquaNox
* Darksiders
* De Blob
* Dead Island
* Destroy All Humans!
* Emergency
* Giana Sisters
* Gothic
* Homefront
* Metro
* MX vs. ATV
* Panzer Elite
* Red Faction
* Ride
* Risen
* Saints Row
* Sanctum
* SpellForce
* This Is the Police
* TimeSplitters
* We Sing

Subsidiaries|

| THQ Nordic|

* Black Forest Games
* Bugbear Entertainment
* Gunfire Games
* HandyGames
* Piranha Bytes
* Rainbow Studios

|

Koch Media / Deep Silver|

* Dambuster Studios
* Fishlabs
* Milestone srl
* Volition
* Warhorse Studios

Saber Interactive|

* 4A Games
* New World Interactive

Others|

* Coffee Stain Studios
* DECA Games
* Tarsier Studios

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