Feral Interactive

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Feral Interactive Limited is a British video games developer and publisher for macOS, Linux, iOS,[2] Android, Nintendo Switch,[3] Meta Quest and Microsoft Windows platforms. It was founded in 1996 to bring games to Mac and specialises in porting games to different platforms.[4][5]

Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded1996; 30 years ago (1996)
HeadquartersLondon, England
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Feral Interactive Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded1996; 30 years ago (1996)
HeadquartersLondon, England
Key people
  • David Stephen
  • Ian Bullock
  • Edwin Smith
  • Andrew Wood
Number of employees
100-150[1]
Websiteferalinteractive.com
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Feral have partnered with publishers like Square Enix Europe, 2K Games, Sega Europe, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Codemasters to port and publish their games for platforms that the publishers themselves are not supporting.[6] It has offered its games on digital download services like Direct2Drive since 2011.[6]

History

From 1996 to 2013, Feral Interactive published games exclusively for macOS. In June 2014, Feral released its first game for Linux, XCOM: Enemy Unknown.[7][8] In 2016, Feral launched multiplayer service Calico for its games.[9] In November 2016, Feral released its first game for iOS, Rome: Total War for iPad,[10] following in November 2017 with its first iOS release simultaneously for both iPhone and iPad, GRID Autosport.[11] Due to Apple Inc. discontinuation of support for 32-bit applications, 19 Mac games became unavailable.[12] Feral's first Android release, Rome: Total War, came in December 2018.[13] Feral Interactive released its first Nintendo Switch title, GRID Autosport, in September 2019.[14] Feral developed the remaster of Rome: Total War in collaboration with Creative Assembly, released in April 2021, which is its first game for Windows.[15] In July 2021 they cancelled their upcoming Linux port of Total War Saga: Troy citing lack of demand due to the availability of Proton,[16][17][18] and although they released a port of Total War: Warhammer III in 2022, they also confirmed none is planned for Total War: Pharaoh. They had previously declined to adapt their ports to support the Steam Deck.

Awards

In 2006, the Mac version of The Movies won a BAFTA Award for the best game in the Simulation category.[19] In 2012, the Mac version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution won a 2012 Apple Design Award as part of the Mac Developer Showcase.[20][21]

Games

More information Year, Title ...
Year Title Platform Original publisher Ref.
1995
  • Racing Days R
MacOS Kitt Peak [22]
1997 MacOS
1999 MacOS
2000 MacOS
2001 MacOS
2002 MacOS
2003 MacOS
2004 MacOS
2005 MacOS
2006 MacOS
2007 MacOS
2008 MacOS
2009 MacOS
2010 MacOS
2011 MacOS
2012 MacOS
2013 MacOS
2014 MacOS, Linux
MacOS
2015 MacOS, Linux
MacOS
2016 MacOS, Linux
MacOS
Linux
iPadOS
2017 MacOS, Linux
MacOS
Linux
iOS
iPadOS
2018 MacOS, Linux
iOS, Android
MacOS
iPadOS
2019 MacOS, Linux
Android, Nintendo Switch
iOS, Android
MacOS
Nintendo Switch
2020 iOS, Android
MacOS
iOS
2021 MacOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows
iOS, Android
Android
2022 iOS, Android
2023 iOS, Android
Nintendo Switch
2024 iOS, Android

[23]

  • Hitman: Blood Money - Reprisal
Nintendo Switch
  • Tropico for Meta Quest
Meta Quest
TBA MacOS
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