video game development fate chapter 7 bankruptcy protection founded 1998 defunct 2013 headquarters sugar land texas united states key people adel chaveleh president alan chaveleh chairman products kohan series f.e.a.r. series axis & allies rts section 8 series aliens colonial marines number of employees 55 website timegate.com timegate studios was an american video game developer based in sugar land texas . the company which was founded in 1998 released eight titles before closing in 2013 . 1 contents 1 company history 2 release history 3 references 4 external links company history edit timegate studios was founded in 1998 by alan and adel chaveleh who respectively served as chairman and president of the studio . the company had worked with industry publishers such as vivendi games take two interactive atari ubisoft southpeak games and gamecock media group . timegate studios debut real time strategy game kohan immortal sovereigns won positive critical reception receiving several awards including strategy game of the year in 2001 by computer gaming world pc gamer and computer games magazine . 1 the standalone expansion pack kohan ahriman s gift was released later that year and the company s relative success with the kohan franchise earned it a nomination for rookie studio of the year from the igda in 2001 . 1 the studio released an addition to the kohan series in september 2004 with the release of kohan ii kings of war which was featured as a top 10 game in 2004 by computer games magazine . 1 in november 2004 timegate studios and atari released axis & allies rts a real time strategy game that let players play the role of world war ii s different factions . this title is currently timegate s best selling release to date . 1 the studio then began to develop in the genre of first person shooters in october 2006 with the release of f.e.a.r. extraction point an expansion pack for vivendi s horror game f.e.a.r first encounter assault recon . f.e.a.r. extraction point was named best expansion pack of 2006 by pc gamer . 1 timegate studios further propelled the f.e.a.r. series on the pc with the release of f.e.a.r. perseus mandate in november 2007 . the company released f.e.a.r. files a combination of both expansion packs for the xbox 360 in november 2007 as well . 1 the studio then began production on section 8 a sci fi first person shooter that was released on the xbox 360 and pc in september 2009 . several months later timegate released section 8 on the playstation 3 in march 2010 . 2 further sequels have been hinted upon by timegate stating ... it has never been our intent for it to be a one product franchise in reference to section 8 . 3 on april 20 2011 timegate released a digital downloadable sequel to the game called section 8 prejudice . in late 2012 timegate were involved in the development of the much hyped science fiction first person shooter aliens colonial marines . the game was outsourced to timegate by borderlands developer gearbox software who were originally assigned by publisher sega to work on the alien game . however due to troubled development the game was released in a rushed incomplete state and received mostly negative reviews . most issues were resolved with a post release patch . nevertheless the state of the game upon initial release led to timegate laying off twenty five members of its staff after its release . 4 in 2013 it was announced that timegate was developing a new free to play game titled minimum expected to be release at the end of the year . 5 on may 2 it was reported that the studio had filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy protection owing us 10 50 million . 6 7 it was reported later in may that the studio had closed . 7 8 9 release history edit kohan immortal sovereigns 2001 kohan ahriman s gift 2001 kohan ii kings of war 2004 axis & allies 2004 a real time strategy variant of the axis & allies board game f.e.a.r. extraction point 2006 f.e.a.r. perseus mandate 2007 f.e.a.r. files 2007 section 8 2009 section 8 prejudice 2011 aliens colonial marines 2013 references edit a b c d e f g timegate studios about us sugar land houston texas . timegate information . timegate studios . april 2010 . retrieved 2010 04 12 . timegate studios news section 8 drops on playstation 3 computer entertainment system . timegate information . timegate studios . april 2010 . retrieved 2010 04 12 . section 8 interview . strategy informer . april 2010 . retrieved 2010 04 12 . hing david march 5 2013 . timegate studios sheds 25 staff . bitgamer . retrieved 2013 03 25 . minimum is timegate studios latest goes into alpha next week . vg247 . 2013 04 10 . retrieved 2013 08 20 . matulef jeffrey march 5 2013 . timegate studios has filed for bankruptcy . eurogamer.net . retrieved 2013 08 20 . a b schreirer jason may 9 2013 . the studio behind aliens colonial marines just laid off its staff . kotaku . retrieved 2013 08 20 . matulef jeffrey may 10 2013 . aliens colonial marines co developer timegate studios has been shuttered report . eurogamer.net . retrieved 2013 08 20 . hafer t.j. may 9 2013 . colonial marines devs timegate studios reportedly laying off all staff . pcgamer.com . retrieved 2013 08 20 . external links edit timegate studios dead link timegate studios at mobygames v t e timegate studios kohan series immortal sovereigns ahriman s gift ii kings of war f.e.a.r. expansion packs extraction point perseus mandate files other games axis & allies rts section 8 prejudice aliens colonial marines retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title timegate studios & oldid 740697469 categories companies based in sugar land texascompanies established in 1998companies disestablished in 2013defunct companies based in texasdefunct video game companiesvideo game companies of the united statesvideo game development companieshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from december 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged 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