Feral Interactive

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Feral Interactive Limited
Company type Private
Industry Video games
Founded1996;29 years ago (1996)
Headquarters London, England
Key people
  • David Stephen
  • Ian Bullock
  • Edwin Smith
  • Andrew Wood
Number of employees
100-150 [1]
Website www.feralinteractive.com

Feral Interactive Limited is a British video games developer and publisher for macOS, Linux, iOS, [2] Android, Nintendo Switch, [3] Meta Quest and Microsoft Windows platforms. It was founded in 1996 to bring games to Mac and specialises in porting games to different platforms. [4] [5]

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Feral have partnered with publishers like Square Enix Europe, 2K Games, Sega Europe, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Codemasters to port and publish their games for platforms that the publishers themselves are not supporting. [6] It has offered its games on digital download services like Direct2Drive since 2011. [6]

History

From 1996 to 2013, Feral Interactive published games exclusively for macOS. In June 2014, Feral released its first game for Linux, XCOM: Enemy Unknown . [7] [8] In November 2016, Feral released its first game for iOS, Rome: Total War for iPad, [9] following in November 2017 with its first iOS release simultaneously for both iPhone and iPad, GRID Autosport . [10] Feral's first Android release, Rome: Total War, came in December 2018. [11] Feral Interactive released its first Nintendo Switch title, GRID Autosport, in September 2019. [12] Feral developed the remaster of Rome: Total War in collaboration with Creative Assembly, released in April 2021, which is its first game for Windows. [13] In July 2021 they cancelled their upcoming Linux port of Total War Saga: Troy citing lack of demand due to the availability of Proton, [14] [15] [16] and although they released a port of Total War: Warhammer III in 2022, they also confirmed none is planned for Total War: Pharaoh . They had previously declined to adapt their ports to support the Steam Deck.

Awards

In 2006, the Mac version of The Movies won a BAFTA Award for the best game in the Simulation category. [17] In 2012, the Mac version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution won a 2012 Apple Design Award as part of the Mac Developer Showcase. [18] [19]

Games

YearTitlePlatformOriginal publisherRef.
1995
  • Racing Days R
MacOSKitt Peak [20]
1997MacOS
1999MacOS
2000MacOS
2001MacOS
2002MacOS
2003MacOS
2004MacOS
2005MacOS
2006MacOS
2007MacOS
2008MacOS
2009MacOS
2010MacOS
2011MacOS
2012MacOS
2013MacOS
2014MacOS, Linux
MacOS
2015MacOS, Linux
MacOS
2016MacOS, Linux
MacOS
Linux
iPadOS
2017MacOS, Linux
MacOS
Linux
iOS
iPadOS
2018MacOS, Linux
iOS, Android
MacOS
iPadOS
2019MacOS, Linux
Android, Nintendo Switch
iOS, Android
MacOS
Nintendo Switch
2020iOS, Android
MacOS
iOS
2021MacOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows
iOS, Android
Android
2022iOS, Android
2023Nintendo Switch
iOS, Android
2024
  • Hitman: Blood Money - Reprisal
Nintendo Switch
  • Tropico for Meta Quest
Meta Quest
TBAMacOS

References

  1. ↑ "Feral Interactive Careers". Feral Interactive. Retrieved 7 January 2025. a current team of around a hundred and twenty people
  2. ↑ Madnani, Mikhail (14 January 2021). "An Interview With Feral Interactive on Bringing Games to iOS, a Potential 'Alien: Isolation' Port, Mobile Game Pricing, Working With Nintendo Switch, and More". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Lane, Gavin (19 December 2020). "Feature: Feral Interactive On The Pleasures And Pitfalls Of Porting To Switch". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Stern, Z. (12 January 2007). "Feral Interactive product update (Macworld Expo)". Engadget .
  5. ↑ "About Feral Interactive". Feral Interactive. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. 1 2 Schramm, M. (14 January 2011). "Feral Interactive offers digital downloads on multiple online stores". Engadget . Archived from the original on 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  7. ↑ Grubb, Jeffrey (May 27, 2014). "SteamOS and Linux getting port of XCOM: Enemy Unknown". Venture Beat . Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  8. ↑ "XCOM: Enemy Unknown for Linux is Fully Operational". Feral Interactive. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Conquer and rule the ancient world from your iPad with ROME: Total War". Feral Interactive. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Console-quality racing comes to iOS with GRID Autosport". Feral Interactive. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "The full glory of ROME: Total War — now on Android". Feral Interactive. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Race anytime, anywhere: GRID™ Autosport launched for Nintendo Switch". Feral Interactive. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  13. ↑ Tapsell, Chris (25 March 2021). "In a series-first, the classic Rome: Total War is getting an extensive remaster". Eurogamer . Archived from the original on 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  14. ↑ Chalk, Andy (July 27, 2021). "A Total War Saga: Troy Linux port dropped because Valve's Proton means 'less demand for native titles'". PC Gamer . Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  15. ↑ Pearson, Craig (July 28, 2021). "Steam Deck killed any need for A Total War Saga: Troy's Linux port". Rock Paper Shotgun . Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  16. ↑ Allan, Darren (July 29, 2021). "Steam Deck kills Total War Saga: Troy Linux port – but what does this mean for other games?". TechRadar . Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  17. ↑ Kruse, Cord (16 October 2006). "The Movies Awarded a BAFTA". insidemacgames.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2006.
  18. ↑ Lowensohn, Josh (11 June 2012). "Apple announces 2012 Design Award winners". CNET. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  19. ↑ "Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Ultimate Edition Receives an Apple Design Award". Feral Interactive. Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  20. ↑ "Feral Interactive on Twitter". Twitter. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
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