Re-Logic is an American

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based in Indiana. It was founded by Andrew Spinks in 2011. The company is best known for developing and publishing ''

Terraria ''Terraria'' is an action-adventure sandbox game developed by Re-Logic. The game was first released for Windows on May 16, 2011, and has since been ported to several other platforms. The game features exploration, crafting, building, painting ...

'', a 2D

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sandbox

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. Re-Logic published '' Pixel Piracy'' and ''Pixel Privateers'', both were developed by Quadro Delta.

History

Re-Logic was founded at the beginning of ''

''s development cycle, starting in January 2011, by Andrew Spinks. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on 16 May 2011 and received multiple updates later on. In February 2012, Re-Logic's developers announced that ''Terraria'' would be receiving one final bug-fix patch, but development resumed in 2013. At E3 2019, Re-Logic announced the final update to the game. Update 1.4 ''Journey's End'' was released on 16 May 2020. Re-Logic stated that they wanted to work on other projects after this update. ''Terraria'' has seen multiple console releases, which include the

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on 26 March 2013,

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on 27 March 2013, the

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on 11 December 2013, the

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on 11 November 2014, the

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on 14 November 2014, the

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on 10 December 2015, and the

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in June 2016. The game was also released for iOS on 29 August 2013, for Android on 13 September 2013, and for Windows Phone on 12 September 2014. The company published '' Pixel Piracy'', a side-scrolling

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video game, for Windows,

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, and

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on 1 December 2013, for the PlayStation 4 on 16 February 2016, and for the Xbox One on 16 February 2016. On 21 February 2017 Re-Logic published ''Pixel Privateers'', a

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video game for Windows. In February 2015, Re-Logic began development of ''Terraria: Otherworld'', a game set in the same universe as ''Terraria''. The game was announced in a teaser trailer on 16 February 2015, however, on 13 April 2018, the game was cancelled due it being far behind schedule and far from the vision Re-Logic had for it. In 2019, in response to the increasing number of games becoming exclusive to the

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, Re-Logic's vice president Whitney Spinks asserted that no Re-Logic titles would become Epic Games Store exclusives, adding that the company would never "sell heirsouls" for any amount of money. In 2021, Andrew Spinks had a public falling out with

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over the unexplained suspension of Re-Logic/Spinks's Google account over three weeks prior, losing access to his

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channel,

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, and

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. He announced that as a result, ''Terraria'' would not be coming to Stadia and that Re-Logic will not release any new projects on Google platforms in the future. A month later, Re-Logic settled with Google on the suspension of Spinks's Google account and confirms that Terraria will be heading to Stadia.

Games

Developed

* ''

'' (2011)

Published

* '' Pixel Piracy'' (2015) * ''Pixel Privateers'' (2017)

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://re-logic.com/ American companies established in 2011 Video game companies established in 2011 Indie video game developers Privately held companies based in Indiana Video game companies of the United States 2011 establishments in Indiana Video game development companies