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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Steve Piggott |
| Headquarters | , Canada |
Key people | Steve Piggott (president) |
| Products | |
| Website | tornbanner |
Torn Banner Studios Inc. is a Canadian video game developer based in Toronto.
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Steve Piggott |
| Headquarters | , Canada |
Key people | Steve Piggott (president) |
| Products | |
| Website | tornbanner |
Torn Banner Studios Inc. is a Canadian video game developer based in Toronto.
Torn Banner Studios was founded in 2010 by Steve Piggott of Team Chivalry, the development team of Age of Chivalry , a 2007 mod for Half-Life 2 . [1] The studio's first game was Chivalry: Medieval Warfare; after a successful kickstarter campaign raising $85,934 [2] [3] [4] it was released independently in October 2012. [5] The game received the 2012 "Indie of the Year" award from Indie DB. [6] Sega released Torn Banner's NeverMine in July 2016 as part of the Help: The Game collection, with proceeds going to the War Child charity. [7] [8]
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Chivalry: Medieval Warfare | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One | Torn Banner Studios, Activision |
| 2016 | NeverMine | Microsoft Windows | Sega |
| 2017 | Mirage: Arcane Warfare [9] | Microsoft Windows | Torn Banner Studios |
| 2021 | Chivalry 2 [10] | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Tripwire Interactive |
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