Piranha Games

COMPANY» Founded 2000-01-22

Vancouver,BC,Canada

A game development studio located in Vancouver, Canada. Responsible for Need For Speed: Shift, and the upcoming Mech Warrior.

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Piranha Games Inc. was founded in January 2000 by Russ Bullock (Person), Bryan Ekman (Person), and Jason Holtslander in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their first released game, Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza, began as an unlicensed mod in 1999. They are best known these days for creating MechWarrior Online (Game) and MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries.

Developed Games

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MechWarrior Online (Game)

17 September 2013

The classic mech combat series is being reborn as an online free-to-play game by Piranha Games.

PC​

Bass Pro Shops: The Hunt (Game)

1 June 2010

Bass Pro Shops: The Hunt

X360​ WII​

Days of Thunder: NASCAR Edition (Game)

22 February 2011

A game based on the Tom Cruise movie of the same name. Cole Hauser reprises his role as Rowdy Burns. NASCAR drivers appear exclusively on the PS3 version.

PS3N​ XBGS​ PS3​

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (Game)

10 December 2019

A single player MechWarrior game, fourteen years after the last mainline entry. Made by the developers of MechWarrior: Online, using Unreal Engine 4.

PC​ XONE​ PS4​ +2

MechWarrior 5: Clans (Game)

16 October 2024

Story driven game based on the Clan invasion from Mechwarrior lore. Developed by Piranha games

PC​

Published Games

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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (Game)

10 December 2019

A single player MechWarrior game, fourteen years after the last mainline entry. Made by the developers of MechWarrior: Online, using Unreal Engine 4.

PC​ XONE​ PS4​ +2

MechWarrior 5: Clans (Game)

16 October 2024

Story driven game based on the Clan invasion from Mechwarrior lore. Developed by Piranha games

PC​

Company details

Name

Piranha Games

Abbreviation

Founded

22 January 2000

Location

Vancouver,BC,Canada

Website

http://www.piranha-games.com/index.html

Aliases

Developed Games

• MechWarrior Online (Game)
• Bass Pro Shops: The Hunt (Game)
• Days of Thunder: NASCAR Edition (Game)
• MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (Game)
• MechWarrior 5: Clans (Game)
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Published Games

• MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (Game)
• MechWarrior 5: Clans (Game)
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Franchises

• MechWarrior (Franchise)
• Bass Pro Shops (Franchise)
• BattleTech (Franchise)
• Die Hard (Franchise)
• Duke Nukem (Franchise)
• Lost (Franchise)
• Medal of Honor (Franchise)

People

• Ben Croshaw (Person)
• Bruce Willis (Person)
• George Broussard (Person)
• Jeff Gerstmann (Person)
• Jon St. John (Person)
• Randy Pitchford (Person)
• Reginald Vel Johnson (Person)
• Scott Miller (Person)

Characters

• Adolf Hitler (Character)
• Carl Edwards (Character)
• Coconut Monkey (Character)
• Dick Thornburg (Character)
• Dr. Proton (Character)
• Duke Nukem (Character)
• Eve (Character)
• God (Character)
• Hans Gruber (Character)
• Jeff Gordon (Character)
• John McClane (Character)
• Kitty Pousix (Character)
• Mark Martin (Character)
• Mary Holsom (Character)
• Sgt. Al Powell (Character)
• Tony Stewart (Character)
• Trudy Uprights (Character)

Concepts

• Achievements (Concept)
• Digital Distribution (Concept)
• First-Person Perspective (Concept)
• Campaign (Concept)
• Licensed Game (Concept)
• Polygonal 3D (Concept)
• Steam Achievements (Concept)
• Artificial Intelligence (Concept)
• Based on Tabletop RPG (Concept)
• Capture the Flag (Concept)
• Death (Concept)
• Death From Above (Concept)
• Deathmatch (Concept)
• E3 2001 (Concept)
• Explosion (Concept)
• Extreme Violence (Concept)
• First Person Melee (Concept)
• Games Based on Movies (Concept)
• Guerilla Warfare (Concept)
• Health (Concept)

Locations

• Sewer (Location)
• Area 51 (Location)
• Beach (Location)
• Bunker (Location)
• Casino (Location)
• Cemetery (Location)
• Chapel (Location)
• City (Location)
• Construction Site (Location)
• Deshler (Location)
• Dock (Location)
• Earth (Location)
• Europe (Location)
• Farm (Location)
• France (Location)
• Germany (Location)
• Guard Post (Location)
• Hive (Location)
• Hoover Dam (Location)
• Inner Sphere (Location)

Objects

• Gun (Object)
• Pistol (Object)
• Fishing Rod (Object)
• Gloves (Object)
• Laser (Object)
• M1911 (Object)
• Machine Gun (Object)
• Mech (Object)
• Robot (Object)
• Rocket Launcher (Object)
• Shotgun (Object)
• Submachine Gun (Object)
• Table (Object)
• 7.62 mm NATO (Object)
• Air Duct (Object)
• Ammo (Object)
• Anti-Aircraft Gun (Object)
• Assault Rifle (Object)
• Auto Cannon (Object)
• Axe (Object)