Outrage Games

Outrage Games (formerly Outrage Entertainment) was an American video game developer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in December 1997 by Matt Toschlog as part of the split-up of Parallax Software, the company developed Descent 3 (released in 1999) and Alter Echo (2003). The company was acquired by THQ in April 2002 and shut down in 2003.

Outrage Games

Formerly	Outrage Entertainment (1997–2002)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	December 1, 1997; 26 years ago (1997-12-01)
Founder	Matt Toschlog
Defunct	2003 (2003)
Fate	Dissolved
Headquarters	Ann Arbor, Michigan , US
Key people	Matt Toschlog (studio director)
Products	Descent 3, Alter Echo
Parent	THQ (2002–2003)

History

Outrage was founded by Matt Toschlog after he and his business partner, Mike Kulas, decided to split up their venture Parallax Software into two separate companies.^[1] The split was formally announced on December 1, 1997, in which Toschlog formed Outrage and Kulas established Volition.^[1] Outrage first developed Descent 3, a successor to Parallax's Descent 2.^[2] Descent 3 was released in June 1999 to a poor sales performance.^[2][3]

On April 4, 2002, THQ announced that it had acquired Outrage to undisclosed terms.^[4] Rubu Tribe, a game that had been in development at Outrage and was to be published by Interplay Entertainment, was subsequently canceled.^[5] In 2003, Outrage developed the ports of Volition's Red Faction II for Microsoft Windows and Xbox.^[6] The studio's next game, Alter Echo, was released the same year.^[7] As a result of cost reduction measures taken by THQ, Outrage was shut down sometime during THQ's first fiscal quarter of 2003, which ended on June 30.^[8][9]

Games developed

Title	Details
Descent 3 Original release date: June 17, 1999	Release years by system: 1999 – PC (Windows, macOS, Linux)
	Notes: First-person shooter, shoot 'em up Published by Interplay Entertainment Part of the Descent series Sequel to Descent II Expansion pack titled Descent 3: Mercenary was released on Windows later that year
Alter Echo Original release date: August 19, 2003	Release years by system: 2003 – PlayStation 2, Xbox
	Notes: Third-person shooter Published by THQ

Canceled

Title	Details
Rubu Tribe Cancellation date: April 4, 2002	Proposed system release: N/A
	Notes: Was going to be published by Interplay Entertainment Was planned for release on PlayStation 2 and Xbox in late 2002

References

1. . Outrage Entertainment. December 1, 1997. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
2. Mason, Graeme (March 9, 2014). "The making of Red Faction". Eurogamer. from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
3. Derrick, Craig; Leighton, Jason (October 8, 1999). "Postmortem: Outrage's Descent 3, Page 4 of 4". Gamasutra. from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
4. "THQ Acquires Outrage, Launches New Studio In Seattle". Gamasutra. April 4, 2002. from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
5. IGN Staff (April 4, 2002). "Outrage's Rubu Tribe Cancelled". IGN. from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
6. Bramwell, Tom (January 13, 2003). "Xbox, Cube and PC see Red". Eurogamer. from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
7. IGN Staff (May 23, 2003). "Behind-the-Scenes: Alter Echo". IGN. from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
8. Klum, Marcel (July 16, 2004). "Outrage Closed Down". Neowin. from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
9. "10-Q". THQ. August 14, 2003. from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2021 – via U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.