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Iron Lore Entertainment was a
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that was founded in October 2000 by Brian Sullivan and Paul Chieffo.


History

In late June 2006, the company released ''
Titan Quest ''Titan Quest'' is a 2006 action role-playing game developed by Iron Lore Entertainment and published by THQ for Windows, first physically and then in 2007 through Steam. A mobile port was developed by DotEmu and published in 2016, and versio ...
'', an
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for
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. ''Titan Quest'' is set in ancient
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,
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,
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and
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, and makes use of the mythology of those civilizations. The company released an expansion pack, '' Titan Quest: Immortal Throne'', in March 2007. Iron Lore received the New Studio award at the 7th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement of a studio whose first title was released in 2006. It was announced in the October 2007 issue of Games for Windows Magazine that Iron Lore Entertainment was assisting with the development of the
Relic Entertainment Relic Entertainment Inc. (formerly known as THQ Canada Inc.) is a Canadian video game developer based in Vancouver, founded in 1997. The studio specializes in real-time strategy games and is known for series such as '' Homeworld'', '' Warhammer 4 ...
title '' Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm'', which was the third and final expansion for ''
Dawn of War ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War'' is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame ''Warhammer 40,000''. It was released by THQ on September 20, 2004 in No ...
''. It proved to be their last project. On February 27, 2008, it was announced that Iron Lore Entertainment had closed down owing to an inability to secure funding for its next project.


Legacy

Following the closure, former members of Iron Lore formed a new company called
Crate Entertainment Crate Entertainment is an American independent video game developer based in Massachusetts. The company was publicly announced on February 18, 2008 by former members of Iron Lore Entertainment. History Following Iron Lore Entertainment's fail ...
.


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