Propaganda Games

Propaganda Games
Formerly	Revolution Interactive; (2005)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	April 2005; 20 years ago
Founder	Josh Holmes; Howard Donaldson; Daryl Anselmo; Jorge Freitas;
Defunct	January 2011; 14 years ago
Fate	Closed
Successor	Library:; Disney Interactive
Headquarters	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Key people	Gary McKay; (studio general manager); Howard Donaldson; (vice-president, studio operations);
Number of employees	~100 (2010)
Parent	Disney Interactive Studios

Propaganda Games was a Canadian video game development studio based in Vancouver. Founded by Josh Holmes in 2005, it was bought by Disney Interactive Studios, the interactive subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, 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

^ "Disney's Propaganda Games layoffs". Kotaku. October 14, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
^ Kawamoto, Dawn (April 19, 2005). "Disney scoops up Avalanche, founds new studio". gamespot.com. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
^ "Disney digs up Turok". gamespot.com. May 13, 2005. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
^ "Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned Cancelled – IGN". October 14, 2010.
^ "Propaganda Games Shuttered" Archived November 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine from Joystiq.com
^ Schwartz, William (June 8, 2015). "Teaser Video Uploaded Of Cancelled Turok 2 By Turok Animator". Attack of the Fanboy. Archived August 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 11, 2021.

[1] "Disney's Propaganda Games layoffs". Kotaku. October 14, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2021.

[gpt1-2] Kawamoto, Dawn (April 19, 2005). "Disney scoops up Avalanche, founds new studio". gamespot.com. Retrieved October 22, 2012.

[3] "Disney digs up Turok". gamespot.com. May 13, 2005. Retrieved October 22, 2012.

[4] "Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned Cancelled – IGN". October 14, 2010.

[5] "Propaganda Games Shuttered" Archived November 18, 2012, 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 August 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 11, 2021.

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