Nightdive Studios
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Night Dive Studios, Inc. (trade name: Nightdive Studios) is an American video game developer based in Vancouver, Washington. The company is known for obtaining rights to abandonware video games, updating them for compatibility with modern platforms, and re-releasing them via digital distribution services, supporting preservation of older games.
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Formerly | Night Dive Studios, LLC (2012–2019)[1] |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | November 7, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-11-07) in Portland, Oregon, US |
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Headquarters | , US |
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Number of employees | 40 (2022) |
Parent | Atari SA (2023–present) |
Website | nightdivestudios.com |
Nightdive Studios was founded in November 2012 by Stephen and Alix Kick, former video game artists for Sony Online Entertainment, after Stephen Kick found himself unable to purchase the 1999 game System Shock 2. He successfully negotiated with the rightsholder Star Insurance Company, which had acquired System Shock and other assets from the defunct developer Looking Glass Studios, and Nightdive Studios released the game via GOG.com in February 2013. The company was acquired by Atari SA in May 2023.