Zyrinx was a video game developer founded in 1992 in

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. It consisted exclusively of people who had been active in the

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demo scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including composer

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. The first game developed by Zyrinx was Subterrania for the

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. During the development, the team relocated to

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. Later, the team developed the games Red Zone and Scorcher. Zyrinx's 3D rendering technology was showcased in a

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promotion video. The team dissolved in 1998 because their publisher

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went bankrupt.MobyGames – Zyrinx
/ref> In 1998, the Zyrinx team reformed under the name Reto-Moto and went on to create IO Interactive and the Hitman series of games. In April 2008 the Reto-Moto teamHitman devs go solo with Reto-Moto - Xbox 360 News at GameSpot
/ref> announced they had reformed the company and are working on multiplayer focused games.

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