Products Video games Website www.humanhead.com Type of business Private | Number of employees 30-40 Founder Chris Rhinehart | |
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Industry Interactive entertainment
Computer and video games Key people Chris Rhinehart, Paul MacArthur, Ben Gokey, Ted Halsted, Jim Sumwalt, Shane Gurno Founded October 1997, Madison, Wisconsin, United States Headquarters Madison, Wisconsin, United States Video games Prey, Rune, Lost Within, Rune: Halls of Valhalla, Dead Man's Hand Profiles | ||
Human head studios
Human Head Studios is an American computer game development company located in Madison, Wisconsin.
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It was founded in October 1997 by a group of six developers formerly from Raven Software: Chris Rhinehart, Paul MacArthur, Shane Gurno, Ben Gokey, James Sumwalt, and Ted Halsted—later joined by game producer Tim Gerritsen. Their first game was Rune, a third-person Viking action game. The company's most recent release was the long-anticipated first-person shooter Prey, a game that was executive produced by 3D Realms.
In 2002, they established a branch internal to the company dedicated to the development of non-electronic games, including role-playing games, board games and card games. The first release from this branch, The Redhurst Academy of Magic Student Handbook, won an Origins Award in 2003. They released several other board games and card games, but the Adventure Games Division was eventually closed in 2006.
On April 20, 2007, a news report indicated that the company's headquarters were at least partially destroyed in a fire. No injuries were reported. On October 1, 2007, the company moved back into their newly renovated offices. Rune is their only game for which they own the IP. They are also known for working on the Prey series and have helped with the development of BioShock Infinite and Defiance. In 2014, Human Head announced that they have revived a multiplayer video game called Minimum from TimeGate Studios, which filed for bankruptcy in 2013.