steel studios . stainless games type private industry interactive entertainment computer and video games founded 1993 founder patrick buckland neil barnden headquarters newport isle of wight united kingdom products carmageddon magic the gathering duels of the planeswalkers risk factions number of employees 100 website www.stainlessgames.com stainless games is an independent british video game developer based in newport isle of wight that is best known for the creation of the multimillion selling carmageddon franchise which has since acquired both acclaim and infamy . contents 1 history 2 games 3 references 4 external links history edit originally named stainless software the company was founded in 1993 by industry veteran patrick buckland and neil nobby barnden . patrick buckland was the lead programmer on carmageddon and carmageddon ii carpocalypse now and neil barnden was the lead artist on both . before stainless games buckland was a freelance programmer and nobby was a senior designer at conran and the body shop . starting out with sub contracted 3d engine work for argonaut games and developing medical multimedia titles for the times mirror company the company then went on to develop what later became carmageddon for sci . this was launched amidst much controversy over its violent content in 1997 but garnered high review scores thanks to its compelling gameplay and many ground breaking features including a fully featured physics engine a world first for video games . stainless released a sequel carmageddon ii in 1998 . subsequent versions of the franchise carmageddon tdr 2000 were contracted by sci to other developers . 1 in 2006 stainless were sub contracted by blitz games to code one of their three burger king games pocketbike racer although all design and contractual work was carried out by blitz themselves . the company has subsequently developed in the console download field having eleven titles released or soon to be released on xbla plus two titles on psn ps3 . these include a range of atari classic titles which feature both the original version running under an emulator and a completely re written evolved version . these have also been released on psp as a single product in december 2007 . electronic arts released the stainless developed psp and ds title scrabble in early 2009 . this was available for the north american market only for licensing reasons . the company released magic the gathering duels of the planeswalkers in june 2009 on xbla . developed over nearly two years in conjunction with wizards of the coast the title broke sales records on xbox live arcade 171 000 in the first month and was well received by both critics and players . in april 2011 it was announced by wizards of the coast that stainless games are working on the new updated client version of magic the gathering online commonly known as mtgo or modo . 2 stainless has also licensed buckland s 80 s mac classic crystal quest and has produced versions for xbla and windows vista . on 1 june 2011 stainless announced that they had retrieved the rights to the carmageddon brand and that a new and completely independent game was in development named carmageddon reincarnation . 3 on 8 may 2012 stainless announced a kickstarter project aimed at funding carmageddon reincarnation into a new game with an initial requirement of 400 000 which was funded successfully on 6 june 2012 . 4 games edit carmageddon max damage 2016 magic duels origins wizards of the coast 2015 carmageddon reincarnation 2015 magic the gathering duels of the planeswalkers 2015 wizards of the coast 2014 magic the gathering duels of the planeswalkers 2014 wizards of the coast 2013 magic the gathering duels of the planeswalkers 2013 wizards of the coast 2012 magic the gathering duels of the planeswalkers 2012 wizards of the coast 2011 risk factions 2010 magic the gathering duels of the planeswalkers wizards of the coast 2009 scrabble ds psp ea north america only 2009 happy tree friends false alarm 2008 red baron ps3 2008 red baron pc 2008 warlords 2008 battlezone 2008 atari classics evolved psp 2007 tempest 2007 asteroids asteroids deluxe 2007 missile command 2007 centipede millipede 2007 crystal quest 2006 novadrome 2006 carmageddon ii carpocalypse now 1998 carmageddon 1997 references edit wallis alistair 2006 12 14 . playing catch up stainless games patrick buckland . gamasutra . retrieved 2011 05 12 . magic online status report april 2011 . retrieved 2012 05 08 . cvg 2011 06 01 . new carmageddon game confirmed for digital release . retrieved 2011 06 01 . kickstater 2012 05 08 . carmageddon kickstarter . retrieved 2012 05 08 . external links edit stainless games official website stainless games history duels of the planeswalkers carmageddon official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stainless games & oldid 724987886 categories video game companies of the united kingdomvideo game development companiesvideo game companies 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