Splash Damage

Splash Damage Ltd. is a British video game developer that specializes in multiplayer first-person shooter video games. The studio is best known as the creator of the Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars.

Splash Damage Ltd.
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded2001 (2001)[1]
FoundersPaul Wedgwood, Richard Jolly, Arnout van Meer
HeadquartersLondon, England
ProductsWolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
OwnerIndependent (2001–2016)
Leyou (2016–present)
Number of employees
300[2]
ParentRadius Maxima (2016–present)
Websitesplashdamage.com

History

Splash Damage was formed in May[3] or June 2001[1] by the creators of mods such as Quake 3 Fortress. The studio began life working with Now TV and Gamer.tv, providing both custom maps and an in-game television production solution. Splash Damage staff also worked to produce and present over 150 TV shows based on Quake III Arena Capture the Flag.

In March 2002, Splash Damage partnered with Games Domain to produce a number of multiplayer maps for their online gaming service. One of these was a map for id Software's Return to Castle Wolfenstein based on Operation Market Garden; this map was hugely successful online and instantly became the most played third-party map for the game.

Following Market Garden's success, Activision and id Software asked Splash Damage to produce three additional multiplayer maps for the Return to Castle Wolfenstein Game of the Year Edition. The same year, Splash Damage partnered with the two companies to develop Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, a stand-alone expansion based on Return to Castle Wolfenstein. The Windows version of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was released online for free on 29 May 2003, with Linux and Mac versions following later. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory won several Game of the Year and Editor's Choice awards[4] and remained one of the most popular online first-person shooter titles even in 2008.[5]

In June 2003 and once again working with id Software, Splash Damage created all the maps for Doom 3's multiplayer mode and at the same time began pre-production on Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, a follow-up to Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory using a heavily modified version of the id Tech 4 engine and set in the Quake universe. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars shipped on 28 September 2007, and has won dozens of awards to date, including several Game of the Year awards and over 25 Editor's Choice awards.[6]

In July 2016, Splash Damage was acquired by Leyou, a Chinese holding company, via its Radius Maxima subsidiary.[7]

Games developed
Year Title Platform(s)
iOS Lin Mac PS3 Web Win X360 XBO STA
2002 Return to Castle Wolfenstein (multiplayer) No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No
2003 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No
2004 Doom 3 (multiplayer) No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No
2007 Enemy Territory: Quake Wars No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
2011 Brink No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No
2012 RAD Soldiers[8] Yes No No No Yes No No No No
2013 Batman: Arkham Origins (multiplayer) No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No
2014 Dirty Bomb[9] No No No No No Yes No No No
2015 Tempo[10] Yes No No No No No No No No
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition[11] No No No No No Yes No Yes No
2016 Gears of War 4 (multiplayer)[12] No No No No No Yes No Yes No
2019 Gears 5 (multiplayer)[13] No No No No No Yes No Yes No
Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC version)[14] No No No No No Yes No Yes No
2020 Gears Tactics[15] No No No No No Yes No Yes No
Outcasters[16] No No No No No No No No Yes

Awards
Date Award Result
2008 Develop Industry Excellence Award for Best Independent Studio[17] Won
2008 Ultraweb Level 4 Award[18] Won
2008 Golden Joystick award for UK Developer of the Year[19] Nominated
2009 Guardian Top 100 UK Tech & Media Companies[20] Won
2015 Best Companies Ones to Watch[21] Won
2016 Best Companies 2 Star Accreditation[22] Won
2016 Amazon Growing Business Awards[23] Nominated

The full list of awards can be found on their web site.[24]

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20040603072901/http://splashdamage.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=28&page=1
  2. "Official Splash Damage Careers Page". Splash Damage. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20130327113800/http://www.splashdamage.com/history
  4. "Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory awards". Splash Damage. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
  5. "GameSpy Statistics". GameSpy. 7 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  6. "Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars awards". Splash Damage. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
  7. "Splash Damage sold to Chinese poultry firm". Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  8. "RAD Soldiers is Now Available Worldwide! - Splash Damage". www.splashdamage.com. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  9. "Splash Damage's Newest Shooter is Dirty Bomb! - Splash Damage". www.splashdamage.com. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  10. "The wait is over, Tempo has officially launched on the iOS App Store! - Splash Damage". www.splashdamage.com. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  11. "Gears of War: Ultimate Edition". Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  12. "UK-based Splash Damage is working on Gears of War 4 multiplayer". Videogamer.com. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  13. "Gears 5". Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  14. "Halo: The Master Chief Collection Announced". Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  15. "Gears Tactics". Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  16. "Google Stadia exclusive Outcasters is a unique multiplayer combat game coming this fall". 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  17. "Develop Awards 08 crown best UK development talent". Intent Media. 31 July 2008.
  18. "Ultraweb Level 4 Award 2008". Ultraweb. 25 August 2008. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  19. "Golden Joystick Awards 2008 Short List Voting Page". Future Publishing Ltd. 4 August 2008.
  20. "The top 100 tech media companies". The Guardian. 8 October 2009.
  21. "Ones to Watch". Best Companies.
  22. "2 Star". Best Companies.
  23. "Inspirational British companies feature in Amazon Growing Business Awards shortlist". Real Business. 3 October 2016.
  24. "The Awards - Splash Damage". www.splashdamage.com. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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