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| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Budapest, Hungary |
| Products | King Arthur series |
| Website | neocoregames.com |
NeocoreGames is a Hungarian video game developer that focuses on creating and publishing role-playing video games. [1] The company has their own development studio that is headquartered in Budapest, [1] and the video games developed at NeocoreGames are created using their custom-built game engine named Coretech. [2] The company is best known for their King Arthur series.
NeocoreGames was founded in 2005 and began working as a small game development studio. [3] The studio is known for their work in the role-playing game genre exemplified by their King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame series. [3] [4] The sequel, King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame , was developed using Coretech 2, NeocoreGames's new game engine. [5]
In 2012 with the announcement of the action-RPG The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing and the party-based tactical RPG Broken Sea, NeocoreGames has returned to independent video game development. [6] [7] In May 2012 the company announced the development of a role-playing game based on Bram Stoker's Dracula . [4] Titled The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing , the game follows Van Helsing's son as he travels to the eastern-European kingdom of Borgovia to slay the monsters that are overrunning the land. [4] The game was to be the start of a new intellectual property for NeocoreGames. [8] In June 2012 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, NeocoreGames announced a second new game they were developing: Broken Sea is a fantasy tactical role-playing game developed for the PC. [6] [9] [10] In August 2014, NeocoreGames announced their first tower defense game, titled Deathtrap . [11] In February 2017, NeocoreGames launched the Founding for their upcoming Action-RPG titled Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr. [12]
| Title | Year | Platform | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crusaders: Thy Kingdom Come | 2009 | Microsoft Windows | Full game |
| King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame | Microsoft Windows | ||
| King Arthur – Legendary Artifacts | 2010 | Microsoft Windows | Downloadable content |
| King Arthur – Knights and Vassals | Microsoft Windows | ||
| King Arthur – The Saxons | Microsoft Windows | ||
| King Arthur – The Druids | Microsoft Windows | ||
| The Kings' Crusade | Microsoft Windows | Full game | |
| The Kings' Crusade: Arabian Nights | 2011 | Microsoft Windows | Downloadable content |
| The Kings' Crusade: Teutonic Knights | Microsoft Windows | ||
| The Kings' Crusade: New Allies | Microsoft Windows | ||
| King Arthur: Fallen Champions | Microsoft Windows | Stand-alone expansion | |
| King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame | 2012 | Microsoft Windows | Full game |
| King Arthur II: Dead Legions | Microsoft Windows | Downloadable content | |
| The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing | 2013 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Full game |
| Van Helsing: Blue Blood | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Downloadable content | |
| Van Helsing: Thaumaturge | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | ||
| Van Helsing: Arcane Mechanic | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | ||
| The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II | 2014 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 Xbox One | Full game |
| Van Helsing II: Ink Hunt | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Downloadable content | |
| Van Helsing II: Pigasus | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | ||
| Deathtrap | 2015 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Full game |
| The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | ||
| TheIncredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut | Microsoft Windows | ||
| Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr | 2018 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | |
| Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Prophecy [13] | 2019 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Stand-alone expansion |
| Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr: Sororitas Class [14] | 2022 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Downloadable content |
| King Arthur: Knight's Tale [15] | 2022 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S | Full game |
| Broken Sea | TBA | Microsoft Windows |
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