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Arkane Studios SASU is a French video game developer based in Lyon.It was founded in 1999, and released its first game, Arx Fatalis, in 2002.The studio has created the popular Dishonored series as well as developing Prey (2017), Deathloop (2021) and Redfall (2023).
Dishonored is the first game developed by Arkane Studios after it was acquired by ZeniMax Media and the first game released by Harvey Smith, the co-creator of the Deus Ex franchise, after he joined Arkane in 2008. Arkane's offices in Lyon (led by studio founder Raphaël Colantonio) and Austin (led by Smith) were involved in the game's ...
Dishonored is a 2012 action-adventure game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Set in the fictional, plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall, Dishonored follows the story of Corvo Attano, bodyguard to the Empress of the Isles. He is framed for her murder and forced to become an assassin, seeking revenge on those ...
A WARN notice filed on May 7 details layoffs from Austin-based gaming company Arkane Studios where 96 employees no longer have jobs. The company, which is owned by tech and gaming giant Microsoft ...
Prey came out of Arkane Studios' own ideas; as explained by Colantonio, they split their team to work on two projects after completing work on Dishonored. One project was Dishonored 2 and the other was a new intellectual property based on similar gameplay ideas which would be "in first-person, with depth and simulation and narration". [ 25 ]
The impact that Emily had on players in Dishonored, which changed how the game was being played, made the developer decide to continue her story and give her more depth in Dishonored 2. [41] [42] Although this meant moving the timeline along, Arkane did not want to go too far for fear of losing the series' gaslamp fantasy / steampunk aesthetics ...
In 2008, Smith became partner and co-creative director of Arkane Studios in Austin alongside the company's president, Raphaël Colantonio. [10] They went on to release the stealth-action game Dishonored in 2012, which won many Game of the Year and Best Action/Adventure accolades including the 2013 BAFTA award for Best Game [ 13 ] and 2012 SPIKE ...
Raphaël Colantonio (born 1971) is a French video game designer, and was the founder and for 18 years president of Arkane Studios. He has served as creative director on several of Arkane's titles, including co-creator with Harvey Smith for the Dishonored series. [1]