for other articles relating to barrel see barrel disambiguation . red barrels inc. current logo as of september 2016 . formerly called red barrel games type private industry entertainment founded july 4 2012 ; 4 years ago 2012 07 04 1 2 founder philippe morin 3 david chateauneuf hugo dallaire headquarters montreal quebec canada 4 area served worldwide key people philippe morin david chateauneuf hugo dallaire products outlast outlast whistleblower outlast 2 the murkoff account services video game development video game publishing comic publisher number of employees 10 18 5 2016 website redbarrelsgames.com red barrels inc. shortened to red barrels is a canadian independent video game developer video game and comic publisher founded in 4 july 2012 2 6 by philippe morin david chateauneuf and hugo dallaire . morin chateauneuf and dallaire were originally developers for both ubisoft montreal and ea montreal but founded the company after the origination of an ip by dallaire in 2010 . 7 after leaving the team s online presence began in july 2012 and a trailer for the game was released on halloween . 8 the game was eventually revealed as outlast and was released on 4 september to positive reviews from critics and helped recognize the developers in the industry . history edit philippe morin david chateauneuf and hugo dallaire were originally video game developers for ubisoft montreal and were hired in 1997 98 with chateauneuf helping develop tom clancy s splinter cell and morin and dallaire developing prince of persia the sands of time . 7 eventually morin left ubisoft in 2009 and worked for ea montreal in 2010 for an original ip concept by dalliare but was cancelled within the same year . with no other options morin left in january 2011 to pursue red barrels . after resigning morin met chateauneuf and dallaire after the trio left their jobs agreeing to start their own company . after a technical difficulty with a prior submission the group acquired 300k in funding from the canada media fund during the 2012 2013 fiscal year and 1 million in the 2013 2014 year . 9 10 11 the group founded red barrels on 4 july 2012 2 approximately 18 months after their resignations . 6 on 12 june 2013 the development team released gameplay of outlast to e3 2013 12 with critical reception being acclaimed from both critics and fans . 13 on 12 july red barrels obtained the license agreement for unreal engine 3 for development . 14 on 4 october the company teased an upcoming game through twitter . 15 on the 17th outlast 16 was announced through a press release by triplepoint 17 with the full trailer for the game released on halloween 2012 . 8 on 4 september 2013 the game was released for microsoft windows 18 for playstation 4 on 4 february 2014 19 18 june for xbox one 20 and os x and linux on 31 march 2015 . 21 soon after its release for playstation the dlc outlast whistleblower was announced on 29 april 2014 22 and released on 6 may for windows xbox one and playstation 4 simulteaneously . 23 24 25 on 23 october outlast 2 was announced to be in development by morin and that it was already being developed for some time . 26 27 a gameplay demo was released at pax east on 22 april 2016 28 29 and was set up again at e3 2016 on 15 june . 30 on 1 august red barrels officially delayed the release from fall 2016 to spring 2017 . the company stated we had to make a difficult decision recently . after weighing our options we ve decided to postpone outlast 2 s release until q1 of 2017 . we want you to know that we listen to your feedback we see your excitement and we know you care about our work . our mission as an indie studio is to deliver to you the best most terrifying most fulfilling experiences possible . that s why we re taking just a little bit more time to make sure our vision for outlast 2 is in no way compromised and is the experience you deserve . 31 on 18 july the company released the first issue of the comic mini series the murkoff account which is set for five comics detailing the narrative gap between outlast and outlast 2 . 32 the second issue was released on 1 september . 33 the comics are written by j.t. petty and the black frog . 34 products edit year title type genre media 2013 outlast video game survival horror microsoft windows playstation 4 xbox one os x linux 2014 outlast whistleblower microsoft windows playstation 4 xbox one 2016 the murkoff account part 1 comic thriller pdf the murkoff account part 2 2017 outlast 2 video game survival horror microsoft windows playstation 4 xbox one references edit red barrels inc. . gust . retrieved 1 september 2016 . a b c theredbarrels 4 july 2012 . bienvenue sur notre page twitter welcome to our twitter page tweet via twitter . pitt daniel 28 february 2016 . red barrels co founder outlast 2 inspired by 1978 jonestown massacre it made sense to leave the asylum . pressa2join . retrieved 1 september 2016 . red barrels . youtube . retrieved 1 september 2016 . redbarrels . linkedin . 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