Outrage Games (formerly Outrage Entertainment) was an American

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based in

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. Founded in December 1997 by Matt Toschlog as part of the split-up of

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, the company developed ''

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'' (released in 1999) and '' Alter Echo'' (2003). The company was acquired by THQ in April 2002 and shut down in 2003.

History

Outrage was founded by Matt Toschlog after he and his business partner, Mike Kulas, decided to split up their venture

into two separate companies. The split was formally announced on December 1, 1997, in which Toschlog formed Outrage and Kulas established Volition. Outrage first developed ''

'', a successor to Parallax's '' Descent 2''. ''Descent 3'' was released in June 1999 to a poor sales performance. On April 4, 2002, THQ announced that it had acquired Outrage to undisclosed terms. ''Rubu Tribe'', a game that had been in development at Outrage and was to be published by

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, was subsequently canceled. In 2003, Outrage developed the

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of Volition's '' Red Faction II'' for

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and

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. The studio's next game, '' Alter Echo'', was released the same year. As a result of

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measures taken by THQ, Outrage was shut down sometime during THQ's first

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of 2003, which ended on June 30.

Games developed

Canceled

References

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