Auroch Digital

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Auroch Digital
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Video games
Founded2010
Headquarters
Bristol
,
England
Number of employees
61 (2021) [1]
Parent Sumo Group (2021-present)
Website https://www.aurochdigital.com/

Auroch Digital is a British video game developer based in Bristol, England. It previously ran the GameTheNews initiative, [2] a project that produced new games on a variety of topics, for which it was included in the 2014 Nominet 100 list of companies doing social good with technology. [3] In September 2021, Auroch Digital was acquired by Sumo Group for $8.3 million. [4]

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Overview

The company makes video games and tabletop games, with its main focus on strategy and management titles, and adaptations of board games into digital games, having worked with companies such as Games Workshop, Steve Jackson Games, and Modiphius Entertainment.[ citation needed ]

On 1 June 2022, it was announced a first person shooter based on the Warhammer 40K franchise was in development titled Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun and to be published by Focus Entertainment. [5] [6]

Games developed/published

TitleYearPlatform(s)
Endgame: Syria 2012 Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, OS X
NarcoGuerra 2013 Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, OS X
Chainsaw Warrior 2013 Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night 2015 Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Last Days of Old Earth2016 Microsoft Windows
Ogre 2017 Microsoft Windows, OS X
Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics 2018 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Dark Future: Blood Red States 2019 Microsoft Windows
Mars Horizon 2020 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator 2022 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2023 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
Wildermyth 2024 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!2026 Microsoft Windows
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 2026 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Warhammer Survivors2026 Microsoft Windows
Mars Horizon 2: The Search for LifeTBA Microsoft Windows

References

  1. ↑ "Auroch Digital report". gov.uk. p. 4. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Games, War and News: Why We Made a Game About the War in Syria (in Two Weeks)". HuffPost UK. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Auroch Digital's GameTheNews.net Listed in Nominet 100". Auroch Digital. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Kerr, Chris (14 September 2021). "Sumo Group acquires UK studio Auroch Digital for $8.3 million". Game Developer. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "What Warhammer, and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, means to Auroch Digital". Auroch Digital. June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun: Retro FPS revealed with a homage trailer to the 90s! - Focus Entertainment". www.focus-entmt.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.


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