Propaganda Games

  • Josh Holmes
  • Howard Donaldson
  • Daryl Anselmo
  • Jorge Freitas
DefunctJanuary 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01)FateClosedSuccessorLibrary:
Disney InteractiveHeadquartersVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Key people
  • Gary McKay
    (studio general manager)
  • Howard Donaldson
    (vice-president, studio operations)
Number of employees
~100[1] (2010)ParentDisney Interactive Studios

Propaganda Games was a Canadian video game development studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia, founded by Josh Holmes in 2005, and bought by Disney Interactive Studios, the interactive subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company at the same year. In January 2011, Propaganda Games was closed.

History

Buena Vista Games formed the new studio with former employees of EA Canada in April 2005.[2] They acquired the Turok license in May 2005,[3] which was released in 2008 for the current generation consoles at the time. A sequel, Turok 2, was in development soon after but was canceled due to layoffs.

Once work was completed on Tron: Evolution and the proposed Pirates of the Caribbean title was cancelled,[4] Disney closed the studio in January 2011.[5]

Games

Release date Title(s) Genre(s) Platform(s)
2008 Turok First-person shooter Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2010 Tron: Evolution Action-adventure
Canceled Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned Action
Role-playing game
Adventure
Canceled Turok 2 First-person shooter Xbox 360[6]

References

  1. ^ "Disney's Propaganda Games layoffs". Kotaku. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  2. ^ Kawamoto, Dawn (April 19, 2005). "Disney scoops up Avalanche, founds new studio". gamespot.com. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Disney digs up Turok". gamespot.com. May 13, 2005. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned Cancelled - IGN".
  5. ^ "Propaganda Games Shuttered" Archived 2012-11-18 at the Wayback Machine from Joystiq.com
  6. ^ Schwartz, William (June 8, 2015). "Teaser Video Uploaded Of Cancelled Turok 2 By Turok Animator". Attack of the Fanboy. Archived 2015-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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