Ghost Ship Games ApS is a Danish video game developer and publisher based in Copenhagen. Founded in 2016, it is best known for developing Deep Rock Galactic.
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | , Denmark |
Key people | |
Number of employees | 43 |
| Parent | Coffee Stain Holding (2021–present) |
| Divisions | Ghost Ship Publishing |
| Website | ghostship |
History
editGhost Ship Games was founded in the spring of 2016 by a team of five former employees of Press Play after that studio's closure. CEO Søren Lundgaard was invited to join the company shortly after by game director Mikkel Martin Pedersen. Lundgaard and Pedersen had previously been co-workers at the defunct game studio Deadline Games for over ten years and each of the six founders had had experience in studio management.[1] The newly formed team begin work on a co-op title that they envisioned as "basically combining Minecraft and Left 4 Dead".[2] In February 2017, Swedish developer Coffee Stain Studios acquired a 30% stake in Ghost Ship Games and agreed to publish their first game, Deep Rock Galactic.[3]
Coffee Stain Publishing released Deep Rock Galactic into early access on 28 February 2018.[4] Ghost Ship benefited from the community feedback that an early access model allowed for. Early reviews of the game were very positive and the game amassed 300,000 players by September 2018.[5] The game officially left early access after more than two years on 13 May 2020.[6]
In August 2021, Coffee Stain's parent company Embracer Group acquired the remaining 70% of Ghost Ship Games, which made the studio a subsidiary of Coffee Stain Holding.[7] In November 2021, Ghost Ship announced that Deep Rock Galactic had sold three million copies and would be ported to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in January 2022.[8][9] In June 2022 they announced they had sold 4 million copies.[10]
Ghost Ship Games announced a Publishing label for Danish game studios in February 2023.[11] The label's first three titles were subsequently announced as Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (a single player spinoff of Deep Rock Galactic), SpellRogue and DarkSwarm.[12]
Games developed
edit| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Deep Rock Galactic | Windows, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Series X/S | Coffee Stain Publishing |
| TBA | Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core | Windows | Ghost Ship Publishing |
Games published
edit| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Developer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | Windows | Funday Games |
| 2024 (Early Access)[13] | SpellRogue | Guidlight Games | |
| 2025 (Early Access)[14] | Dinolords | Northplay | |
| 2025 (Closed Alpha)[14] | Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core | Ghost Ship Games | |
| TBA | DarkSwarm | Bitfire Games |
References
edit- ^ Rochlin, Jason (17 December 2021). "Deep Rock Galactic Game Director Talks Rise From Six Founders to Three Million Players". Game Rant.
- ^ Carcasole, David (1 December 2021). "Rock And Stone! Ghost Ship Games CEO Søren Lundgaard Talks Deep Rock Galactic's Upcoming PlayStation Launch". PlayStation Universe.
- ^ Wray, Chris (27 February 2017). "Coffee Stain Studios: Expanding, Acquiring and Publishing". Wccftech.
- ^ Tanner Dedmon (14 February 2018). "Deep Rock Galactic Comes to Early Access, Game Preview This Month". Comic Book. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Ivy (19 September 2018). "Deep Rock Galactic and the advantages of open development". GamesIndustry.biz.
- ^ Ramée, Jordan. "Deep Rock Galatic [sic] Leaves Early Access This May". GameSpot.
- ^ Romano, Sal (4 August 2021). "Embracer Group acquires 3D Realms, CrazyLabs, Digixart, Easy Trigger, Force Field, Ghost Ship Games, Grimfrost, and Slipgate Ironworks". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Murray, Sean (11 November 2021). "Deep Rock Galactic Sells 3 Million Units". TheGamer.
- ^ Tailby, Stephen (December 2021). "Acclaimed Co-Op Shooter Deep Rock Galactic Digs Down to PS5, PS4 in January". Push Square.
- ^ "4 Million Units sold". June 2022.
- ^ Marshall, Cass (16 February 2023). "Deep Rock Galactic dev launches publishing label for Danish studios". Polygon. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ Brown, Andy (1 March 2023). "Ghost Ship Publishing unveils first three games it will be supporting". NME.
- ^ "SpellRogue on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Deep Rock Galactic - Hey miner! Wanna hear a lot more about Season 05? - Steam News". store.steampowered.com. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.