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| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Gliwice, Poland |
Key people | Wojciech Pazdur Kamil Bilczyński Robert Siejka |
| Products | Get Even Chernobylite |
Number of employees | +100 (2018) |
| Website | thefarm51 |
The Farm 51 is a Polish video game developer founded in 2005. It was most known for creating video games such as Get Even and Chernobylite .
The studio was founded by Wojciech Pazdur and Kamil Bilczyński, which previously worked on the Painkiller series at People Can Fly, and Robert Siejka, former president of 3D Magazine. [1] Originally, the company made some outsourcing contracts work for other studios, but then gathered enough IP to get funding from 1C Company for their 2009 debut project, NecroVisioN , and then its prequel, NecroVisioN: Lost Company . They were initially working on City Interactive's Alien Fear, but are no longer involved with the project. [2] They released Deadfall Adventures in November 2013. [3] Get Even was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment and released in June 2017. [4] They released Chernobylite in July 2021 (on PC and later on consoles). Their upcoming game, World War 3 is in development with publishers My.Games and The 4 Winds Entertainment. [5]
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDS | PS3 | Win | X360 | Lin | XOne | PS4 | XSXS | PS5 | ||
| 2007 | Time Ace | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 2009 | NecroVisioN | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 2010 | NecroVisioN: Lost Company | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 2012 | Painkiller: Hell & Damnation | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| 2013 | Deadfall Adventures | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| 2017 | Get Even | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 2021 | Chernobylite | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2022 | World War 3 | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| TBA | Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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