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Arkane Studios

A French computer game developer founded in 1999.

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Arkane Studios

A computer game developer founded in 1999. Headquartered in Lyon, the company opened a branch office in Austin in the summer of 2006.

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Arkane Studios SASU is a French video game developer based in Lyon. It was founded in 1999, and released its first game, Arx Fatalis, in 2002. Besides the Lyon studio, Arkane Lyon, Arkane Studios operates Arkane Studios LLC (trading as Arkane Studios Austin) in Austin, Texas, since July 2006. The studio is most known for creating the Dishonored series

Founding

Raphaël Colantonio had been part of the French offices of Electronic Arts (EA) during the 1990s, as part of the quality assurance and localisation team for some of Origin Systems' titles including System Shock. In the late 1990s, Colantonio noted there had been a change in EA as with the release of the PlayStation, the company had shown more interest in sports titles and eschewing non-sports titles from companies like Origin. Colantonio left the company, and after a brief time at Infogrames, was able to co-found Arkane with financial help from his uncle, with their first goal to make a second sequel to Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss. Colantino was among the eleven founders, of which six were developers, when the company was established on 1 October 1999 in Lyon, France, with an investment of 1,150,000 French francs.

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Dinga Bakaba

studio director

Harvey Smith

studio director

Raphaël Colantonio

Founder

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A Guide to DEATHLOOP's Blackreef

Anne Lewis

https://bethesda.net/en/article/5o2pb2CLrPqaOU4MK9fN3Q/deathloop-blackreef-guide

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DEATHLOOP - Getting to Know Julianna

Anne Lewis

https://bethesda.net/en/article/uwgdbxGM30JmVLzysj9OP/deathloop-julianna-profile

Web

DEATHLOOP Game Update 2 Available Now

Arkane Studios

https://bethesda.net/en/article/1X1C3x2hFY1Abi58oTYZfY/deathloop-game-update-2-available-now

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Join Us for DEATHLOOP's Battle for Blackreef Event

Anne Lewis

https://bethesda.net/en/article/4uDuWRH4qJDq8ZaC47lfOJ/deathloop-battle-for-blackreef-event

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Arkane's Founder Raphael Colantonio On Leaving Bethesda - MinnMax Interview

August 23, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT8GzH16Lz4

CohhCarnage Interviews Arkane Studios About Prey (May 5th 2017)

May 5, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvqaRRtx25c

Infobox
CEO
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Harvey Smith
Legal name
Arkane Studios
Company status
Active
Competitors
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Founded date
October 1999
Industry
Video game industry
Video game industry
Investors
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks
Key people
Number of Employees (ranges)
100 – 249
Number of employees
150
Parent organization
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Products
Deathloop
Deathloop
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Prey
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Timeline

October 9, 2012

Project Dishonored is out

2010

In August 2010, the company was bought by ZeniMax Media

2006

In December 2006, the company announced the 3D shooter The Crossing

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