Draft:Stormind Games

Stormind Games was founded in 2016 by Antonio Cannata (CEO) and Federico Laudani (Art Director).{{cite web | url=https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/01/interview_how_remothered_broken_porcelain_defies_horror_tropes_in_the_light_of_day | title=Interview: How Remothered: Broken Porcelain Defies Horror Tropes in the Light of Day | date=20 January 2020 }}. Its headquarters are in Acireale, Catania, Sicily.

Its first title, Remothered: Tormented Fathers, was launched digitally in 2018 on PC, PS4, and Xbox, and in 2019 on Nintendo Switch. In 2019, in partnership with Soedesco, the game also launched in physical format. In March 2020, the game became available in Asia, published by the Japanese publishing label 3goo.

The game received positive reviews according to the review aggregation websites GameRankings and Metacritic. It was praised for its atmosphere, gameplay and storytelling.{{cite web|url=https://www.keengamer.com/article/17767_remothered-tormented-fathers-review|title=REMOTHERED: TORMENTED FATHERS REVIEW|last=Crowshaw|first=Theo|work=Keen Gamers|date=30 January 2018|access-date=26 December 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.eurogamer.it/articles/2018-02-05-remothered-tormented-fathers-recensione|title=Remothered: Tormented Fathers – recensione|work=Eurogamer Italia|date=5 February 2018|access-date=26 December 2018}} On 22 July 2018, three days prior to Remothered: Tormented Fathers console release, Keiichiro Toyama, creator of the Silent Hill series and Forbidden Siren, expressed his admiration for Remothered.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/k_toyama/status/1021182638114029568|title=Chris-san, I fell in love with the upcoming survival horror game Remothered and its story. It would be wonderful if we could do something together someway. @chrisdarrilpic.twitter.com/1HSTemIPhQ|last=外山圭一郎|date=22 July 2018|website=twitter.com|access-date=10 May 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.remothered.com/guess-who-spoke-about-remothered-tormented-fathers/|title=Guess who spoke about Remothered: Tormented Fathers|date=24 July 2018|website=remothered.com|access-date=10 May 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.eurogamer.it/articles/2018-07-24-news-videogiochi-keiichiro-toyama-vorrebbe-collaborare-con-i-creatori-di-remothered-tormented-fathers|title=Keiichiro Toyama vorrebbe collaborare con i creatori di Remothered: Tormented Fathers|first=Matteo|last=Zibbo|date=24 July 2018|website=eurogamer.it|access-date=10 May 2019}}

Remothered: Broken Porcelain launched worldwide, digitally and physically for all platforms, on October 13, 2020, in partnership with publisher Modus Games, a division of Maximum Games. Both games contributed to "established [Stormind] as a distinctive voice in survival horror", told Gamesindustry.biz{{cite web | url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/stormind-interview-feature | title=Stormind Games raises its ambitions with Batora: Lost Haven | date=2 February 2021 }}.

In January 2021, Stormind Games announced the action adventure game Batora: Lost Haven. Published by Team17, it was released on October 20th 2022 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/videos/batora-lost-haven-release-date-trailer | title=Batora: Lost Haven - Release Date Trailer - IGN | date=19 September 2022 }}. The game will also be released on Nintendo Switch in the future. The game won the WN Dev Contest for Unreal Engine Developershttps://wndevcontest.wnhub.io/ and the DevGAMMhttps://devgamm.com/ awards before launch. Batora: Lost Haven has seen the collaboration of a good number of established video game talents, including the Writers Guild of America Awards 2018 winner Anne Toole (Horizon: Zero Dawn and The Witcher), the concept artist Borislav Mitkov (Assassin's Creed and Prince of Persia) and the composer Ron Fish (God of War and Batman: Arkham series){{cite web | url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/stormind-interview-feature | title=Stormind Games raises its ambitions with Batora: Lost Haven | date=2 February 2021 }}.

In 17th June 2024 was announced that Stormind Games{{Cite web |last=Marchetti |first=Dario |date=2024-06-17 |title=A Quiet Place, sarà italiano il videogioco tratto dai film della Paramount |url=https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2024/06/a-quiet-place-sara-italiano-il-videogioco-tratto-dai-film-della-paramount-c30dc0c7-6c66-4fe9-ab03-a94db4701428.html |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=RaiNews |language=it}} was chosen for the development of A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead{{Cite web |title='A Quiet Place' video game unveils tense first-look trailer |url=https://ew.com/a-quiet-place-video-game-the-road-ahead-trailer-8663909 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=EW.com |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last=LeBlanc |first=Wesley |title=A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Story Trailer Showcases The Silent End Of The World |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2024/07/02/a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-story-trailer-showcases-the-silent-end-of-the-world |access-date=2024-07-11 |magazine=Game Informer |language=en}}, published by Saber Interactive. Announced for a 2024 release for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S{{Cite web |date=2024-06-17 |title=A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2024/06/a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-and-pc |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US}}, the game is based on the A Quiet Place film series and features a new original story in the Paramount Pictures' movie franchise. In July was released the first story trailer{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Matt Wales News |date=2024-07-02 |title=A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead shows off its stealthy single-player horror in new trailer |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-shows-off-its-stealthy-single-player-horror-in-new-trailer |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Eurogamer.net |language=en}} speaking about Alex Taylor, the main character of the game.{{Cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-announced-for-pc-consoles/|title=A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Announced For PC & Consoles|website=Bleeding Cool|first=Gavin|last=Sheehan|date=June 17, 2024|access-date=July 13, 2024|archive-date=June 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618035642/https://bleedingcool.com/games/a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-announced-for-pc-consoles/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/quiet-place-road-ahead-horror-game/|title=A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Is A Terrifying Untold Original Story For The Franchise|website=Screen Rant|first=Glenn|last=Bunn|date=June 17, 2024|access-date=July 13, 2024|archive-date=June 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618133956/https://screenrant.com/quiet-place-road-ahead-horror-game/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3818893/delve-into-story-details-with-the-new-a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-trailer-watch/|title=Delve Into Story Details With the New 'A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead' Trailer [Watch]|website=Bloody Disgusting|first=Mike|last=Wilson|date=July 3, 2024|access-date=July 13, 2024|archive-date=July 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703193203/https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3818893/delve-into-story-details-with-the-new-a-quiet-place-the-road-ahead-trailer-watch/|url-status=live}}

In 2019, Stormind Games won a DStars Award in the Best New Studio category.http://files.spazioweb.it/1a/c1/1ac1fa62-14c8-45c0-86d7-74ef0e4aa7f8.pdf In 2020, the company’s CEO Antonio Cannata won a Dstars Award in the Management Star category.http://files.spazioweb.it/fc/ea/fcea04a7-cc8d-445d-89ae-1e1b1fa9a64a.pdf In the same year, Stormind Games won an Italian Video Game Award as Outstanding Italian Company, with the motivation of having "in the space of a few years managed to carve out an important space for himself on the international stage, winning several awards thanks to his debut work, Remothered: Tormented Fathers".https://iideassociation.com/notizie/in-primo-piano/italian-video-game-awards-2020-i-vincitori-dei-premi-dedicati-ai-migliori-videogiochi-made-in-italy.kl

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