Runner Duck

Runner Duck Games Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FoundedDecember 2016; 8 years ago (2016-12)
Founder
  • Dave Miller
  • Jon Wingrove
Headquarters
UK
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
OwnerCatalis Group (2016–2019) NorthEdge Capital (2019–present)
Members4

Runner Duck is a video game developer headquartered in the UK.[1] It was founded by Dave Miller and Jon Wingrove in 2016.[2]

History

Runner Duck was founded in December 2016 as an independent games development studio by former AAA, casual and mobile game developers Dave Miller and Jon Wingrove.[3] The founders had previously worked on popular games such as Race Driver: Grid,[4] Colin McRae: DiRT 2,[5] and the Buzz! series.[6][3]

Runner Duck released their first game, Bomber Crew in October 2017, published by Curve Games.[7]

In 2018, Runner Duck won the MCV/Develop Award for "Best New Studio".[8]

In March 2019, Curve Games parent company Catalis Group acquired Runner Duck with the aim of continuing the "crew" franchise with Curve Games as the publisher.[2][1]

Games developed

Title Year Platform(s)
Bomber Crew 2017 Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
Space Crew 2020 Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch

References

  1. ^ a b "Runner Duck Games Company Profile: Acquisition & Investors". Pitchbook.
  2. ^ a b "Curve Digital acquires Bomber Crew developer, Runner Duck". MCV.
  3. ^ a b "How I learnt to stop worrying and love the Bomb: Runner Duck on its FTL-style WW2 game Bomber Crew".
  4. ^ "GRID (2008) Windows credits - MobyGames".
  5. ^ "DiRT 2 (2009) Windows credits - Mobygames".
  6. ^ "Buzz!: Quiz TV (2008) Playstation 3 credits".
  7. ^ "Bomber Crew - Curve Games".
  8. ^ "Winners 2018 Develop Awards".