Milestone srl

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Milestone srl
Formerly
Graffiti (1994–1996)
Subsidiary
Industry Video games
Founded1994;26 years ago (1994)
FounderAntonio Farina
Headquarters
Milan
,
Italy
Key people
Luisa Bixio (CEO)
Number of employees
≈200 (2019)
Parent
  • Leader Group (2002–2011)
  • Deep Silver (2019–present)
Website milestone.it

Milestone srl is an Italian video game developer based in Milan that focuses on racing games. It was founded by Antonio Farina in 1994, originally under the name Graffiti, before becoming Milestone in 1996. Milestone was part of Leader Group between 2002 and 2011, and in August 2019, the studio was acquired by Koch Media.

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History

Milestone was founded under the name Graffiti in 1994 by Antonio Farina. [1] [2] Under the continued leadership of Farina, Graffiti was re-founded as Milestone in 1996. [3] [4] In late 2002, Milestone became part of the Leader Group, a multi-facet video game company. [1] [3] Through this transition, Milestone became exclusively affiliated with Leader Group's internal publisher Lago. [3] However, the studio later started co-operating with third-party publishers again as it considered such a move to be in the best interest of all involved parties. [3] Their position as subsidiary also allowed them to grow and develop multiple games for multiple platform simultaneously; by October 2007, the studio had 55 employees. [3] By January 2010, Milestone had 80 employees, making it the largest video game developer in Italy. [5]

In 2011, Milestone was restructured as an independent company, aiming for further growth while remaining self-reliant. [6] Following low earnings of € 2.6 million in 2012, Milestone ceased developing games on a work-for-hire basis and began publishing its games by itself. [4] [6] As a result of this strategy, the company's profits rose to €28 million by 2017. [6] On August 14, 2019, media company Koch Media entered into an agreement to fully acquire Milestone and all of its intellectual property for €44.9 million paid in cash. [2] [4] The acquisition was completed later that day. [7] Prior to this point, Milestone had been wholly owned by its chief executive officer, Luisa Bixio, who continued heading the company following the acquisition. [4] It became a studio for Koch Media's Deep Silver label. [8] At the time, Milestone employed 200 people. [2]

Games developed

As Graffiti

YearTitlePlatform(s)
1994 Super Loopz Super Nintendo Entertainment System
1995Iron Assault MS-DOS
Screamer MS-DOS

As Milestone

YearTitlePlatform(s)
1996 Screamer 2 MS-DOS
1997 Screamer Rally MS-DOS, Windows
1999Superbike World Championship Windows
2000Superbike 2000 Windows, PlayStation
Superbike 2001 Windows
2003 Racing Evoluzione Xbox
L'eredità Windows, PlayStation 2
2005 Alfa Romeo Racing Italiano Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
The X Factor Sing Windows, PlayStation 2
2006Australian Idol Sing PlayStation 2
Corvette Evolution GT Windows, PlayStation 2
Super-bikes Riding Challenge
Suzuki Super-Bikes II: Riding Challenge Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2
2007 MotoGP 07 PlayStation 2
SBK-07: Superbike World Championship PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
Super PickUps PlayStation 2
2008 MotoGP 08 Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
SBK: Superbike World Championship
2009 SBK 09: Superbike World Championship
Superstars V8 Racing Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2010 SBK X: Superbike World Championship
Superstars V8: Next Challenge
WRC FIA World Rally Championship
2011SBK 2011: FIM Superbike World Championship
WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship
2012MUD: FIM Motocross World Championship Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
SBK Generations Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
WRC 3: FIA World Rally Championship Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
2013 MotoGP 13
WRC 4: FIA World Rally Championship
WRC Powerslide Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
WRC Shakedown Edition iOS
2014 MotoGP 14 Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame
2015Karate Master 2: Knock Down Blow Windows
MotoGP 15 Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Ride
2016 Ducati: 90th Anniversary Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
MXGP2: The Official Motocross Videogame
Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO
Valentino Rossi: The Game
2017 MotoGP 17
MXGP3: The Official Motocross Videogame Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Ride 2 Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2018 Gravel
Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
MotoGP 18
MXGP: Pro Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Ghostly Matter Windows
Ride 3 Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2019 Monster Energy Supercross 2: The Official Videogame Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
MotoGP 19
MXGP 2019 Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2020 Monster Energy Supercross 3: The Official Videogame Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox One
MotoGP 20
Ride 4
Monster Energy Supercross 4: The Official Videogame
2021Ride 4 PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Cancelled titles

TitlePlatform(s)
FX Racing GameCube, Windows, PlayStation 2
Lamborghini FX Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
SBK-07: Superbike World Championship Windows, Xbox 360
SBK-08: Superbike World Championship Nintendo DS, Wii

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Blake, Vikki (14 August 2019). "Koch Media to acquire Milestone and all IPs, including MotoGP and Supercross". MCV .
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  4. 1 2 3 4 Romano, Sal (14 August 2019). "THQ Nordic acquires Milestone S.r.l". Gematsu.
  5. ↑ "Intervista a Luisa Bixio – Amministratore Delegato Leader" [Interview with Luisa Bixio – Chief Executive Officer Leader]. Associazione Editori Sviluppatori Videogiochi Italiani (in Italian). 11 January 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 Handrahan, Matthew (26 October 2017). "Milestone races towards its biggest ever year". GamesIndustry.biz .
  7. ↑ Wingefors, Lars (14 August 2019). "THQ Nordic completes the acquisition of Milestone". Cision .
  8. ↑ Wingefors, Lars (27 August 2019). "THQ Nordic Annual Report 2018/19" (PDF). Cision .
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