AAA Studio:Irrational Games
About
Irrational Games was founded in 1997 by three former
employees of another studio called Looking glass studios. In 2006 Take-Two
Interactive announced that they had purchased Irrational and plan to publish their
games on the 2K games label. Currently the Main studio is situated just outside
Boston in the USA.
Games
Irrational have worked on many games but the most successful
is the Bioshock Franchise.
-Bioshock
-Swat 4
-Freedom Force vs. the 3rd Reich
-Tribes: Vengeance
-Freedom force
-System shock 2
-Bioshock Infinite
There latest and most anticipated Release Bioshock Infinite takes
place in a steampunk city of Columbia, a floating city. The game is an intense 1st
person shooter that combines rich narrative and storytelling with unique and
interesting mechanics.
Company attitude
Although Irrational games is a large, successful and very professional
game studio the company likes to showcase their employees and takes into account
their achievements. They have a section on there website dedicated to featuring
employees that work at the company.
As a successful company they are also always on the lookout
for new talent, here is a quote from their jobs page “We will seriously consider your application even if we don’t have a
specific vacancy in your area of expertise listed” This shows that they understand
that it’s the employees talent that truly makes their games what they are.
Here is another quote to show a little more of what he
company is about,
“Irrational Games
offers generous salary packages and relocation within the US or
internationally. So if you’re interested in working at a studio that is at the
cutting edge of the industry, that makes awesome games, and that fosters
creativity and a sense of fun, then Irrational Games may just be the place for
you!”
Links
Gamefront.com (2013) Irrational games announces vita Bioshock project. Retrieved from http://cdn2.gamefront.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/irrationallogo.jpg?cda6c1
Ethungup.com (2013) Bioshock infinite. Retrieved from https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiya-uG17_Y_reGkrn-7cDCE77dxEojEL3iuayMWAOXBhiTXgvzebEGkjG9PVCC3i-s3UufYMxPSRnLmE-ytjlXJr19_BX88Mb4VZ3MEdfm0Qc1audpJov80P54KyXt12fxpCFYt4MAA/s1600/bioshock_infinite_2.jpg
Irrationalgames.com (2013) Retrieved from http://irrationalgames.com/studio/careers-at-irrational/
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