Company type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | December 2016; 8 years ago (2016-12) |
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Headquarters | UK |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Owner | Catalis Group (2016โ2019) NorthEdge Capital (2019โpresent) |
Members | 4 |
Runner Duck is a video game developer headquartered in the UK. It was founded by Dave Miller and Jon Wingrove in 2016.
History
Runner Duck was founded in December 2016 as an independent games development studio by former AAA, casual and mobile game developers Dave Miller and Jon Wingrove. The founders had previously worked on popular games such as Race Driver: Grid, Colin McRae: DiRT 2, and the Buzz! series.
Runner Duck released their first game, Bomber Crew in October 2017, published by Curve Games.
In 2018, Runner Duck won the MCV/Develop Award for "Best New Studio".
In March 2019, Curve Games parent company Catalis Group acquired Runner Duck with the aim of continuing the "crew" franchise with Curve Games as the publisher.
Games developed
Title | Year | Platform(s) |
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Bomber Crew | 2017 | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch |
Space Crew | 2020 | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch |
References
- ^ "Runner Duck Games Company Profile: Acquisition & Investors". Pitchbook.
- ^ "Curve Digital acquires Bomber Crew developer, Runner Duck". MCV.
- ^ "How I learnt to stop worrying and love the Bomb: Runner Duck on its FTL-style WW2 game Bomber Crew".
- "GRID (2008) Windows credits - MobyGames".
- "DiRT 2 (2009) Windows credits - Mobygames".
- "Buzz!: Quiz TV (2008) Playstation 3 credits".
- "Bomber Crew - Curve Games".
- "Winners 2018 Develop Awards".