Iron Galaxy

Factsheet

Developer:
Iron Galaxy
Based in Chicago, IL and Orlando, FL

Founding date:
August 15, 2008

Website:
irongalaxystudios.com

Press / Business contact:
contact@irongalaxystudios.com

Social:
Twitter
Facebook

Notable Releases:
Killer Instinct
Divekick
Wreckateer
VIDEOBALL (Publishing)
Capsule Force (Publishing)

Phone:
+1 312 429 7800

Press Releases

7-26-2016: Adam Boyes appointed CEO

Description

Iron Galaxy is one of the world's largest independent video game developers, delivering both home-built, original experiences and partners' visions to all platforms.

History

Early history

In 2008 Dave Lang was working at Midway Games Chicago as its Studio Tech Director. After years of working at the Publisher, the ambiguity of Midway's financial situation led Dave to start Iron Galaxy. Originally envisioned as a tech consulting firm that would focus on helping Publishers and Developers meet their goals, Dave was the only employee for the first six months. After this period of testing the waters, Dave teamed up with several of his former teammates from Midway and the company grew into a modest, eight-person shop. In 2010, the company expanded its efforts into doing ports for publishers, with their first notable success being Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition for Capcom. This was the first project Iron Galaxy completed without another development partner.

After that

Now established as a porting house, the company set its sights on original game development. 2011 marks the first year of rapid growth for the company, as they hired from all disciplines to get their first oringal game, Wreckateer, off the ground. After Wreckateer, the company opened up a second studio in Orlando to assist with Divekick, and after Divekick the team got a chance to work on the largest original production yet for Iron Galaxy: Killer Instinct Season 2 and 3. Despite these successes, the team never forgot their roots, and they still do tech consulting and ports to this day; having worked on some of their partners' most established brands like Bioshock, Call of Duty, Destiny, Batman, and Elder Scrolls.