Silverback Productions
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Halifax, Canada |
Key people | Willie Stevenson, President Colleen Shannahan, co-founder |
| Website | www.silverbackgames.com |
Silverback Productions (sometimes referred to as Silverback Games) is a Canadian video game developer founded in 2007 and headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1]
Games
[edit]The company makes primarily adventure and puzzle games[2] and have been released on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android,[3] with distribution through Big Fish Games. Many of their games have been well-received on the Big Fish Games portal, as well as being Top 10 titles on the iOS App Store and on Google Play.[4]
Games developed by Silverback Games include:
- Aurora: Puzzle Adventure
- Sons of Anarchy: The Prospect
- Empress of the Deep: The Darkest Secret
- Empress of the Deep 2: Song of the Blue Whale
- Empress of the Deep 3: Legacy of the Phoenix
- Secrets of the Dragon Wheel
- Theatre of the Absurd
- Beast of Lycan Isle
- Mr. Jones' Graveyard Shift
Awards
[edit]Empress of the Deep was declared the 2011 Best Art and Character Design Winner at the 2011 International Great Game Awards by Gamehouse.[5] Its sequel, Empress of the Deep 2: Song of the Blue Whale was awarded 2012 Best Art Direction in the 2012 Annual Gamers Guild Awards hosted by games portal iWin.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Silicon Hali, thecoast.ca
- ^ "Nova Scotia: The studios". MCV. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Halifax game studio levels up, thechronicleherald.ca
- ^ ESAC adds Silverback Productions to growing ranks of associate members, theesa.ca
- ^ 2011 Great Game Awards Archived 27 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, gamehouse.com
- ^ "The First Annual Gamers Guild Awards is Here! And the Winners Are…". I-play Games Blog. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2022.