Tequila Works

{{Infobox company

| name = Tequila Works S.L.

| logo = Tequila Works logo.png

| type = Private

| industry = Video games

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2009}}

| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Raúl Rubio|Lauren Manuel Garcia Carro|German Martinez}}

| defunct = {{End date and age|df=yes|2024|11|12}}

| hq_location_city = Madrid

| hq_location_country = Spain

| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Raúl Rubio|(CEO and creative director)|Lauren Manuel Garcia Carro|(Co-Founder & CTO)|German Martinez|(Co-Founder & Head of TV Division)|Cesar Sampedro|(Art Director)|Luz Sancho|(chairwoman)}}

| num_employees = 70

| num_employees_year = 2019

| products =

| website = {{URL|http://www.tequilaworks.com/en/|tequilaworks.com}}

}}

Tequila Works S.L. was a Spanish video game developer based in Madrid. Founded in 2009 by Raúl Rubio and Lauren Manuel Garcia Carro and German Martinez the company is best known for developing Deadlight and Rime.

History

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Tequila Works was founded in Madrid in 2009 by Raúl Rubio Munárriz, Lauren Manuel Garcia Carro and German Martinez. On 18 January 2012, Tequila Works announced their first project, Deadlight.{{cite web |url=https://www.vg247.com/2012/01/18/tequila-works-first-title-deadlight-slated-for-xbla-this-summer/ |title=Tequila Works' first title Deadlight slated for XBLA this summer |first=Stephany |last=Nunneley |work=VG247 |date=18 January 2012 |access-date=20 May 2018}} Tequila Works' next project was Rime, a puzzle video game originally intended to be a PlayStation 4-exclusive game. However, the team decided to acquire the intellectual property from Sony in the middle of the game's development and bring the game to other platforms. Rime was released in May 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.vg247.com/2016/03/16/tequila-works-reacquires-the-rights-to-rime-from-sony/ |title=Tequila Works reacquires the rights to Rime from Sony |first=Stephany |last=Nunneley |work=VG247 |date=16 March 2016 |access-date=20 May 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-07-04-tequila-works-opens-up-about-turbulent-development-of-rime |title=Tequila Works opens up about turbulent development of Rime |first=Robert |last=Purchese |work=Eurogamer |date=4 July 2017 |access-date=20 May 2018}} The company also collaborated with GameTrust Games on a virtual reality project named The Invisible Hours, in which players will solve a murder mystery.{{cite web |url=https://www.gamereactor.eu/news/524943/Tequila+Works+and+GameTrust+announce+The+Invisible+Hours/ |title=Tequila Works and GameTrust announce The Invisible Hours |first=Sam |last=Bishop |work=Gamereactor |date=30 May 2017 |access-date=20 May 2018}}

In 2017, the company partnered with British developer Cavalier Game Studios to publish Cavalier's first game, The Sexy Brutale, while providing additional development.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/what-to-play/indie-spotlight-cavalier-game-studios-sexy-brutale-developers/ |title=Indie spotlight – Cavalier Game Studios: How The Sexy Brutale developers crafted one of the year's best video games next to a 'thoroughly inappropriate' gym |first=Tom |last=Hoggins |work=Telegraph |date=18 May 2017 |access-date=20 May 2018}} The company also published WonderWorlds by Guildford-based start-up studio Glowmade.{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-08-31-tequila-works-to-publish-first-game-from-new-uk-studio-glowmade |title=Tequila Works to publish first game from new UK studio Glowmade |first=Christopher |last=Dring |work=GamesIndustry.biz |date=31 August 2017 |access-date=20 May 2018}}

In February 2019, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality announced a VR game by Tequila Works titled Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son, which is set 26 years after Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray, planned to release later in 2019 for PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/02/02/groundhog-day-like-father-like-son-announced-for-vr |title=Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son Announced for VR |first=Colin |last=Stevens |work=IGN |date=2 February 2019 |access-date=26 May 2019}} In May 2019, Tequila Works revealed that they have two projects in production and one in pre-production.{{cite tweet|user=TequilaWorks|author=Tequila Works|number=1127863699086008320|date=13 May 2019|accessdate=26 May 2019|title=🎉Celebrating 10 Years in Tequila Works!! 🎉 - 70 people - 2 projects in production - 1 in preproduction - 2-3 conceptual stage - 1 Tequila Shot a year Lots of surprises are coming very soon!! Stay tuned #10thanniversary #tequilaanniversary}}

In March 2022, Tequila Works announced that it has received an investment from Tencent which will be used to grow the studio and develop more original IP. The investment was undisclosed and is only known to make the Chinese conglomerate a major investor into the company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-03-15-tencent-becomes-majority-investor-in-rime-developer-tequila-works|title = Tencent becomes majority investor in Rime developer Tequila Works}}

In November 2024, it was announced that Tequila Works had filed for insolvency due to "prolonged market conditions".{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Vikki |date=2024-11-12 |title=Rime developer Tequila Works files for insolvency |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/rime-developer-tequila-works-files-for-insolvency |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}

Games

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Overview of Tequila Works video games

!scope="col"| Year

!scope="col"| Title

!scope="col"| Genre(s)

!scope="col"| Platform(s)

!scope="col"| Developer(s)

!scope="col"| Publisher(s)

2012

|scope="row"| Deadlight

| Action-adventure, puzzle

| Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

| Tequila Works

| Microsoft Studios, Deep Silver

rowspan="4" | 2017

|scope="row"| The Sexy Brutale

| Adventure, puzzle

| Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

| Cavalier Game Studios, Tequila Works

| Tequila Works

scope="row"| Rime

| Adventure, platform

| Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

| rowspan="2" | Tequila Works

| Grey Box, Six Foot

scope="row"| The Invisible Hours

| Adventure

| Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

| GameTrust Games

scope="row"| WonderWorlds

| Action-adventure

| iOS

| Glowmade

| Tequila Works

2019

|scope="row"| Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son

| Adventure, puzzle

| PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive

| Tequila Works

| Sony Pictures VR

2019

|scope="row"| Gylt{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/e3-2019/2019/06/06/tequila-works-announces-horror-game-gylt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702085733/https://www.gameinformer.com/e3-2019/2019/06/06/tequila-works-announces-horror-game-gylt|url-status=live|archive-date=2 July 2019|title = Tequila Works Announces Horror Game Gylt|magazine = Game Informer}}

| Action-adventure, puzzle

| Stadia, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S

| Tequila Works

2023{{cite web |title=Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story |url=https://www.songofnunu.com/en-us/ |website=Song of Nunu}}

|scope="row"| Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story

| Action-adventure, puzzle

| Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S

| Tequila Works

| Riot Forge