studios sa 1999 2010 type subsidiary industry video game industry founded 12 october 1999 ; 16 years ago 1999 10 12 headquarters lyon france key people rapha l colantonio ceo products dishonored 2012 prey 2017 number of employees 150 1 2015 parent zenimax media divisions arkane studios austin website arkane studios.com arkane studios sasu formerly arkane studios sa is a french video game developer based in lyon france . it was founded in 1999 and released its first game arx fatalis in 2002 . arkane studios opened a second studio arkane studios austin in austin texas in july 2006 . 2 contents 1 history 2 games 3 cancelled games 4 additional work 5 references 6 external links history edit arkane studios s first game was arx fatalis . the studio s second game dark messiah of might and magic was released in october 2006 . it refined the first person melee combat of arx fatalis with a lesser emphasis on role playing elements . in december 2006 the company announced its new first person shooter title the crossing which was later cancelled . between 2006 and 2007 the company was working in conjunction with valve corporation to develop a game in the half life series called return to ravenholm . 3 the project has since been cancelled and its existence has been confirmed by valve employee marc laidlaw . 4 arkane began work on electronic arts s lmno project featuring steven spielberg 5 which was also later cancelled . in 2008 the company helped in the development of maps for the multiplayer component of call of duty world at war . 6 in july 2009 2k marin announced that arkane was signed up to help with bioshock 2 development more specifically design animation and art . 7 in august 2010 the company was acquired by zenimax media . 8 the studio most recently worked on dishonored a first person stealth action game with role playing elements that was released in october 2012 and received critical acclaim . 9 games edit title year genre platform arx fatalis 2002 rpg windows xbox dark messiah of might and magic 2006 rpg windows xbox 360 dishonored 2012 first person stealth windows playstation 3 playstation 4 xbox 360 xbox one dishonored 2 2016 first person stealth windows playstation 4 xbox one prey 10 2017 first person shooter windows playstation 4 xbox one cancelled games edit title genre platform note lmno action windows level design assistance 11 the crossing first person shooter windows xbox 360 half life 2 episode 4 return to ravenholm first person shooter 12 additional work edit title year genre platform note call of duty world at war 2008 first person shooter windows playstation 3 xbox 360 wii windows mobile multiplayer only karmastar 2009 strategy ios bioshock 2 2010 first person shooter windows os x playstation 3 xbox 360 animation level design assistance references edit feldman curt 6 july 2006 . arkane confirms texas studio . gamespot . retrieved 29 february 2016 . arkane studios opens austin office . austin chapter . international game developers association . 7 july 2006 . archived from the original on 23 march 2008 . retrieved 5 september 2009 . return to ravenholm a cancelled 2007 half life project by valve software and arkane studios developers of dark messiah dishonored and the crossing . lambda generation . 12 january 2012 . retrieved 17 january 2012 . marc laidlaw on the cancelled half life spin offs return to ravenholm and episode four . lambda generation . 13 january 2012 . retrieved 17 january 2012 . the mirror men of arkane . the verge . 27 june 2012 . arkane named as fourth bioshock 2 developer . vg247.com . retrieved 1 october 2015 . bioshock 2 zaps fourth dev house . gamespot . 10 july 2009 . retrieved 5 september 2009 . matas jeff 12 august 2010 . zenimax acquires arkane studios . shacknews . gamefly media . archived from the original on 16 august 2010 . retrieved 13 august 2010 . henson ben 19 december 2015 . why dishonored is one of the best games of 2012 . game informer . retrieved 6 june 2015 . schreier jason 12 june 2016 . bethesda re announces prey . kotaku . retrieved 12 june 2016 . the story behind steven spielberg s lmno from 1up . com . 1up . com . retrieved 1 october 2015 . new images of half life 2 episode 4 return to ravenholm . valvetime.net . retrieved 14 june 2015 . external links edit official website arkane studios entry at mobygames v t e zenimax media franchises dishonored doom the elder scrolls fallout ihra drag racing quake wolfenstein current subsidiaries arkane studios battlecry studios bethesda softworks bethesda game studios id software machinegames tango gameworks zenimax online studios defunct subsidiaries vir2l studios mud duck productions key people cal ripken jr. christopher weaver ernest del harry e. sloan jerry bruckheimer leslie moonves robert a. altman todd hollenshead related creation engine id tech list of bethesda softworks video games quakecon v t e dishonored series games dishonored dishonored 2 related emily kaldwin arkane studios bethesda softworks 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