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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 9 May 2011 |
Founder | Jonathan Lavigne, Jean-Francois Major, Justin Cyr |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Wizorb , Mercenary Kings , Ninja Senki , Curses 'N Chaos , Flinthook , Panzer Paladin |
Website | www.tributegames.com/ |
Tribute Games is an independent video game development studio located in Montreal, Quebec. It was founded on 9 May 2011 by former Ubisoft employees Jonathan Lavigne, Jean-Francois Major and Justin Cyr [1] [2] who, amongst other games, have worked on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game and TMNT. [3]
Title | Release year | Platform(s) |
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Ninja Senki | 2010 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Vita |
Wizorb | 2011 | Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, PS Minis, XBLIG, Ouya, iOS |
Friends 'Til The End | 2012 | Microsoft Windows (freeware as part of MolyJam 2012) [4] |
Mercenary Kings | 2014 | Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, PlayStation 4 |
Curses 'N Chaos | 2015 | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita |
Ninja Senki DX | 2016 | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita |
Flinthook | 2017 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch |
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition | 2018 | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch |
Panzer Paladin | 2020 | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch |
Title | Release year | Publisher | Platform(s) |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge | 2022 | Dotemu | Microsoft Windows, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS |
Title | Release year | Developer(s) | Platform(s) |
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Steel Assault | 2021 | Zenovia Interactive | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch |
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