Formerly called Red Barrel Games Industry Entertainment Founded 4 July 2012 | Type Private Area served Worldwide | |
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Headquarters Montreal, Quebec, Canada Key people Philippe Morin
David Chateauneuf
Hugo Dallaire Video games Outlast, Outlast 2, Outlast: Whistleblower Founders David Chateauneuf, Hugo Dallaire, : Philippe Morin Profiles | ||
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Red Barrels Inc. (shortened to Red Barrels) is a Canadian independent video game developer, video game and comic publisher founded in 4 July 2012 by Philippe Morin, David Chateauneuf, and Hugo Dallaire.
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Morin, Chateauneuf and Dallaire were originally developers for both Ubisoft Montreal and EA Montreal, but founded the company after the origination of an IP by Dallaire in 2010. After leaving, the team's online presence began in July 2012 and a trailer for the game was released on Halloween. The game was eventually revealed as Outlast, and was released on 4 September to positive reviews from critics and helped recognize the developers in the industry.
Outlast official trailer from red barrels full version
History
Philippe Morin, David Chateauneuf and Hugo Dallaire were originally video game developers for Ubisoft Montreal and were hired in 1997-98, with Chateauneuf helping develop Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, and Morin and Dallaire developing Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Eventually, Morin left Ubisoft in 2009 and worked for EA Montreal in 2010 for an original IP concept by Dalliare, but was cancelled within the same year. With no other options, Morin left in January 2011 to pursue Red Barrels.
After resigning, Morin met Chateauneuf and Dallaire after the trio left their jobs, agreeing to start their own company. After a technical difficulty with a prior submission, the group acquired $300K in funding from the Canada Media Fund during the 2012-2013 fiscal year and $1 million in the 2013-2014 year. The group founded Red Barrels on 4 July 2012, approximately 18 months after their resignations.
On 12 June 2013, the development team released gameplay of Outlast to E3 2013, with critical acclaim from both critics and fans. On 12 July, Red Barrels obtained the license agreement for Unreal Engine 3 for development. On 4 October, the company teased an upcoming game through Twitter. On the 17th, Outlast was announced through a press release by TriplePoint with the full trailer for the game released on Halloween 2012. On 4 September 2013, the game was released for Microsoft Windows, for PlayStation 4 on 4 February 2014 18 June for Xbox One and OS X and Linux on 31 March 2015. Soon after its release for PlayStation, the DLC Outlast: Whistleblower was announced on 29 April 2014 and released on 6 May for Windows, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 simultaneously.
On 23 October, Outlast 2 was announced to be in-development by Morin, and that it was already being developed for some time. A gameplay demo was released at PAX East on 22 April 2016 and was set up again at E3 2016 on 15 June. On 1 August, Red Barrels officially delayed the release from Fall 2016 to Spring 2017. The company stated:
We had to make a difficult decision recently. After weighing our options we’ve decided to postpone Outlast 2’s release until Q1 of 2017. We want you to know that we listen to your feedback, we see your excitement and we know you care about our work. Our mission as an indie studio is to deliver to you the best, most terrifying, most fulfilling experiences possible. That’s why we’re taking just a little bit more time to make sure our vision for Outlast 2 is in no way compromised and is the experience you deserve.
On 18 July, the company released the first issue of the comic mini-series The Murkoff Account, which is set for five comics detailing the narrative gap between Outlast and Outlast 2. The second issue was released on 1 September. The third issue was released on 4 November. The comics are written by J.T. Petty and The Black Frog.