News > Former Relic Employees Form New Studio
June 4, 2007
Relic Entertainment has been responsible for the creation of some excellent pieces of software over the years. With titles like Homeworld, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, and Company of Heroes in their portfolio, the studio's members have proven that they can produce high-quality videogames.
The announcement that former Relic employees will be forming a new studio is sort of big news. The studio will be called Smoking Gun Interactive, and is to be headed up by Company of Heroes veteran Jon Johnson, along with Angie Radwan-Pytlewski and Drew Dunlop. Audio director Crispin Hands and writer Duane Pye will also be joining Smoking Gun.
"The team at Smoking Gun has worked passionately together for over seven years, building teams that have created the most critically acclaimed games in their genre," said Johnson. "As the industry evolves so do the ways that people interact with videogames. With our collective input Smoking Gun will be at the forefront of producing innovative best-selling titles, that really push the envelop further than we've gone before."
As of yet, the company has not announced any projects, but I am willing to wager that the first will be a AAA real-time strategy game.
*Eddie R Inzauto - Senior Editor, GameWad.com
