Annapurna Interactive
Formerly Name: N/A
Company Profile: Developer & Publisher
Company Type:: Subsidiary
Parent Company: Annapurna Pictures
Headquarters: West Hollywood, California, USA
Founded: 1 December 2016
Founder:
Megan Ellison
Nathan Gary
James Masi
Fate: Active
Annapurna Games, LLC (trade name: Annapurna Interactive) is an American video game publisher and developer.
The company was founded as a division of Annapurna Pictures on December 1, 2016, as Annapurna's attempt to expand into the video game industry. The company's early staff was composed of existing Annapurna executives, producer Neale Hemrajani and Technology Head James Masi along with several video game veterans, including Nathan Gary, Deborah Mars, Hector Sanchez, and Jeff Legaspi, who had worked in Sony Interactive Entertainment and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Jenova Chen also served as the company's advisor. The company aimed to publish games that are "personal, emotional, and original".
In May 2020, it was announced that Nathan Vella, former president of Capybara Games, had joined the company as an executive. In October 2020, Annapurna established an internal development studio in Los Angeles. Two limited edition box sets containing the games Donut County, Kentucky Route Zero, Outer Wilds, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Wattam, What Remains of Edith Finch, Telling Lies, and Gorogoa, celebrating the first five years of the publisher, were released in collaboration with iam8bit for the PlayStation 4 in late 2020.
In June 2022, Annapurna announced the formation of an internal game development studio headed by Chelsea Hash. Its first game, Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth, was announced in 2023. A limited edition box set containing the games Donut County, Gorogoa, Hindsight, I Am Dead, If Found..., Kentucky Route Zero, Neon White, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Solar Ash, The Artful Escape, The Pathless, What Remains of Edith Finch, was released in collaboration with iam8bit for the Nintendo Switch in late 2023.
In November 2023,
Annapurna Interactive made its first acquisition in South African studio 24 Bit Games, a studio which had provided support for other indie games such as Gone Home, Neon White, and Cocoon.
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Company Structure
Subsidiaries: 24 Bit Games
Games Published by Annapurna Interactive
TITLE | LAUNCH DATE | RATING | GENRE | PLATFORM |
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2022.03.24 | 2.0 | Interactive Story | PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX, NS, Win, iOS |