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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | December 2016 |
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| Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Owner | Catalis Group (2016–2019) NorthEdge Capital (2019–present) |
| Members | 4 |
Runner Duck is a video game developer headquartered in the UK. [1] It was founded by Dave Miller and Jon Wingrove in 2016. [2]
Runner Duck was founded in December 2016 as an independent games development studio by former AAA, casual and mobile game developers Dave Miller and Jon Wingrove. [3] The founders had previously worked on popular games such as Race Driver: Grid , [4] Colin McRae: DiRT 2 , [5] and the Buzz! series. [6] [3]
Runner Duck released their first game, Bomber Crew in October 2017, published by Curve Games. [7]
In 2018, Runner Duck won the MCV/Develop Award for "Best New Studio". [8]
In March 2019, Curve Games parent company Catalis Group acquired Runner Duck with the aim of continuing the "crew" franchise with Curve Games as the publisher. [2] [1]
| Title | Year | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Bomber Crew | 2017 | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch |
| Space Crew | 2020 | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch |
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