Romero Games

Romero Games Ltd.

Type| Private
Industry| Video games
Predecessor| Loot Drop
Founded| August 11, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-08-11)
Founders|

* John Romero
* Brenda Romero

Headquarters|

Galway

Ireland

Subsidiaries| Night Work Games
Website| romerogames.com

Romero Games Ltd. is an Irish independent video game development studio, based in Galway, Ireland. It was established on 11 August 2015[1] by husband-and-wife team John Romero and Brenda Romero.[2] This is the ninth game studio established by John Romero in his career, and has currently released four titles.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Games
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

The studio's first game was an HD, re-skinned Dangerous Dave in the Deserted Pirate's Hideout[3] which added new graphics and music to the classic platformer that he had designed and released in 1990, but was released on mobile. The studio's second game, Gunman Taco Truck,[4] was released on 28 January 2017 on Steam (Windows and Mac)[5] and for iPhone and Android devices.[6]

Night Work Games, a subsidiary of Romero Games, has been developing a first-person shooter titled Blackroom since 2016.[7] On November 23, 2019, it was reported that Romero was still working on Blackroom.[8]

The studio announced in March 2017 that several prominent indie game developers had joined the team at Romero Games to work on a new title that has not yet been announced.[9] Empire of Sin, a role-playing game set in the Prohibition era, was revealed at E3 2019.[10] The game was released on 1 December 2020 to "mixed or average reviews" from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[11]

On 19 July 2022 Romero Games announced that they are starting work on an original, new AAA FPS IP with Unreal Engine 5.[12] Microsoft announced a 4% reducing of staff across the entire organization in July 2025, affecting about 9000 workers. This included the cancellation of several games within Xbox Game Studios and the termination of funding for Romero's project, which led Romero Games to lay off an undisclosed number of employees and seek a new publisher.[13]

## Games

Year  | Name

|

2015  | Dangerous Dave in the Deserted Pirate's Hideout HD
2017  | Gunman Taco Truck
2019  | SIGIL
2020  | Empire of Sin
2023  | SIGIL 2[14]
Cancelled  | Blackroom[8]
Cancelled  | Unannounced FPS title[15]

## References

1. ↑ Solocheck.ie. "Romero Games Limited". http://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Company/Romero-Games-Limited-566333.
2. ↑ "Welcome". https://www.romerogames.ie/.
3. ↑ Dotson, Carter (October 30, 2015). "'Doom' Designer John Romero's 'Dangerous Dave in the Deserted Pirate's Hideout' Now on the App Store – TouchArcade" (in en-US). https://toucharcade.com/2015/10/30/doom-designer-john-romeros-dangerous-dave-in-the-deserted-pirates-hideout-now-on-the-app-store/.
4. ↑ "Gunman Taco Truck on Steam" (in en). http://store.steampowered.com/app/586310/Gunman_Taco_Truck/.
5. ↑ Takahashi, Dean (28 January 2017). "Doom creator's 12-year-old son releases first game on Steam: Gunman Taco Truck". https://venturebeat.com/2017/01/28/doom-creators-12-year-old-son-releases-first-game-on-steam-gunman-taco-truck/.
6. ↑ "Gunman Taco Truck Released on iPhone and iPad!". http://www.gunmantacotruck.com/press-release.
7. ↑ Purchese, Robert (25 April 2016). "John Romero and Adrian Carmack go to Kickstarter with new FPS Blackroom". Gamer Network. https://www.eurogamer.net/john-romero-and-adrian-carmack-go-to-kickstarter-with-new-fps-blackroom.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Doom-Erfinder John Romero über die Probleme aktueller Shooter-Spiele" (in de). 2019-11-13. https://www.pcgames.de/Spiele-Thema-239104/News/John-Romero-ueber-die-Probleme-aktueller-Shooter-1336945/.
9. ↑ "Denman Rooke joins Romero Games". 19 May 2017. https://8bitdigi.com/denman-rooke-romero-games/.
10. ↑ IP, Chris (17 June 2019). "'Empire of Sin' looks like a new-school 'Mob Rule'". Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/14/empire-of-sin-e3-demo/.
11. ↑ "Empire of Sin for PC Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/empire-of-sin/critic-reviews/?platform=pc.
12. ↑ Carpenter, Nicole (2022-07-19). "Doom creator John Romero is making a new FPS" (in en-US). https://www.polygon.com/23269955/doom-creator-john-romero-new-fps-game.
13. ↑ Wood, Austin (2025-07-07). ""Romero Games is not closed": After reports of layoffs caused by Microsoft, Romero Games says it did lose funding but has now heard from "several publishers interested in helping us"" (in en). https://www.gamesradar.com/games/romero-games-is-not-closed-after-reports-of-layoffs-caused-by-microsoft-romero-games-says-it-did-lose-funding-but-has-now-heard-from-several-publishers-interested-in-helping-us/.
14. ↑ Bolding, Jonathan (2021-08-15). "John Romero is making Sigil 2, but he's using Doom 2 this time" (in en-US). https://www.pcgamer.com/john-romero-is-making-sigil-2-but-hes-using-doom-2-this-time/.
15. ↑ Faulkner, Cheri (2022-07-19). "Romero Games developing a new first-person shooter with "major publisher"" (in en-GB). https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/romero-games-developing-a-new-first-person-shooter-with-major-publisher-3272561.

## External links

* Official website
* Night Work Games (archived)

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