Slant Six Games was a Canadian

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developer founded in 2005. The company's name is derived from the 1959 Chrysler engine of the same name. Slant Six Games' studio was based in

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. They were voted the 7th best company to work for in British Columbia by BC Business 2011. Slant Six Games has released three games published by

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: '' SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Tactical Strike'' which was named the best PSP multiplayer experience at E3 2007 and '' SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 3'' for the PlayStation Portable as well as '' SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Confrontation for

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''. In March 2012, Slant Six Games launched '' Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City'' as part of the ''

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'' franchise. The game has been called "a big success" by the publisher Capcom for shipping two million copies within two months of the release date. ''Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City'' is Capcom's 16th best selling title. In November 2012, Slant Six Games released their first original title ''The Bowling Dead'' for

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devices. In 2013, in collaboration with

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, Slant Six Games released ''Galactic Reign''. They also released ''Max's Pirate Planet - A Board Game Adventure'' that same year. In June 2013, Slant Six Games laid off the last of their employees.

Games

Hexane Engine

Hexane is a complete game engine developed by Slant Six Games for console, PC and mobile games.

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