- Troika Games
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company_name = Troika Games
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company_type =Privately held
foundation = 1998 (defunct 2005)
location =Irvine, California
key_people = Tim Cain,Leonard Boyarsky & Jason Anderson
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industry = Computer and video games
products = ', "The Temple of Elemental Evil" & '
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footnotes =Troika Games was a
computer game developer focused oncomputer role-playing game s. It was founded in 1998 by three key members of the team behind the RPG "Fallout" -- Tim Cain,Leonard Boyarsky and Jason Anderson -- after they left Interplay.cite web | url=http://www.mobygames.com/company/troika-games-llc- |publisher=MobyGames | title= Troika Games L.L.C. | accessdate=March 27 | accessyear=2007 ]Troika, from a Russian word meaning "three of any kind", released three games, all RPGs, before going out of business in February 2005: ', "The Temple of Elemental Evil", and '. "Bloodlines" was also the first game to license Valve Software's
Source engine , released on the same day as "Half-Life 2 "."Arcanum", Troika's first release, was launched in Fall 2001. In 2003, the company would follow up with "The Temple of Elemental Evil". In 2004, Troika released "".
In early 2005, Troika ran into financial troublecite web | url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/02/17/news_6118792.html |publisher=
Gamespot | title= Closure rumors surround Troika | accessdate=November 3 | accessyear=2007 ] , and was eventually forced to lay off all its staff and begin selling assets.Ex-Troika staff have been picked up by the following companies:
*
Blizzard Entertainment
*Sony Computer Entertainment
*Obsidian Entertainment
*Activision
* Point of View
*Mythic Entertainment
*Seven Studios
*Day One Studios
*Swingin' Ape
*Turtle Rock Studios
*Treyarch Products
*"" (
2001 )
*"The Temple of Elemental Evil" (2003 )
*"" (2004 )References
External links
* [http://www.terra-arcanum.com/troikapedia/index.php?title=Main_Page Troikapedia, a Troika Games Wiki.]
* [http://www.troikagames.com Troika's website] is no longer online. However, there is [http://www.terra-arcanum.com/troikagames/ an archived version] on Terra-Arcanum, a Troika Games fansite
* [http://troikachronicles.wordpress.com Troika Chronicles] A Blog dedicated to Troika Games
* [http://members.tripod.com/troika_connection/Home/ Troika Connection] First Troika (Team) fansite
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/troika-games-llc- "Troika Games"] profile onMobyGames
* [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_77/440-The-Rise-and-Fall-of-Troika The Escapist - The Rise and Fall of Troika]
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