Ghost Ship Games
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | , Denmark |
Key people | |
Number of employees | 43 |
| Parent | Coffee Stain Holding |
| Divisions | Ghost Ship Publishing |
| Website | ghostship |
Ghost Ship Games ApSis a Danishvideo game developerand publisher based inCopenhagen.Founded in 2016, it is best known for developingDeep Rock Galactic.
History
[edit]Ghost Ship Games was founded in the spring of 2016 by a team of five former employees ofPress Playafter that studio's closure. CEO Søren Lundgaard was invited to join the company shortly after by game director Mikkel Martin Pedersen. Lundgaard and Pedersen had previously been co-workers at the defunct game studioDeadline Gamesfor over ten years and each of the six founders had had experience in studio management.[1]The newly formed team begin work on a co-op title that they envisioned as "basically combiningMinecraftandLeft 4 Dead".[2]In February 2017, Swedish developerCoffee Stain Studiosacquired a 30% stake in Ghost Ship Games and agreed to publish their first game,Deep Rock Galactic.[3]
Coffee Stain Publishing releasedDeep Rock Galacticinto early access on 28 February 2018.[4]Ghost Ship benefited from the community feedback that an early access model allowed for. Early reviews of the game were very positive and the game amassed 300,000 players by September 2018.[5]The game officially left early access after more than two years on 13 May 2020.[6]
In August 2021, Coffee Stain's parent companyEmbracer Groupacquired the remaining 70% of Ghost Ship Games, which made the studio a subsidiary of Coffee Stain Holding.[7]In November 2021, Ghost Ship announced thatDeep Rock Galactichad sold three million copies and would be ported toPlayStation 4andPlayStation 5in January 2022.[8][9]In June 2022 they announced they had sold 4 million copies.[10]
Ghost Ship Games announced aPublishinglabel for Danish game studios in February 2023.[11]The label's first three titles were subsequently announced asDeep Rock Galactic: Survivor(a single player spinoff of Deep Rock Galactic),SpellRogueandDarkSwarm.[12]
Games developed
[edit]| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Deep Rock Galactic | Windows, PS4, PS5, XBox One & Series X/S | Coffee Stain Publishing |
| TBA | Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core | Windows | Ghost Ship Publishing |
Games published
[edit]| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Developer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | Windows | Funday Games |
| 2024 (Early Access)[13] | SpellRogue | Guidlight Games | |
| 2025 (Early Access)[14] | Dinolords | Northplay | |
| 2025 (Closed Alpha)[14] | Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core | Ghost Ship Games | |
| TBA | DarkSwarm | Bitfire Games |
References
[edit]- ^"Deep Rock Galactic Game Director Talks Rise From Six Founders to Three Million Players".17 December 2021.
- ^"Rock And Stone! Ghost Ship Games CEO Søren Lundgaard Talks Deep Rock Galactic's Upcoming PlayStation Launch".
- ^"Coffee Stain Studios: Expanding, Acquiring and Publishing".27 February 2017.
- ^TANNER DEDMON."Deep Rock Galactic Comes to Early Access, Game Preview This Month".Comic Book.Retrieved23 June2018.
- ^"Deep Rock Galactic and the advantages of open development".19 September 2018.
- ^"Deep Rock Galatic [sic] Leaves Early Access This May".
- ^"Embracer Group acquires 3D Realms, CrazyLabs, Digixart, Easy Trigger, Force Field, Ghost Ship Games, Grimfrost, and Slipgate Ironworks".Gematsu.4 August 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 5 August 2021.Retrieved5 August2021.
- ^"Deep Rock Galactic Sells 3 Million Units".11 November 2021.
- ^"Acclaimed Co-Op Shooter Deep Rock Galactic Digs Down to PS5, PS4 in January".December 2021.
- ^"4 Million Units sold".June 2022.
- ^Marshall, Cass (16 February 2023)."Deep Rock Galactic dev launches publishing label for Danish studios".Polygon.Retrieved22 February2023.
- ^"Ghost Ship Publishing unveils first three games it will be supporting".NME.
- ^"SpellRogue on Steam".store.steampowered.Retrieved5 May2024.
- ^ab"Deep Rock Galactic - Hey miner! Wanna hear a lot more about Season 05? - Steam News".store.steampowered.29 April 2024.Retrieved5 May2024.
