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  • Comment: Very little of this article is about the company itself; most of it discusses reviews of the company's games, or announcements of its projects. Announcements do not establish notability. The awards mentioned do not yet have articles about the awards themselves(like Academy Award or Nobel Peace Prize) so those shouldn't be mentioned. 331dot (talk) 13:38, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
Stormind Games
Founded2016
Founders
  • Antonio Cannata
  • Federico Laudani
Headquarters
Acireale, Catania, Sicily
,
Italy
Productsvideo game
Websitewww.stormindgames.com

Stormind Games is an Italian video game development studio. The studio developed the first two installments of the Remothered survival horror saga, Batora: Lost Haven, an isometric action adventure video game with RPG elements published by Team17, and is mainly known for the development of A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead.

History

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Stormind Games was founded in 2016 by Antonio Cannata (CEO) and Federico Laudani (Art Director).[1]. Its headquarters are in Acireale, Catania, Sicily.

Its first title, Remothered: Tormented Fathers, was launched digitally in 2018 on PC, PS4, and Xbox, and in 2019 on Nintendo Switch. In 2019, in partnership with Soedesco, the game also launched in physical format. In March 2020, the game became available in Asia, published by the Japanese publishing label 3goo.

The game received positive reviews according to the review aggregation websites GameRankings and Metacritic. It was praised for its atmosphere, gameplay and storytelling.[2][3] On 22 July 2018, three days prior to Remothered: Tormented Fathers console release, Keiichiro Toyama, creator of the Silent Hill series and Forbidden Siren, expressed his admiration for Remothered.[4][5][6]

Remothered: Broken Porcelain launched worldwide, digitally and physically for all platforms, on October 13, 2020, in partnership with publisher Modus Games, a division of Maximum Games. Both games contributed to "established [Stormind] as a distinctive voice in survival horror", told Gamesindustry.biz[7].

In January 2021, Stormind Games announced the action adventure game Batora: Lost Haven. Published by Team17, it was released on October 20th 2022 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X[8]. The game will also be released on Nintendo Switch in the future. The game won the WN Dev Contest for Unreal Engine Developers[9] and the DevGAMM[10] awards before launch. Batora: Lost Haven has seen the collaboration of a good number of established video game talents, including the Writers Guild of America Awards 2018 winner Anne Toole (Horizon: Zero Dawn and The Witcher), the concept artist Borislav Mitkov (Assassin's Creed and Prince of Persia) and the composer Ron Fish (God of War and Batman: Arkham series)[11].

In 17th June 2024 was announced that Stormind Games[12] was chosen for the development of A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead[13][14], published by Saber Interactive. Announced for a 2024 release for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S[15], the game is based on the A Quiet Place film series and features a new original story in the Paramount Pictures' movie franchise. In July was released the first story trailer[16] speaking about Alex Taylor, the main character of the game.[17][18][19]

Awards and recognitions

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In 2019, Stormind Games won a DStars Award in the Best New Studio category.[20] In 2020, the company’s CEO Antonio Cannata won a Dstars Award in the Management Star category.[21] In the same year, Stormind Games won an Italian Video Game Award as Outstanding Italian Company, with the motivation of having "in the space of a few years managed to carve out an important space for himself on the international stage, winning several awards thanks to his debut work, Remothered: Tormented Fathers".[22]

Games

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Year Title Publisher(s) Platform(s) Ref.
2018 Remothered: Tormented Fathers Soedesco Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch [23]
2020 Remothered: Broken Porcelain Modus Games Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch [24]
2022 Batora: Lost Haven Team17 Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Nintendo Switch [25]
2024 A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Saber Interactive Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S [26]

References

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  1. ^ "Interview: How Remothered: Broken Porcelain Defies Horror Tropes in the Light of Day". 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ Crowshaw, Theo (30 January 2018). "REMOTHERED: TORMENTED FATHERS REVIEW". Keen Gamers. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Remothered: Tormented Fathers – recensione". Eurogamer Italia. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. ^ 外山圭一郎 (22 July 2018). "Chris-san, I fell in love with the upcoming survival horror game Remothered and its story. It would be wonderful if we could do something together someway. @chrisdarrilpic.twitter.com/1HSTemIPhQ". twitter.com. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Guess who spoke about Remothered: Tormented Fathers". remothered.com. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  6. ^ Zibbo, Matteo (24 July 2018). "Keiichiro Toyama vorrebbe collaborare con i creatori di Remothered: Tormented Fathers". eurogamer.it. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Stormind Games raises its ambitions with Batora: Lost Haven". 2 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Batora: Lost Haven - Release Date Trailer - IGN". 19 September 2022.
  9. ^ https://wndevcontest.wnhub.io/
  10. ^ https://devgamm.com/
  11. ^ "Stormind Games raises its ambitions with Batora: Lost Haven". 2 February 2021.
  12. ^ Marchetti, Dario (2024-06-17). "A Quiet Place, sarà italiano il videogioco tratto dai film della Paramount". RaiNews (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  13. ^ "'A Quiet Place' video game unveils tense first-look trailer". EW.com. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  14. ^ LeBlanc, Wesley. "A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Story Trailer Showcases The Silent End Of The World". Game Informer. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  15. ^ "A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC". Gematsu. 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  16. ^ Reporter, Matt Wales News (2024-07-02). "A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead shows off its stealthy single-player horror in new trailer". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  17. ^ Sheehan, Gavin (June 17, 2024). "A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Announced For PC & Consoles". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on June 18, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  18. ^ Bunn, Glenn (June 17, 2024). "A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Is A Terrifying Untold Original Story For The Franchise". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on June 18, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  19. ^ Wilson, Mike (July 3, 2024). "Delve Into Story Details With the New 'A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead' Trailer [Watch]". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  20. ^ http://files.spazioweb.it/1a/c1/1ac1fa62-14c8-45c0-86d7-74ef0e4aa7f8.pdf
  21. ^ http://files.spazioweb.it/fc/ea/fcea04a7-cc8d-445d-89ae-1e1b1fa9a64a.pdf
  22. ^ https://iideassociation.com/notizie/in-primo-piano/italian-video-game-awards-2020-i-vincitori-dei-premi-dedicati-ai-migliori-videogiochi-made-in-italy.kl
  23. ^ "Remothered: Tormented Fathers".
  24. ^ "Remothered: Broken Porcelain".
  25. ^ "Batora: Lost Haven".
  26. ^ "A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead". IGN. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
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