and video games interactive entertainment founded 2006 headquarters austin texas u.s. key people max hoberman president 1 phil wattenbarger vp product development 1 mojdeh gharbi vp business ops and marketing 1 products video games number of employees 122 1 website www.certainaffinity.com certain affinity is an american video game development studio based in austin texas . it was founded in 2006 by max hoberman and a small number of other ex bungie employees and other industry veterans . contents 1 history 2 games 3 references 4 external links history edit certain affinity s creation was announced in december 2006 . the studio was founded by ex bungie employee max hoberman . in addition to staff from bungie it also includes ex members of companies such as microsoft red storm origin electronic arts digital anvil ncsoft and the now defunct midway austin . 2 the studio s first work was in creating two additional multiplayer levels for the popular xbox game halo 2 . these maps called tombstone and desolation which comprised the blastacular map pack were the last halo 2 maps to be released ; they are remakes of levels form the original halo called hang em high and derelict respectively . 3 they were released for halo 2 on the xbox live on april 17 2007 . these maps were not released for halo 2 vista but were replaced with two new maps exclusive to halo 2 vista district and uplift . certain affinity worked closely with members of bungie and microsoft game studios during the development of these two maps . citation needed certain affinity started working on another project in november 2006 which was revealed to be an unannounced original ip game in the action role playing game genre . 4 the game s title platform and release date have not yet been announced . however certain affinity stated in an interview that it had spoken with most of the major publishers and there s serious interest so our goal is to continue self funding the company until we re ready to sign a publishing deal and move everyone full time onto this project . citation needed certain affinity s first original game was age of booty a downloadable real time strategy game released on steam xbox live arcade and playstation network . the title was published by capcom on october 15 2008 . 5 6 certain affinity created call of duty world at war multiplayer maps for the retail release as well as maps for the 2nd downloadable map pack . citation needed the company helped valve port left 4 dead to the xbox 360 . 7 in 2009 the company announced the completion of halo waypoint developed in conjunction with 343 industries . 8 in 2010 certain affinity collaborated on maps and game modes with treyarch and activision for call of duty black ops and first strike map pack 1 . citation needed the company worked on the defiant map pack for halo reach released on march 15 2011 . 9 the company announced its new game due to release in summer 2011 called crimson alliance at rtx 2011 . 10 11 certain affinity also partnered with 343 industries again for the development of halo combat evolved anniversary which was released exclusively for xbox 360 on november 15 2011 . 8 at rtx 2012 certain affinity announced that the studio was working with 343 industries again on developing the forge map making tools for halo 4 . 12 at rtx 2014 certain affinity showed off their involvement in halo the master chief collection with the reveal of one of the six remade halo 2 maps coagulation along with a new vehicle the gungoose . 13 games edit title additional information year platform halo 2 multiplayer dlc blastacular map pack 2007 microsoft windows xbox 360 age of booty 2008 microsoft windows playstation network xbox live arcade call of duty world at war multiplayer and multiplayer dlc 2008 microsoft windows playstation 3 wii xbox 360 left 4 dead assisting development 2008 xbox 360 halo waypoint co developed with 343i 2009 xbox 360 call of duty black ops multiplayer dlc 2010 microsoft windows playstation 3 xbox 360 halo reach multiplayer dlc defiant map pack 2011 xbox 360 crimson alliance 2011 xbox live arcade halo combat evolved anniversary co developed with 343i 2011 xbox 360 halo 4 co developed with 343i 2012 xbox 360 call of duty ghosts multiplayer and multiplayer dlc 2013 microsoft windows playstation 3 playstation 4 wii u xbox 360 xbox one halo the master chief collection multiplayer 2014 xbox one age of booty tactics multiplayer 2014 ios doom multiplayer co developed with id software 2016 microsoft windows playstation 4 xbox one call of duty modern warfare remastered co developed with raven software and beenox 2016 microsoft windows playstation 4 xbox one references edit a b c d certain affinity company profile . certain affinity about page . certain affinity maps revealed . mapmakers to the stars . faylor chris march 4 2008 . certain affinity making pimps at sea sorta . shacknews . retrieved march 5 2008 . age of booty release date cat outta the bag a b yin poole wesley september 11 2012 . meet certain affinity the halo 4 developer you ve never heard of . eurogamer . retrieved november 30 2014 . halo reach defiant map pack announced crimson alliance announced current website for crimson alliance hilliard kyle july 8 2012 . halo 4 s forge mode developed by certain affinity . game informer . retrieved july 8 2012 . xbox wire staff . 343 shows off returning favorites and new additions for halo the master chief collection . news.xbox.com . xbox . retrieved august 4 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title certain affinity & oldid 744297927 categories companies based in austin texascompanies established in 2006video game companies of the united statesvideo game development companieshidden categories use mdy dates from march 2016all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate 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