Sector3 Studios

Sector3 Studios AB
Private
Industry Video games
Founded

June 2003 (SimBin)

September 2014 (Sector3)
Headquarters Lidköping, Sweden
Number of locations
 3
Key people
 Klaus Wohlfarth – CEO
Henrik Roos co-founder
Johan Roos – co-founder
Ian Bell – co-founder
Number of employees
 50+
Website http://sector3studios.com/

Sector3 Studios (formerly SimBin Studios[1]) is a Swedish video game developer and publisher founded in 2003 that develops racing simulators for Windows. The company has its headquarters in Lidköping. The company originally started as a modding team for the Image Space Incorporated game F1 2002, releasing a mod based on the 2002 season of the FIA GT championship, essentially the precursor to its first commercial game.

The company has released GTR - FIA GT Racing Game, GT Legends, a sequel to GTR racing called GTR - FIA GT Racing Game 2, all published by 10tacle as well as RACE - The Official WTCC Game published by Eidos Interactive and RACE 07 - The Official WTCC Game which was the first SimBin game to include Formula cars. RACE 07 has gone on to have seven expansion packs released for it: GTR Evolution, STCC - The Game, RACE On, STCC The Game 2, GT Power Expansion, WTCC 2010 and Retro Expansion. Although the company mainly focuses on racing simulators for Windows, Race Pro was developed for the Xbox 360 console, published by Atari and released in February 2009. In May 2009 SimBin released Volvo – The Game as a freeware for Windows. It included six cars, two race tracks and a time trial mode. Cars include the Volvo S60, Volvo S40 and Volvo 850. In 2012 SimBin released RaceRoom Racing Experience - a new Free2Race game that connects fans of racing around a game, motorsports portal and online store.

On September 1st, 2014, SimBin Studios officially changed their name to Sector3 Studios, as part of a company restructuring. The name was changed primarily because the former was contractually tied to the location, and the team wanted to move to a more populous area.

Previous studio logo.

Games developed

Title Release Date Genre Platform
GTR - FIA GT Racing Game March 11, 2005 Sim racing Windows
GT Legends October 15, 2005 Sim racing Windows
GTR 2 - FIA GT Racing Game September 29, 2006 Sim racing Windows
Race – The Official WTCC Game November 24, 2006 Sim racing Windows
Race 07 - The Official WTCC Game October 12, 2007 Sim racing Windows
Race Pro February 17, 2009 Sim racing Xbox 360
Volvo – The Game May 26, 2009 Sim racing Windows
RaceRoom December 1, 2010 Sim racing Windows
Real-Time Racing 2011 Sim racing Windows
RaceRoom 2 November 11, 2011[2] Sim racing Windows
Race Injection November 18, 2011[3] Sim racing Windows
RaceRoom Racing Experience September 7, 2012 Sim racing Windows

Games published

Title Release Date Genre Platform
Storm – Frontline Nation Q3 2009 Turn-based strategy Windows

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-09-11-simbin-declares-bankruptcy-and-reforms-as-sector-3-studios
  2. ↑ http://www.raceroom.net/games/raceroom-the-game/
  3. ↑ http://www.raceroom.net/games/race-injection/

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