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Ritual Entertainment
Type Private
Founded 1996
Headquarters Dallas, Texas, United States
Industry Interactive entertainment
Website www.ritual.com

Ritual Entertainment was a computer game software developer established in 1996 and based in Dallas, Texas. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second Notable releases January 29 &mdash Duke Nukem 3D, successor to the simple side-scrolling originals and a genre-redefining title for For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" The video game industry (formally referred to as Interactive entertainment) is the economic sector involved with the development, Marketing A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A personal computer Game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a Video game played on a Personal computer, rather Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. It was formerly known as Hipnotic Interactive, during which period they began development of their signature computer game SiN. SiN is a Computer game developed by Ritual Entertainment and published by Activision in late 1998

Members of the Ritual development team have contributed game assets to other titles such as 25 to Life and American McGee's Alice, and are also the creators of "Übertools" for id Tech 3, which has been licensed for a number of other games. 25 To Life is a Third-person shooter Video game for Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox released in 2006 American McGee's Alice is a third-person action PC video game released on October 6, 2000, which takes place in the Alice's Adventures in id Tech 3 is a Game engine developed by Id Software for Quake III Arena and has been used in many games under the Quake III Arena engine

On January 24, 2007, developer MumboJumbo announced the acquisition of Ritual Entertainment. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Headquartered in Dallas Texas, MumboJumbo LLC is a publisher developer and mass marketer of Casual games for PCs and game consoles including those manufactured by [1] With this acquisition Ritual's focus on traditional action-oriented games was changed to casual games essentially canceling Ritual's latest game series, SiN Episodes after releasing only one episode out of a planned nine. A casual game is a Video game targeted at a mass audience of Casual gamers Casual games can have any type of gameplay and fit in any genre SiN Episodes is the title of a series of Episodic games for the PC that would have expanded upon the 1998 Computer game Episodic games are those produced and sold in small units that build into a recognisable series (See Expansion pack)

The purchase followed months of departures of several key employees including chief executive officer Steve Nix who became director of business development at id Software,[2] long-time vice president and co-founder Tom Mustaine who left to become director of game development for the competitive multiplayer online FPS, Severity for the Cyberathlete Professional League,[3] level designer John Schuch who accepted a position with 3D Realms[4] and quality assurance manager Michael Russell who accepted a position with Meeting Professionals International. id Software (ɪd officially is an American computer game developer based in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The Cyberathlete Professional League ( CPL) founded in June 1997 was a professional sports tournament organization specializing in computer and console video game competitions 3D Realms (legal name Apogee Software Ltd) is the name of a video and computer game producer (not publisher and developer based in Garland Texas, a suburb of Meeting Professionals International (MPI is a professional community for the global meetings industry. [5] Several months after the acquisition, community relations manager Steve Hessel left the company to join Splash Damage. Splash damage, also known as radius damage, is a term used in several types of Games most notably in First-person shooter and Real-time strategy [6]

Prior to the announcement, on December 6, 2006, Ritual announced the appointment of Ken Harward as the company's new studio director[7]

Contents

Games developed by Ritual Entertainment

Unreleased

References

  1. ^ Ritual Entertainment Acquired By Casual Games Developer January 24th 2007
  2. ^ id Software Welcomes New Member Planet Quake, Friday, 1 December, 2006
  3. ^ [1] Cyberathlete
  4. ^ What the Hal
  5. ^ Michael Russell Leaves The Tribe - Ritualistic Forums
  6. ^ RITUALISTIC || Ritual Entertainment's Online Community Hub
  7. ^ Ritual Apparently Not Exploded, Announces New Studio Director - Ritualistic Forums

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