Guerrilla Games
Guerrilla began on 1 January 2000 as Lost Boys Games, formed by merging three small Dutch developers, and took the Guerrilla name in 2003. Sony bought it in 2005. Its engine, first used for Killzone: Shadow Fall in 2013, got the name Decima in 2017, when Guerrilla began sharing it with Kojima Productions.
History
- 1 January 2000. Lost Boys Games formed by merging Orange Games, Digital Infinity and Formula Game Development.
- 2003. Studio acquired by Media Republic and renamed Guerrilla Games.
- December 2005. Sony Computer Entertainment bought out the whole of Guerrilla.
- November 2013. Decima engine released with Killzone: Shadow Fall.
- 24 February 2017. Guerrilla announced it was sharing Decima with Kojima Productions and opening Kojima Amsterdam.
- 2017. Horizon Zero Dawn released on PlayStation 4.
- 18 February 2022. Horizon Forbidden West released.
Engines
- Decima (in-house): Killzone: Shadow Fall (2013), Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West; shared with Kojima Productions
In their words
we’re sharing our engine, and collaborating on the future of it
Michiel van der Leeuw, Technical Director, Guerrilla Games, 24 February 2017. Source: Guerrilla Games.
Guerrilla Games games on Gamenator
Each game links to its article; engines and genres link to our pages.
Read the story: Decima: how Guerrilla gave Kojima its engine on a stick.
At a glance
- Founded
- 2000, as Lost Boys Games; Guerrilla from 2003
- Founders
- Arjan Brussee, Martin de Ronde, Michiel Mol, Arnout van der Kamp
- Headquarters
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Owner
- Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation Studios)
- Status
- Active
- Website
- guerrilla-games.com
Sources
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- Guerrilla Games — Wikipedia
- Introducing Decima — Guerrilla Games
- Decima (game engine) — Wikipedia
- Guerrilla Games — Guerrilla Games
Image credits
- The Guerrilla Games building in Amsterdam, July 2026 — Skorp24. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP
