Changes: Raven Software

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Raven Software
Raven software.jpg
Type	Private
Founded	1990
Defunct
Headquarters	Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Products
Parent Company
Website	[1]

Raven Software is an American video game developer. The company was founded in 1990 by brothers Brian and Steve Raffel. In 1997, Raven made an exclusive publishing deal with Activision and was subsequently acquired by them. After the acquisition, much of the studio's original talent responsible for creating the Heretic and Hexen games left to form Human Head Studios.

Raven has a history of working with id Software: After using id's engines for many of their games (from Heretic in 1994), they took over development of id's Quake franchise for Quake 4 and the new iteration of id's Wolfenstein series. A major layoff at the company occurred in August 2009 after the failure of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the poor performance of Wolfenstein, followed by another in October 2010 after delays with Singularity. Raven Software is rumored to be working in collaboration with Sledgehammer Games and Infinity Ward to make the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Games developed[ | ]

Black Crypt (1992)
Shadowcaster (1993)
CyClones (1994)
Heretic (1994)
- Heretic expansion pack: Shadow of the Serpent Riders (1994)
Hexen (1995)
- Hexen expansion pack: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel (1996)
Necrodome (1996)
Mageslayer (1997)
Take No Prisoners (1997)
Hexen II (1997)
Hexen II: Portal of Praevus (1998)
Heretic II (1998)
Crisis Zone (1999)
Soldier of Fortune (2000)
Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force (2000)
Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force: Virtual Voyager (2001)
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002)
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002)
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003)
X-Men Legends (2004)
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (2005)
Quake 4 (2005)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Wolfenstein (2009)
Singularity (2010)
Call of Duty: Black Ops downloadable content (2011)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer (2011)
Untitled James Bond Game (TBA)

External links[ | ]

Raven Software Official website
Raven Software entry at MobyGames

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+<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">'''Raven Software''' is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States American] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_developer video game developer]. The company was founded in 1990 by brothers Brian and Steve Raffel. In 1997, Raven made an exclusive publishing deal with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision Activision] and was subsequently acquired by them. After the acquisition, much of the studio's original talent responsible for creating the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heretic_(video_game) Heretic]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexen Hexen]'' games left to form [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Head_Studios Human Head Studios].</p>
-<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Raven has a history of working with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software id Software]: After using id's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_engine engines] for many of their games (from ''Heretic'' in 1994), they took over development of id's ''Quake'' franchise for ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_4 Quake 4]'' and the new iteration of id's ''Wolfenstein'' series. A major layoff at the company occurred in August 2009 after the failure of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_Origins:_Wolverine_(video_game) X-Men Origins: Wolverine]'' and the poor performance of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_(2009_video_game) Wolfenstein]'', followed by another in October 2010 after delays with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_(video_game) Singularity]''. Raven Software is rumored to be working in collaboration with Sledgehammer Games and Infinity Ward to make the upcoming ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3''.</p>
+<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">Raven has a history of working with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software id Software]: After using id's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_engine engines] for many of their games (from ''Heretic'' in 1994), they took over development of id's ''Quake'' franchise for ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_4 Quake 4]'' and the new iteration of id's ''Wolfenstein'' series. A major layoff at the company occurred in August 2009 after the failure of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_Origins:_Wolverine_(video_game) X-Men Origins: Wolverine]'' and the poor performance of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_(2009_video_game) Wolfenstein]'', followed by another in October 2010 after delays with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_(video_game) Singularity]''. Raven Software is rumored to be working in collaboration with Sledgehammer Games and Infinity Ward to make the upcoming [http://www.callofdutymodernwarfare3.co.uk Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3].</p>
 ==Games developed==
 *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Crypt Black Crypt]'' (1992)
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 *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexen_II#Expansion_pack Hexen II: Portal of Praevus]'' (1998)
 *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heretic_II Heretic II]'' (1998)
+*[[Crisis Zone]] (1999)
 *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_of_Fortune_(video_game) Soldier of Fortune]'' (2000)
 *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager_%E2%80%93_Elite_Force Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force]'' (2000)
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 *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_(video_game) Singularity]'' (2010)
 *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Black_Ops Call of Duty: Black Ops]'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downloadable_content downloadable content] (2011)
-*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplayer_video_game multiplayer] (2011)
+*''[http://www.callofdutymodernwarfare3.co.uk Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplayer_video_game multiplayer] (2011)
 *''Untitled James Bond Game'' (TBA)
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 *[http://www.mobygames.com/company/raven-software-corporation Raven Software] entry at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
 [[Category:Game developers]]
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+[[Category:Privately held companies of the United States]]
+[[Category:Companies based in Wisconsin]]
+[[Category:Companies based in Madison, Wisconsin]]