and video games interactive entertainment founded 1990 founder brian raffel steve raffel headquarters middleton wisconsin united states products soldier of fortune 2000 2002 number of employees 173 parent activision 1997 present website www.ravensoftware.com raven software or raven entertainment software inc. is an american video game developing company based in wisconsin and founded in 1990 . in 1997 raven made an exclusive publishing deal with activision and was subsequently acquired by them . after the acquisition many of the studio s original developers largely responsible for creating the heretic and hexen beyond heretic games left to form human head studios . contents 1 history 2 games 2.1 games developed 3 references 4 external links history edit raven software was founded in 1990 by brothers brian and steve raffel . the company was independent until 1997 when it was acquired by activision . raven has a history of working with id software who were briefly located on the same street . 1 they used id s engines for many of their games such as heretic in 1994 . they took over development of id s quake franchise for quake 4 and the 2009 iteration of id s wolfenstein series . 2 the company started when with three development teams . in august 2009 following poor performance and possible over budget of wolfenstein 3 4 the company made a major layoff of 30 35 staff leaving two development teams . this was reduced to one after more layoffs in october 2010 after delays with singularity ; as many as 40 staff were released . following the layoffs raven has been focused on assisting with the call of duty series ever since . 5 6 7 games edit in 2012 raven began hiring employees for a next generation game 8 and were announced as collaborating with infinity ward on call of duty ghosts in may 2013 . 9 on 3 april 2013 following the closure of lucasarts raven software released the source code for star wars jedi knight ii jedi outcast and star wars jedi knight jedi academy on sourceforge . 10 as of april 2014 the company is the lead developer of the free to play chinese call of duty title call of duty online . 11 the company is also remastering call of duty 4 modern warfare . 12 games developed edit year game platform s 1992 black crypt amiga windows demo opengl demo 1993 shadowcaster dos pc 98 1994 cyclones dos heretic classic mac os non official ms dos 1995 hexen beyond heretic classic mac os ms dos nintendo 64 playstation sega saturn windows 1996 hexen deathkings of the dark citadel classic mac os ms dos microsoft windows heretic shadow of the serpent riders microsoft windows non official ms dos necrodome microsoft windows playstation cancelled 1997 hexen ii classic mac os microsoft windows take no prisoners microsoft windows mageslayer 1998 hexen ii mission pack portal of praevus heretic ii amigaos classic mac os mac os x microsoft windows linux 2000 soldier of fortune dreamcast linux microsoft windows playstation 2 star trek voyager elite force classic mac os microsoft windows playstation 2 2001 star trek voyager elite force virtual voyager microsoft windows 2002 star wars jedi knight ii jedi outcast mac os x microsoft windows soldier of fortune ii double helix 2003 star wars jedi knight jedi academy 2004 x men legends gamecube playstation 2 xbox 2005 x men legends ii rise of apocalypse gamecube playstation 2 xbox windows quake 4 linux mac os x microsoft windows xbox 360 2006 marvel ultimate alliance playstation 2 playstation 3 xbox xbox 360 windows 2009 x men origins wolverine microsoft windows playstation 3 xbox 360 wolfenstein james bond 007 risico cancelled playstation 3 xbox 360 2010 singularity microsoft windows playstation 3 xbox 360 call of duty black ops dlc user interface 13 microsoft windows playstation 3 wii xbox 360 2011 call of duty modern warfare 3 multiplayer singleplayer elements dlc user interface 13 2012 call of duty black ops ii additional development microsoft windows playstation 3 wii u xbox 360 2013 call of duty ghosts multiplayer singleplayer elements dlc 14 microsoft windows playstation 3 playstation 4 wii u xbox 360 xbox one 2014 call of duty online 11 microsoft windows call of duty advanced warfare multiplayer exo zombies dlc microsoft windows playstation 3 playstation 4 xbox 360 xbox one 2015 call of duty black ops iii assisted on redwood map microsoft windows playstation 4 xbox one 2016 call of duty modern warfare remastered references edit from dungeon & dragons to call of duty the story of raven software . usgamer.net . retrieved 15 february 2016 . id software and activision inc. confirm wolfenstein r for the xbox 360 video game and entertainment system . pr newswire . 5 october 2005 . ivan tom . raven software hit by layoffs . crecente brian 26 august 2009 . raven hit by layoffs some point to lackluster wolfenstein sales . kotaku . retrieved 1 december 2013 . http www.shacknews.com article 65958 report layoffs hit raven software raven software loses more staff . crecente brian 11 october 2010 . singularity game developer hit with layoffs . kotaku . retrieved 1 december 2013 . hinkle david 2 november 2012 . raven job listings suggest next gen game in the works . joystiq . retrieved 1 december 2013 . pitcher jenna 22 may 2013 . raven software and neversoft assisted infinity ward in call of duty ghosts development . polygon . retrieved 1 december 2013 . hinkle david 4 april 2013 . jedi outcast and jedi academy source code released . joystiq . retrieved 1 december 2013 . a b raven software now the lead developer on cod online for china . charlieintel . 17 april 2014 . scammell david 2 may 2016 . modern warfare remastered is developed by raven ; first multiplayer maps confirmed . videogamer.com . retrieved 2 may 2016 . a b gamerzines 20 july 2011 . infinity ward clarifies raven s involvement with cod franchise . gamerzines . archived from the original on 7 august 2011 . conklin aaron k. 31 october 2013 . raven software revolutionizes multiplayer gaming with call of duty ghosts . the daily page . retrieved 5 november 2013 . external links edit official website v t e video games developed by raven software heretic and hexen heretic hexen beyond heretic hexen ii heretic ii soldier of fortune soldier of fortune soldier of fortune ii double helix star trek voyager elite force star wars jedi knight ii jedi outcast jedi knight jedi academy marvel x men legends x men legends ii rise of apocalypse marvel ultimate alliance x men origins wolverine other titles black crypt shadowcaster cyclones necrodome mageslayer take no prisoners quake 4 wolfenstein singularity call of duty ghosts call of duty advanced warfare v t e call of duty games world war ii story arc call of duty united offensive finest hour 2 big red one 3 roads to victory modern warfare story arc 4 modern warfare nintendo ds version modern warfare remastered modern warfare 2 mobilized controversies no russian modern warfare 3 downloadable content defiance black ops story arc world at war nintendo ds version final fronts zombies black ops zombies black ops ii downloadable content declassified strike team black ops iii other games ghosts advanced warfare infinite warfare media modern warfare 2 ghost find makarov operation kingfish not ready to die nightmare carry on shepherd of fire survival main developers infinity ward sledgehammer games treyarch related articles championship elite experience 2011 experience 2016 captain price iw engine soap mactavish world league book category v t e vivendi network information and ownership history list of owned assets directors vincent bollor arnaud de puyfontaine pierre rodocanachi universal music group capitol music group astralwerks apple records blue note records capitol records mau5trap motown virgin records decca label group decca records deutsche grammophon interscope geffen a & m records a & m records dgc records geffen records interscope records polydor records island records mercury records roc nation starroc takeover roc nation republic records cash money records big machine label group universal music enterprises hip o records universal music group universal music distribution universal music group nashville mca nashville mercury nashville records lost highway records capitol records nashville emi records nashville universal music latin entertainment capitol latin disa records fonovisa records machete music verve records grp records impulse records verve forecast records virgin emi capitol uk emi records virgin records capitol christian music group motown gospel sparrow records tooth & nail records other umg assets def jam recordings show dog universal music vevo eagle rock universal music publishing group universal music tv canal group canal canalsat afrique cal donie cara bes d8 mediaset premium studiocanal uk other assets dailymotion 90 % ubisoft 22.8 % gameloft 96 % telecom italia 20.03 % v t e activision list of video games main franchises call of duty crash bandicoot destiny guitar hero skylanders tony 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