Auroch Digital Explained

Auroch Digital
Type:Subsidiary
Industry:Video games
Founded:2010
Hq Location City:Bristol
Hq Location Country:UK
Num Employees:61 (2021)[1]
Parent:Sumo Group
Website:https://www.aurochdigital.com/

Auroch Digital is a game development company based in Bristol, UK. It previously ran the GameTheNews initiative,[2] a project that produced news games on a variety of topics, for which it was included in the 2014 Nominet 100 list of companies doing social good with technology.[3] In September 2021, Auroch Digital was acquired by Sumo Group for $8.3 million.[4]

Overview

The company makes video games and tabletop games, with its main focus on strategy and management titles, and adaptations of board games into digital games, having worked with companies such as Games Workshop, Steve Jackson Games, and Modiphius Entertainment.

On 1 June 2022, it was announced a first person shooter based on the Warhammer 40k franchise was in development titled Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun and to be published by Focus Entertainment.[5] [6]

Games developed/published

TitleYearPlatform(s)
2012Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, OS X
NarcoGuerra2013Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, OS X
Chainsaw Warrior2013Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night2015Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Last Days of Old Earth2016Microsoft Windows
Ogre2017Microsoft Windows, OS X
Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics2018Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Dark Future: Blood Red States2019Microsoft Windows
Mars Horizon2020Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator2022Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
2023Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
Wildermyth2024PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch

References

  1. Web site: Auroch Digital report. gov.uk. 4. March 24, 2023.
  2. Web site: Games, War and News: Why We Made a Game About the War in Syria (in Two Weeks). 2012-12-13. HuffPost UK. en. 2019-08-19.
  3. Web site: Auroch Digital's GameTheNews.net Listed in Nominet 100. Auroch Digital. 10 December 2014 . en-GB. 2019-08-19.
  4. Web site: Chris . Kerr . 2021-09-14 . Sumo Group acquires UK studio Auroch Digital for $8.3 million . 2022-06-01 . Game Developer . en.
  5. Web site: What Warhammer, and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, means to Auroch Digital . 2022-06-01 . Auroch Digital . June 2022 . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun: Retro FPS revealed with a homage trailer to the 90s! - Focus Entertainment . 2022-06-01 . www.focus-entmt.com.

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