Drinkbox Studios

{{Short description|Canadian video game developer}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox company | name = Drinkbox Studios Inc. | logo = DrinkBox Studios logo.JPG | former_name = Not a Number Software (2008) | type = [[Privately held company|Private]] | industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]] | predecessor = [[Pseudo Interactive]] | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2008|04}} | founders = {{Unbulleted list|Chris Harvey|Ryan MacLean|Graham Smith}} | hq_location_city = [[Toronto]] | hq_location_country = Canada | key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Chris Harvey ([[Chief technology officer|CTO]])|Ryan MacLean ([[CEO]])|Graham Smith ([[Chief operating officer|COO]])}} | website = {{URL|http://drinkboxstudios.com/|drinkboxstudios.com}} }}

'''Drinkbox Studios Inc.''' is a Canadian [[video game developer]] based in [[Toronto]]. The company was founded in April 2008 by Chris Harvey, Ryan MacLean and Graham Smith, three [[Video game programmer|programmers]] previously employed by [[Pseudo Interactive]], which closed earlier that year. Drinkbox is best known for the ''[[Guacamelee!]]'' series of games.

== History == [[File:DrinkBox Studios team photo (resized).jpg|thumb|Drinkbox Studios team photo, 2012]] In 2008, [[Toronto]]-based video game developer [[Pseudo Interactive]] laid off the majority of its staff before closing down completely.<ref name="polygon">{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2012/10/26/3547694/how-drinkbox-studios-grit-raised-a-studio-and-got-guacamelee-funded |title=How Drinkbox Studios' grit raised an indie developer and got Guacamelee funded |author= |date= |website=polygon.com}}</ref> Out of the laid-off employees, many left Toronto to work in other places, while three [[Video game programmer|programmers]], Chris Harvey, Ryan MacLean and Graham Smith, stayed to found their own game studio in April that year.<ref name="polygon" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-04-29-drinkbox-cuts-through-the-noise |title=Drinkbox cuts through the noise |author= |date= |website=gamesindustry.biz}}</ref> Their idea was to create a game company that would create games they would want to play.<ref name="polygon" /> Initially, the company was called Not a Number Software, but the team quickly considered the name to be a bad choice and changed it to DrinkBox Studios.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/ask-indie-developer-how-did-your-indie-career-begin/ |title=Ask an indie developer: How did your indie career begin? |author= |date= |website=gamesradar.com}}</ref> In the weeks following the DrinkBox' foundation, they hired a [[Video game artist|senior artist]] and a [[Video game designer|designer]] to move forward with the company as a five-man team.<ref name="polygon" />

== Games developed == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Games developed by Drinkbox Studios !scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Platform(s) |- | 2011 |scope="row"| ''[[Tales from Space: About a Blob]]'' | [[PlayStation 3]] |- | 2012 |scope="row"| ''[[Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack]]'' | [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[Microsoft Windows]], PlayStation 3, [[PlayStation Vita]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Nintendo Switch]] |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 |scope="row"|''[[Guacamelee!]]'' | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita |- |scope="row"| ''[[Guacamelee!|Guacamelee! Gold Edition]]'' | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows |- | 2014 |scope="row"| ''[[Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition]]'' | Microsoft Windows, [[PlayStation 4]], [[Wii U]], Xbox 360, [[Xbox One]], Nintendo Switch |- | 2016 |scope="row"|''[[Severed (video game)|Severed]]'' | [[iOS]], [[Nintendo 3DS]] family of systems, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita, Wii U |- | 2018 |scope="row"|''[[Guacamelee! 2]]'' | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One |- | 2022 |scope="row"|''[[Nobody Saves the World]]''<ref>{{cite web | url = https://kotaku.com/nobody-saves-the-world-is-a-new-action-rpg-from-guacame-1846561060 | title = Nobody Saves The World Is A New Action-RPG From The Guacamelee! Devs | first = Ari | last = Noris | date = March 26, 2021 | accessdate = March 26, 2021 | work = [[Kotaku]] }}</ref> |Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, [[Xbox Series X/S]], Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, [[PlayStation 5]] |- | 2026 | ''Blighted''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/gaming/blighted-is-a-trippy-metroidvania-from-the-team-behind-guacamelee-000030687.html|title=Blighted is a trippy Metroidvania from the team behind Guacamelee!|first=Anna|last=washenko|date=June 7, 2025|accessdate=June 7, 2025|work=[[Engadget]]}}</ref> |Microsoft Windows, [[Nintendo Switch 2]] |}

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== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|http://drinkboxstudios.com/}}

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