Offset Software

Offset Software
Industry Video gaming
Founded 2004
Defunct 2010
Headquarters Newport Beach, California
Key people
Sam McGrath (Founder)
Travis Stringer (Co-founder)
Trevor Stringer (Co-founder)
Rod Green (Director)
Products Project Offset (canceled)
Number of employees
50
Website ProjectOffset.com

Offset Software was a video game development company based in Newport Beach, California. It was founded by Sam McGrath, Travis Stringer, Trevor Stringer and Rod Green; except for Green, they had worked for S2 Games developing Savage: The Battle for Newerth,[1] which won the grand prize at the Independent Games Festival in 2004.[2]

The company had one game under development, a first-person shooter with the working title "Project Offset". (Some official preview videos have shown third-person views for close-quarters combat.) The game featured a detailed high fantasy world. It was showcased on Attack of the Show! in 2005.[3]

In February 2008, Intel acquired Offset Software,[4] having purchased the Havok engine in 2007.[5]

Intel canceled the game in mid-2010, citing "recent changes in our product roadmap" (possibly meaning the failure of Larrabee as a consumer product).[6] The founders of Offset Software have moved to a new game development studio named Fractiv LLC.[7]

The Offset Engine was licensed by Red 5 Studios in 2006 to create their MMOFPS game Firefall.[8] Intel shutting down the Offset team did not mean Red 5 could no longer use the engine. The game now uses a heavily modified engine originally based on the Offset Engine.[9]

References

  1. Peplinski, Jon (September 3, 2005). "Project Offset Article". SFFWorld.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  2. "The 12th Annual Independent Games Festival - 2004 Finalists & Winners". Independent Games Festival. Archived from the original on December 22, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  3. "Project Offset, The Lush, Chris Gore". Attack of the Show!. October 25, 2005. Archived from the original on December 22, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  4. "Intel Acquires Offset Software, Project Offset Engine". Gamasutra. February 25, 2008. Archived from the original on December 22, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  5. Hruska, Joel (February 25, 2008). "Why Intel bought Project Offset and the Offset Engine". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on December 22, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  6. Callaham, John (July 1, 2010). "Project Offset officially shut down at Intel; founders launch Fractiv LLC". Big Download.
  7. http://www.fractiv.com
  8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UutK_AYw9m8
  9. http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/07/07/offset-engine-still-being-used-by-red-5-studios/

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