4A Games
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| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 2005 in Kiev, Ukraine |
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| Headquarters | Sliema, Malta |
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Number of locations
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2 studios (2016) |
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| Products | Metro series |
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Number of employees
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100+ (2016) |
| Website | 4a-games |
4A Games Limited is a Ukrainian video game developer based in Sliema, Malta. The company was founded in Kiev, Ukraine in 2005, and moved its headquarters to Malta in 2014. It is best known for developing the Metro video game franchise.
4A Games was formed in Kiev, Ukraine in 2005 by Oles Shishkovstov and Alexander Maximchuk, former employees of GSC Game World. In 2006, the company started operations and began development on the 4A Engine, which would be used in 4A Games' forthcoming title, Metro 2033.
The company's first game was Metro 2033, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. Work on the project began in 2006, which was first unveiled to the public during the 2009 Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. The game was announced to the press via publisher THQ and Nvidia, who worked with the developers to integrate PhysX functionality. The game was released in March 2010 on the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows to generally favorable reviews.
Following their initial success, 4A Games began work on the sequel, Metro: Last Light, which was announced during the 2011 E3 convention. The game faced several issues during its production, whose release date was delayed from 2012 to 2013. The most significant setback for the company occurred in January 2013, when the game's publisher, THQ, closed down after declaring bankruptcy and auctioning off its intellectual properties. The publishing rights to the Metro 2033 franchise, including the sequel, were sold to Koch Media for $5.8 million on 22 January, allowing the company to finish making the game.Metro: Last Light was finally released on 14 May 2013, and was published by Koch Media's video game label, Deep Silver.
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