type private industry computer software interactive entertainment founded bellevue washington u.s. 2006 founder michael austin jim garbarini dave mccoy jeff pobst and mark terrano headquarters bellevue washington u.s. area served worldwide products defense grid the awakening counter strike source counter strike global offensive age of empires ii hd website www.hiddenpath.com hidden path entertainment also known as hidden path is an american video game development company based in bellevue washington united states . it was founded in 2006 by michael austin jim garbarini dave mccoy jeff pobst and mark terrano . in 2008 hidden path released its first original title defense grid the awakening on pc and in 2009 on xbox . a downloadable title defense grid garnered high acclaim with its unique twist on tower defense and has sold over half a million units since its release . in 2009 hidden path began working with valve corporation to update and maintain the highly successful and critically acclaimed product counter strike source first released in 2004 . hidden path worked with valve developing the newest entry in the counter strike franchise called counter strike global offensive . cs go debuted at pax prime 2011 and released on august 21 2012 . cs go is available for windows os x linux playstation 3 playstation network and xbox 360 xbox live arcade . 1 continuing the company s trend of revisiting older series hidden path released age of empires ii hd on valve s steam platform in 2013 which serves as an updated version of age of empires ii released in 1999 by ensemble studios and microsoft . in addition to updating the graphics and multiplayer capabilities of the base game and its original expansion hidden path paved the way for a new expansion after 14 years called the forgotten . according to valve the reason they are often collaborating with hidden path entertainment is that they have known them for a while and their offices are right around the corner . hidden path has also contributed model work on left 4 dead 2 . 2 they also collaborated with valve on the you monster expansion pack for defense grid which features the character glados from the portal video game series . list of video games edit year title platform s lin mac win ps3 ps4 x360 xone 2008 defense grid the awakening no yes yes no no yes no 2012 counter strike global offensive yes yes yes yes no yes no 2013 age of empires ii hd no no yes no no no no cancelled 3 windborne no no yes no no no no 2014 defense grid 2 yes yes yes no yes no yes tba chroma 4 yes yes yes no no no no references edit makuch eddie 12 august 2011 . counter strike global offensive firing up early 2012 . gamespot . cbs interactive inc. retrieved 13 august 2011 . counter strike global offensive interview with chet faliszek . windborne cancellation . retrieved 4 october 2016 . chroma announce trailer . retrieved 17 february 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hidden path entertainment & oldid 742649924 categories companies based in bellevue washingtoncompanies established in 2006video game companies of the united statesvideo game development companiesvideo game publishers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olnorsk bokm lportugu s t rk e edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 23 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view