Drinkbox Studios Inc.
FormerlyNot a Number Software (2008)
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
PredecessorPseudo Interactive
FoundedApril 2008 (2008-04)
Founders
  • Chris Harvey
  • Ryan MacLean
  • Graham Smith
Headquarters
Toronto
,
Canada
Key people
  • Chris Harvey (CTO)
  • Ryan MacLean (CEO)
  • Graham Smith (COO)
Websitedrinkboxstudios.com

Drinkbox Studios Inc. is a Canadian video game developer based in Toronto. The company was founded in April 2008 by Chris Harvey, Ryan MacLean and Graham Smith, three programmers previously employed by Pseudo Interactive, which closed earlier that year. Drinkbox is best known for the Guacamelee! series of games.

History

Drinkbox Studios team photo, 2012

In 2008, Toronto-based video game developer Pseudo Interactive laid off the majority of its staff before closing down completely.[1] Out of the laid-off employees, many left Toronto to work in other places, while three programmers, Chris Harvey, Ryan MacLean and Graham Smith, stayed to found their own game studio in April that year.[1][2] Their idea was to create a game company that would create games they would want to play.[1] Initially, the company was called Not a Number Software, but the team quickly considered the name to be a bad choice and changed it to DrinkBox Studios.[3] In the weeks following the DrinkBox' foundation, they hired a senior artist and a designer to move forward with the company as a five-man team.[1]

Games developed

Games developed by Drinkbox Studios
Year Title Platform(s)
2011 Tales from Space: About a Blob PlayStation 3
2012 Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
2013 Guacamelee! PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
Guacamelee! Gold Edition Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
2014 Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
2016 Severed iOS, Nintendo 3DS family of systems, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita, Wii U
2018 Guacamelee! 2 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
2022 Nobody Saves the World[4] Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "How Drinkbox Studios' grit raised an indie developer and got Guacamelee funded". polygon.com.
  2. ↑ "Drinkbox cuts through the noise". gamesindustry.biz.
  3. ↑ "Ask an indie developer: How did your indie career begin?". gamesradar.com.
  4. ↑ Noris, Ari (26 March 2021). "Nobody Saves The World Is A New Action-RPG From The Guacamelee! Devs". Kotaku. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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