Gun Interactive

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Gun Interactive
FormerlyGun Media (2010–2021)
Company type Private
Industry Video games
Founded2010;14 years ago (2010)
Founders
  • Ronnie Hobbs
  • Wes Keltner
Headquarters,
US
Key people
Number of employees
14 [1]  (2024)
Website guninteractive.com

Gun Interactive (formerly Gun Media; stylized as Gun.) is an American video game publisher based in Lexington, Kentucky. It was founded by Ronnie Hobbs and Wes Keltner in 2010.

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History

Gun Interactive was founded by Ronnie Hobbs and Wes Keltner in 2010. [2] [3] [4]

The company started operations in 2012. On July 17, 2013, the company's first title, Breach & Clear was released, along with its sequel Deadline on July 21, 2015.

On November 25, 2015, Gun Media released their first console game, Speakeasy, on the PlayStation 4. The game received a 3/10 from GameSpot [5] and is no longer available on the PlayStation Network.

In 2015, Randy Greenback, the company's Executive Producer and Director created two campaigns for Friday the 13th: The Game , Kickstarter and BackerKit. From the two campaigns, the game raised an approximate total of US$1.1 million, becoming the 106th most crowdfunded project of all time. [6] Earlier, Friday the 13th director Sean S. Cunningham approached the team and offered the team the video game license, to which they accepted. The game was originally developed by Denver-based studio IllFonic under the name Slasher Vol. 1: Summer Camp, [7] but was revealed as the new game with release delayed from October 2015 to 2016. [8]

In January 2016, both IllFonic and Gun Media spoke at a developer panel at PAX South and premiered in-engine alpha footage and a list of kill animations there, and premiering a gameplay demo at E3 2016 in June, scheduling the game for release in October 2016. [9] In September 2021, Gun Media rebranded as Gun Interactive. [10]

Games

YearTitleDeveloper(s)Platform(s)
2013 Breach & Clear Mighty Rabbit Studios Android, iOS, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, PlayStation Vita
2014SpeakeasySuper Soul PlayStation 4
2015 Breach & Clear: Deadline Mighty Rabbit Studios, Gun MediamacOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2017 Friday the 13th: The Game IllFonic Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2019 Layers of Fear 2 Bloober Team Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2023 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Sumo Nottingham Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

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