Changes: List of Nimbus Worldwide Studios

Revision as of 21:13, 25 December 2018

	This article/section is under construction.
	Please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible. As usual, do not edit this page without the owner's permission unless you are correcting spelling and/or grammatical errors.

	This article/section is incomplete.
	Please help this article by expanding or finishing it; if you have permission from the page owner. Additional information: Can you make this page similar to these? (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)

First-party studios

Limestone Entertainment

Limestone Entertainment is a White Plains, NY-based company that was founded in 2006. They were made known for their PC god game Clockwork City, but skyrocketed with the release of Flocked Up Nerds in 2016. They later made Flocked Up Nerds: The Movie?!?!, released alongside the game in 2016, and was critically panned. Limestone lost a lot of money off the film, and a sequel to the game was planned, but was quickly cancelled due to their financial losses. Due to the financial losses, they sold their Flocked Up Nerds franchise to Rovio Entertainment.

The company ran independently until 2012, when they were acquired by Tommo Inc.
In 2019, Limestone was acquired by Nimbus Electronics, one of the companies behind Laserium Neptune, which it became a first-party developer for.

They have additional studios in Irvine and Santiago.

Games

Year	Game	Platform	Notes
2008	Clockwork City	PC
2016	Flocked Up Nerds	Android, iOS	Published by Rovio Stars
2020	Unnamed open world fantasy-science fiction MMORPG/brawler game	Laserium Neptune, PC	Launch title, developed with Limestone West, Xcalbr Games, Xcalbr Texas, Namur Studios, XPEC Entertainment and Torus Games
2020	Clockwork City 2	Laserium Neptune	Launch title

Namur Studios

Namur Studios was founded by Nimbus Electronics in co-operation with former Wargaming Seattle and Gripstone/Amaze empolyees, shortly after the closure of the WG Seattle studio in July 2018. They will work on a real-time strategy game for Laserium Neptune.

They have additional studios in Vancouver and Salt Lake City.

Xcalbr Games

Xcalbr Games is a video game development company, founded in 2011 by Gunnar E. Madsen and some ex-employees from Luxoflux, Underground Development, Shaba Games, 7 Studios, Page 44 Studios, Savage Entertainment and Sega Studios San Francisco. They're located in San Mateo, California, with an additional studio in Austin, Texas.

In 2019, they were acquired by Nimbus Electronics Limited.

Games

Year	Game	Platform	Notes
2020	Unnamed vehicular combat game	PC, Laserium Neptune	Formerly developed for PS4, Xbox One and Laserium Mars.
2020	Unnamed extreme sports game	PC, Laserium Neptune	Formerly developed for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Laserium Mars.

NOTE: Please add ports here as well, preferably listed before the first Neptune game.

Xcalbr Texas

Xcalbr Texas (formerly Glassroof Design) is an Austin-based company founded in 2014 by the former employees of TimeGate Studios, Vigil Games, Junction Point Studios, Edge of Reality and Terminal Reality.

Their only game, currently in development, is an unnamed hack-and-slash platform game for Laserium Neptune, with some staff working in co-operation with Namur Studios on their game, in addition to future expansion packs for one of Limestone's upcoming games.

Namur North

Namur North (formerly High-Mast Creations) is a Vancouver-based company founded in 2018 by the former employees of Capcom Vancouver and Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver. The studio announced to create arcade and mobile games, but shortly after the acquisition by Nimbus Electronics, the company switched focus on "addicting games" for Laserium Neptune.

Games

Year	Game	Platform	Notes
2021	Unnamed beat-em-up game	Laserium Neptune, Arcade
TBA	Unannounced game	Laserium Neptune

Limestone West

Limestone West was founded by Nimbus Electronics in co-operation with former Carbine Studios and Incinerator Studios empolyees, shortly after the closure of the former studios in 2017 and September 2018 respectively. They also hired some ex-employees from EA Pacific and Locomotive Studios. They operate in Irvine, California.

According to rumors, they're working on a racing game for Laserium Neptune.

Namur Salt Lake

Namur Salt Lake is a Salt Lake City-based company founded by Nimbus Electronics in co-operation with former Eat Sleep Play and EA Salt Lake empolyees, shortly after the closure of the former studios in 2017. They will work on a sports game for Laserium Neptune.

Limestone Pacific

Limestone Pacific (formerly Windmind Software) is a Chile-based company founded by former Behaviour Santiago employees in 2017, and acquired by Nimbus Electronics in 2019.

Second-party studios

These studios take development contracts and produce games exclusive to Laserium Neptune. As a balance to not being able to release their game for other platforms, second-party developers are usually offered higher royalty rates than third-party developers. They operate autonomously, despite being partially owned by Nimbus Electronics Limited, one of the companies working on the Neptune console.

Hypnos Entertainment

See Hypnos Entertainment

@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 |-
 |2020
-|''Unnamed fantasy-science fiction MMORPG/brawler game''
+|''Unnamed open world fantasy-science fiction MMORPG/brawler game''
-|[[Laserium Neptune]]
+|[[Laserium Neptune]], PC
-|Launch title, developed with Limestone West and Namur Studios
+|Launch title, developed with Limestone West, Xcalbr Games, Xcalbr Texas, Namur Studios, [[wikipedia:XPEC Entertainment|XPEC Entertainment]] and [[wikipedia:Torus Games|Torus Games]]
 |-
 |2020
@@ Line 39: / Line 39: @@
 |}
 ===Namur Studios===
-'''Namur Studios''' was founded by Nimbus Electronics in co-operation with former Wargaming Seattle empolyees, shortly after the closure of the former studio in July 2018. They will work on a real-time strategy game for [[Laserium Neptune]].
+'''Namur Studios''' was founded by Nimbus Electronics in co-operation with former Wargaming Seattle and Gripstone/Amaze empolyees, shortly after the closure of the WG Seattle studio in July 2018. They will work on a real-time strategy game for [[Laserium Neptune]].
 They have additional studios in [[#Namur North|Vancouver]] and [[#Namur Salt Lake|Salt Lake City]].
 ===Xcalbr Games===
-'''Xcalbr Games''' is a video game development company, founded in 2011 by Gunnar E. Madsen and some ex-employees from Luxoflux, Underground Development, Shaba Games, 7 Studios, Page 44 Studios, Savage Entertainment and Sega Studios San Francisco. They're located in San Mateo, California.
+'''Xcalbr Games''' is a video game development company, founded in 2011 by Gunnar E. Madsen and some ex-employees from Luxoflux, Underground Development, Shaba Games, 7 Studios, Page 44 Studios, Savage Entertainment and Sega Studios San Francisco. They're located in San Mateo, California, with an additional studio in [[#Xcalbr Texas|Austin, Texas]].
-Their first project was an open-world fighting/action adventure game called ''Road to Victory'', which got mediocre reception after its release. In 2019, they were acquired by Nimbus Electronics Limited.
+In 2019, they were acquired by Nimbus Electronics Limited.
 ====Games====
 {| border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" style="width:800px;" class="article-table"
@@ Line 53: / Line 53: @@
 ! scope="col"|Platform
 ! scope="col"|Notes
-|-
-|2014
-|''Road to Victory''
-|PC, iOS, PS4, Xbox One, Android
-|
 |-
 |2020
@@ Line 68: / Line 63: @@
 |PC, [[Laserium Neptune]]
 |Formerly developed for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Laserium Mars.
-|-
-|TBA
-|''Unnamed Road to Victory sequel''
-|[[Laserium Neptune]]
-|Developed with assistance from XPEC Entertainment
 |}
-'''NOTE:''' Please add ports here as well.
+'''NOTE:''' Please add ports here as well, preferably listed before the first Neptune game.
+===Xcalbr Texas===
+'''Xcalbr Texas''' (formerly '''''Glassroof Design''''') is an Austin-based company founded in 2014 by the former employees of TimeGate Studios, Vigil Games, Junction Point Studios, Edge of Reality and Terminal Reality.
+Their only game, currently in development, is an unnamed hack-and-slash platform game for [[Laserium Neptune]], with some staff working in co-operation with Namur Studios on their game, in addition to future expansion packs for one of Limestone's upcoming games.
 ===Namur North===
 '''Namur North''' (formerly '''''High-Mast Creations''''') is a Vancouver-based company founded in 2018 by the former employees of Capcom Vancouver and Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver. The studio announced to create arcade and mobile games, but shortly after the acquisition by Nimbus Electronics, the company switched focus on "addicting games" for [[Laserium Neptune]].
@@ Line 100: / Line 94: @@
 According to rumors, they're working on a racing game for [[Laserium Neptune]].
 ===Namur Salt Lake===
-'''Namur Salt Lake''' is a Salt Lake City-based company founded by Nimbus Electronics in co-operation with former EA Salt Lake empolyees, shortly after the closure of the former studio in April 2017. They will work on a sports game for [[Laserium Neptune]].
+'''Namur Salt Lake''' is a Salt Lake City-based company founded by Nimbus Electronics in co-operation with former Eat Sleep Play and EA Salt Lake empolyees, shortly after the closure of the former studios in 2017. They will work on a sports game for [[Laserium Neptune]].
 ===Limestone Pacific===
 '''Limestone Pacific''' (formerly ''Windmind Software'') is a Chile-based company founded by former Behaviour Santiago employees in 2017, and acquired by Nimbus Electronics in 2019.