CROTEAM

Croteam is an independent game development company located in Zagreb, Croatia and developing games and 3D engine technologies for PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, iOS and Android. Croteam was initially started as a “garage game development” in 1993. From there, it has been continually involved in development of video games for PC, Xbox, Xbox 360/XBLA and 3D engine technologies. In period 1993-1995, Croteam developed three games for different game platforms: Fo... otball Glory (PC, Amiga – soccer game), 5-A-Side Soccer (Amiga – indoor soccer game), Save The Earth (Amiga 4000 – TV game for kids). With the release of Football Glory, Croteam has made a strong presence in the European market (mainly UK and Germany) and Croteam products were received well. In period 2001-2002, Croteam developed four products: Serious Sam: The First Encounter (PC – First Person Shooter, released in March 2001, published by Gathering of Developers/Take 2 Interactive), Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (PC – First Person Shooter, released in February 2002, published by Gathering of Developers/Take 2 Interactive), Serious Sam (Xbox – First Person Shooter, released in November 2002, published by Gotham Games/Take 2 Interactive), Serious Engine (PC and Xbox – 3D Game Engine powering all three Serious Sam games). Serious Sam games were also released on other platforms such as Palm OS, GameCube and Playstation 2, and they were developed by 3rd party developers. While developing games, Croteam is also having success in licensing engine technology to other developers and publishers. So far, Serious Engine has been used by more than 10 different game developers, publishers and hardware manufacturers with 3 games already released and over 10 games currently in development. Since Serious Sam: The First Encounter worldwide release in March 2001, Croteam is recognized for its frantic action game design, crazy humor and powerful Serious Engine technology. In 2005 Croteam finished the development of the next chapter in the Serious Sam saga. Featuring a new, mind-blowing Serious Engine 2 technology, Serious Sam 2 gives new meaning to frantic action, wide open spaces, crazy humor and huge bosses. Serious Sam 2 was released world-wide in October 2005 for PC and Xbox platforms. Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, powered by internally developed Serious Engine 3, was released world-wide in November 2009 for PC and in January 2010 for XBLA. Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter was released world-wide in April 2010 for PC and in September 2010 for XBLA. Serious Sam 3: BFE was released world-wide in November 2011 for PC, then Mac and Linux followed by mid 2012. XBLA was released in September 2012 and PSN in May 2014. In December 2014 Croteam released The Talos Principle (PC/Mac/Linux), philosophical first-person puzzler which received numerous awards and nominations for game of the year and high praises both from critics as well as gamers, resulting in Croteam’s highest rated game since 2001. Currently, Croteam is working on both bringing The Talos Principle to other platforms (PlayStation 4 and Android K1) as well as Serious Sam 4, the latest installment in their most famous sci-fi saga.More