Sunstorm Interactive

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Sunstorm Interactive was an American video game developer founded in 1995 by Anthony Campiti, [1] which specialized in hunting simulators and first-person shooters. [2] The majority of their titles were small-scale "value titles", priced between $20 and $30 as compared to the typical computer game that was priced at $50 at the time.

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Overview

The company enjoyed their original moderate success by developing add-ons for Build engine first-person shooters such as Duke Nukem 3D , Blood , and Redneck Rampage . At this point, the company had approximately 6 full-time employees. Sunstorm finally made an industry name for itself when it developed the first hunting simulation game Deer Hunter in 1997. Deer Hunter opened up an entirely new genre and spawned many sequels as well as copycats.

The company relocated to a new office and increased the staff size significantly. They followed up with many more hunting simulators and attempted to branch back into developing action games with titles such as the side scroller Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project . However, they were not able to achieve the same level of success again and finally shut down in early 2003 citing financial and staffing difficulties as the primary reasons. [3] Michael Root went on to found Gabriel Entertainment.

In 2009, the company was reborn as Sunstorm Games LLC. by Anthony Campiti. Now creating mobile games for the iOS and Android platforms, by 2013 the company had produced over 80 titles in total, averaging one million active users daily. [4] In April 2015, the company was acquired by TabTale Ltd. for an undisclosed price. [5]

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Hunting

Build Engine add-ons

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References

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  2. ↑ Lohr, Steve (March 29, 1999). "Computer Games Venture Into the World of Gun, Bow and Big Game". The New York Times . Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ Colayco, Bob (May 22, 2003). "Sunstorm Interactive closes shop". GameSpot. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sunstorm Games". 2013-08-05. Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  5. ↑ "TabTale Acquires Sunstorm Games | Mergr". mergr.com. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  6. ↑ "Hunting Unlimited Announced". IGN . August 16, 2001. Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ "ValuSoft and ARUSH Entertainment Set Out on an Action-Packed Hunting Expedition, Releasing the PC Game Hunting Unlimited in Retail and on the Web". arushgames.com. October 1, 2001. Archived from the original on October 16, 2001. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
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