CI Games

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CI Games S.A.
Formerly
  • City Interactive Sp. z o.o.
  • (2002–2007)
  • City Interactive S.A.
  • (2007–2013)
Company type Public
WSE:  CIGAMES
Industry Video games
Predecessors
  • Lemon Interactive
  • We Open Eyes
  • Tatanka
Founded2002;23 years ago (2002)
Headquarters
Warsaw
,
Poland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Marek Tymiński (CEO)
Products
Number of employees
153 [1]  (2024)
Subsidiaries Hexworks [2]
Website cigames.com

CI Games S.A. (formerly City Interactive S.A.) is a Polish video game developer and publisher based in Warsaw. Founded in 2002, originally as a budget-range game company, CI Games is best known for the Sniper: Ghost Warrior and Lords of the Fallen series.

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History

City Interactive was founded in 2002 through the merger of three video game companies: Lemon Interactive, We Open Eyes and Tatanka. [3] The company originally acted as a developer and publisher of budget-range games. [4] In 2007, City Interactive merged with Oni Games, a third-party publisher formed alongside City Interactive in 2002, and Detalion Art, an adventure game developer founded by Roland Pantoła, Maciej Miąsik, Danuta Sienkowska, Robert Ożóg, Łukasz Pisarek and Krzysztof Bar, when they left LK Avalon. [3] Also in 2007, City Interactive undertook its initial public offering and became a public company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. [5]

In 2008, City Interactive dropped their budget-range operations, which they wished to underline with the subsequent release of Sniper: Ghost Warrior in 2010. [4] In an interview with magazine MCV , the company stated that the success of the game led them to believe that they had made the right decisions in terms of strategy and product portfolio. [4] By June 2011, City Interactive employed a total of 150 people in its headquarters in Warsaw, its development studios in Rzeszów, Katowice, Poznań and Guildford, and its publishing offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. [5] In 2012, City Interactive's development team adopted the name "CI Games", [3] and City Interactive changed its name entirely to CI Games in 2013. [6]

In February 2018, CI Games shrunk their development staff to 30 people. [7] According to chief executive officer Marek Tymiński, the measure had been taken due to many problems having occurred during the production of Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 , even though the game itself had surpassed one million copies sold and had turned a profit for the company in the company's 2017 fiscal year by the time the decision was made. [8] In January 2019, CI Games established a new publishing label, United Label, for independent games. United Label is to help fund indie developers in exchange for a share of the games' revenue. [9]

From 2020 through to 2021, the number of CI Games employees increased significantly, with the current team now over 140 people and growing. Around eighty members of staff are directly involved in game production, with forty of those working on Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 , fifty on Lords of the Fallen , and the remainder forming the QA department. [10]

In January 2024, CI Games laid off 10% of its workforce. Lords of the Fallen developer Hexworks and Sniper Ghost Warrior developer Underdog were also affected. [11] Another 30 employees were laid off in May 2024. [12]

Games

Games developed

TitleRelease year
Alien Rage (formerly Alien Fear)2013
Armed Forces Corp.2009
Art of Murder: FBI Confidential 2008
Art of Murder 2: Hunt for the Puppeteer 2009
Art of Murder: The Secret Files2010
Art of Murder 3: Cards of Destiny 2010
Art of Murder: Deadly Secrets2011
Battlestrike: Force of Resistance (akaMortyr III in Eastern Europe)2008
Battlestrike: Road to Berlin (akaWWII: Battlestrike)2005
Battlestrike: Shadow of Stalingrad (akaBattlestrike: Force of Resistance 2)2009
Battlestrike: The Siege2005
Beauty Factory2007
Brain College: 3 Days ZOO Mystery2009
Brain College: Aquatica: The sunken city2009
Brain College: Ancient Quest of Saqqarah2008
Brain College: Aztec Adventures2006
Brain College: Blood Ties2008
Brain College: Call of Atlantis2008
Brain College: Chinese Temple2006
Brain College: Coyote's Tales: Sisters of Fire and Water2009
Brain College: El Dorado Quest2008
Brain College: Herod's Lost Tomb2008
Brain College: Lost City of Z2009
Brain College: Magic Bootique2009
Brain College: Pharaoh's Mystery2009
Brain College: Stoneloops of Jurassica2008
Brain College: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste2009
Brain College: Tropical Lost Island2009
Chicken Riot2010
Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple2009
Chronicles of Mystery: Secret of the Lost Kingdom2011
Chronicles of Mystery: The Legend of the Sacred Treasure2010
Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual 2008
Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life 2009
Code of Honor: The French Foreign Legion2007
Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island2008
Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures2009
Combat Wings2005
Combat Wings: Battle of Britain2006
Combat Wings: Battle of the Pacific (aka World War II: Pacific Heroes)2004
Combat Wings: Great Battles of WWII (akaDogfight 1942)2012
Combat Zone: Special Forces2010
Cooking Academy2008
Cooking Academy 22009
Crime Lab: Body of Evidence2010
Enemy Front 2014
Farm Frenzy 2007
I Love Beauty: Hollywood Makeover2009
I Love Beauty: Make Up Studio2008
Jade Rousseau: The Fall of Sant Antonio2010
Jet Storm: Modern Dogfights (akaJetfighter 2015)2005
Jewels of Atlantis2006
Jewels of the Sahara2014
Jewels of the Ages2011
Jewels of Tropical Lost Island2010
Logic Machines2010
Lords of the Fallen (2014)2014
Murder in Venice2011
Operation Thunderstorm (akaMortyr IV: Operation Thunderstorm)2008
Party Designer2009
Project Freedom (akaSpace Interceptor or Starmageddon 2)2004
Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens2007
Red Baron Ace of the Sky2004
SAS: Secure Tomorrow 2008
Shutter Island2010
Smash Up Derby2003
Sniper: Art of Victory 2007
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2010
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 2013
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 2017
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2019
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 2021
Sushi Academy2009
Tank Combat2007
The Chickenator2003
The Hell in Vietnam 2007
The Royal Marines Commando2008
Terrorist Takedown2004
Terrorist Takedown: Covert Operations2006
Terrorist Takedown: Payback2005
Terrorist Takedown: War in Colombia2006
Terrorist Takedown 2 2008
Terrorist Takedown 32010
Vampire Moon: The Mystery of the Hidden Sun2010
Wings of Honour2003
Wings of Honour: Battles of the Red Baron2006
Wolfschanze II2011
WWII: Pacific Heroes2004

Games published

TitleRelease yearDeveloper
Aggression: Reign Over Europe 2007 Lesta Studio
Airborne Troops2004Widescreen Games
Alarm for Cobra 11: Crash Time II2007 Synetic
Alcatraz2010Silden
Apassionata2009B-Alive
Dark Sector (PC port)2008 Digital Extremes
Dusk 12: Deadly Zone2007Orion Games
Farm Frenzy (Nintendo DSi Port)2011 Alawar Entertainment
Heat Wave2009Nemesys Games
Hidden Target (akaJonathan Kane: The Protector or The Mark 2)2009Gingerbread Studios
Lords of the Fallen 2023Hexworks
MotorM4X: Offroad Extreme2008The Easy Company
Pirate Hunter2009ND games, D10 Soft
Pyroblazer 2008Candella Studios, Eipix Entertainment
RTL Biathlon 2009200849Games
RTL Winter Sports 2009200849Games
SCAR (aka Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo)2005 Milestone
Specnaz 22009BYTE Software
Street Racer: Europe2009 Team6 Game Studios
The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome2007 Slitherine Software
TrackMania Turbo: Build to Race (Nintendo DS port)2010 Firebrand Games
Ubersoldier II (akaCrimes of War)2007Burut Creative Team
Wolfschanze 19442011Calaris

References

  1. ↑ "Management Report for H1 2024" (PDF). CI Games. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ↑ Wilson, Jason (8 September 2020). "CI Games announces Hexworks studio, which is finishing Lords of the Fallen 2". VentureBeat . Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Wolf, Mark J. P. (2015). Video Games Around the World. MIT Press. pp. 411, 417, 421. ISBN   9780262527163.
  4. 1 2 3 Dring, Christopher (8 July 2011). "INTERVIEW: Marek Tyminski/Jon Goddard, City Interactive". MCV .
  5. 1 2 IGN Staff (28 June 2011). "City Interactive Ships 'Sniper: Ghost Warrior' For PlayStation 3". IGN .
  6. ↑ Hall, Charlie (12 November 2014). "Following success of Lords of the Fallen, CI Games has two more AAA titles on the way". Polygon .
  7. ↑ Taylor, Haydn (19 February 2018). "Significant downsizing at CI Games despite profitable 2017". GamesIndustry.biz .
  8. ↑ Kerr, Chris (19 February 2018). "Polish studio CI Games 'significantly downsizes' dev team". Gamasutra .
  9. ↑ Kidwell, Emma (21 January 2019). "CI Games establishes United Label, a new publishing label dedicated to indies". Gamasutra . Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Kucharczyk, Katarzyn (25 May 2021). "CI Games zwiększyło zyski. Akcje drożeją" [CI Games increased profits. The company's shares are going up.]. Parkiet (in Polish). Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  11. ↑ Batchelor, James (18 January 2024). "CI Games lays off 10% of staff". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  12. ↑ Batchelor, James (10 May 2024). "Around 30 people laid off in CI Games' final round of job cuts". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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