Masthead Studios is a

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, founded in 2005, specializing in

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s. Their latest PC game developed and published was ''Soul Grabber'', released on

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in 2019.

Development history

''Fallout Online''

It was announced in April 2009 that Interplay were working with Masthead Studios to complete work on '' Fallout Online'', a ''Fallout'' universe-based

. In September of the same year, Bethesda began legal action against Interplay about the project, because Interplay had sought to recruit Masthead Studios to develop the MMO eleven days after Bethesda had revoked the ''Fallout'' license. The result was that all rights granted to Interplay to develop a ''Fallout'' online game were returned to Bethesda.

''Earthrise''

Masthead Studios' first independent project, ''

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'', was released in February 2011. ''Earthrise'' and its engine were in development for six years. At the beginning of 2012, the ownership and management of the game was transferred to Silent Future, a

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-based company, for further development.

''Guns and Robots''

Masthead Studios is developing an online shooter game called '' Guns and Robots'', featuring robot customization. The game is offered in free-to-play format. The graphics and atmosphere of the game are produced with the Unity game engine. The development started with an initial limited

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test, followed by an open beta released in January 2013. After the success of the open beta phase, ''Guns and Robots'' has been approved on Steam Greenlight and is available on Steam for purchase.

Minor releases

The company released the game ''Soul Grabber'' on Steam in 2019. ''Mr Robo Gun: Bullets Ricochet Puzzle'' was also released as an Android mobile game in 2020.

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.mastheadstudios.com Video game development companies Video game companies of Bulgaria Companies based in Sofia Video game companies established in 2005 Bulgarian companies established in 2005