still exists as of 2015 according to matt toschlog one of the founders of parallax software in a gog.com forum post . 1 founded 1993 1993 headquarters ann arbor michigan champaign illinois key people matt toschlog mike kulas products descent descent ii number of employees unknown website http www.pxsoftware.com archived version 2003 08 05 parallax software was a video game developer best known for creating the descent series of computer games . parallax software was started in 1993 by matt toschlog and mike kulas . after the release of descent ii in 1997 the company was split to form volition mike kulas in champaign illinois and outrage entertainment matt toschlog in ann arbor michigan . both companies were later bought by publisher thq . in july 2003 outrage was shut down but volition continues to develop video games . on december 19 2012 thq filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy 2 3 and in 2013 volition inc. a spin off from this company was acquired by koch media s deep silver division . 4 on december 29 2015 it was revealed in a good old games forum post that parallax software still exists and owns the copyrights to descent and descent ii . due to a royalties dispute with descent and descent ii s publisher interplay where parallax is claiming that since 2007 they have not been paid any royalties from the sales of descent and descent ii parallax terminated the 21 year sales agreement with interplay so interplay no longer has the rights to sell descent and descent ii . 1 on february 5 2016 the founders of parallax software mike kulas and matt toschlog released a press release announcing a new game development studio called revival productions . on february 10 2016 revival productions launched a successful kickstarter campaign for their spiritual sequel to the descent series named overload 5 raising 306 537 by march 11 2016 . games edit descent descent descent 2 descent i and ii the definitive collection descent ii descent ii destination quartzon descent ii the infinite abyss descent ii vertigo series descent maximum descent venture pack descent anniversary edition descent levels of the world references edit a b descent 1 2 & descent 3 removed from sale page 10 forum gog.com . www.gog.com . retrieved 2015 12 30 . thq inc. secures asset purchase agreement with affiliates of clearlake capital group l.p. . thq . retrieved december 19 2012 . thq declares bankruptcy will continue publishing duties . pc gamer . 2012 12 19 . retrieved 2014 01 19 . goldfarb andrew 23 january 2013 . thq dissolved saints row company of heroes devs acquired . ign . retrieved 23 january 2013 . overload the ultimate six degree of freedom shooter . kickstarter . retrieved 2016 06 08 . external links edit revival productions . official site v t e descent and freespace series descent series descent descent ii descent 3 descent underground freespace series descent freespace the great war freespace 2 source code project beyond the red line companies interplay parallax outrage volition hyperion loki book descent series freespace series category descent freespace this united states video game corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title parallax software & oldid 737796624 categories defunct video game companiesvideo game companies of the united statesvideo game development companiesdescent series united states video game company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 fran aissuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 5 september 2016 at 03 07 . 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