Digital Homicide Studios
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| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | June 11, 2014 |
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| Headquarters | Yuma, Arizona, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | The Slaughtering Grounds |
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Digital Homicide Studios L.L.C. is an American video game developer based in Yuma, Arizona. It was founded on June 11, 2014 by brothers James and Robert Romine. The company has used multiple pseudonyms on their releases, including Imminent Uprising and Every Click Counts Games (short ECC Games). Their first game, Forsaken Uprising, was released into Steam Early Access on August 14, 2014, and fully released on December 3, 2014.
Digital Homicide Studios' second game, The Slaughtering Grounds, was released on October 31, 2014. The game was criticized for its poor graphics, numerous glitches, bad controls, short music loops, and use of pre-made models and textures not made by the developer.[1] It was also the subject of an impressions video by Jim Sterling (formerly of The Escapist), in which he accused the developers of deleting negative feedback on the game from Steam's review page, as well as banning users who criticized it.[1] The developers responded by filing a take down notice over Sterling's video.[1]
On March 4, 2016, James Romine filed a lawsuit against Sterling for "assault, libel, and slander", seeking over US$10 million in damages,[2][3] which was later upped to US$15 million.[4] On September 12, 2016, Romine filed an additional lawsuit against 100 Steam users for "personal injury" for a total sum of US$18 million.[5] This was followed by a request for a subpoena against Valve Corporation for the identities of those 100 users.[5][6] Later that day, Valve removed the entire catalog of Digital Homicide Studios, consisting of 21 games and 15 pieces of downloadable content, from Steam, stating that Valve had "stopped doing business with Digital Homicide for being hostile to Steam customers."[4] On October 2, 2016, Digital Homicide Studios dropped the lawsuit against the Steam users, with Romine stating the studio was "destroyed" due to the lawsuit.[7]
Games developed
| Year | Title | Developed as | Published as | Released on |
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| 2014 | The Slaughtering Grounds | Imminent Uprising | Digital Homicide Studios | October 31, 2014 |
| Forsaken Uprising | Imminent Uprising | Digital Homicide Studios | December 3, 2014 | |
| 2015 | Temper Tantrum | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | May 22, 2015 |
| Deadly Profits | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | May 29, 2015 | |
| Medieval Mercs | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | July 1, 2015 | |
| Devils Share | Every Click Counts Games | Game Portal Publishing | July 31, 2015 | |
| Attrition: Nuclear Domination | Micro Strategic Game Designs | Micro Strategic Game Designs | August 7, 2015 | |
| Galactic Hitman | Every Click Counts Games | Game Portal Publishing | September 17, 2015 | |
| 2016 | Krog Wars | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | April 12, 2016 |
| Starship: Nova Strike | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | April 12, 2016 | |
| Dungeons of Kragmor | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | April 29, 2016 | |
| Mini Attack Submarine | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | May 27, 2016 | |
| Winged Knights: Penetration | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | May 27, 2016 | |
| Withering Kingdom: Arcane War | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | May 27, 2016 | |
| Wyatt Derp | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | May 27, 2016 | |
| Wyatt Derp 2: Peacekeeper | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | May 27, 2016 | |
| The Decimation of Olarath | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | June 17, 2016 | |
| Gnarltoof's Revenge | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | June 17, 2016 | |
| Paranormal Psychosis | Digital Homicide Studios | Digital Homicide Studios | June 20, 2016 | |
| Withering Kingdom: Flurry of Arrows | R. Romine | R. Romine | August 26, 2016 | |
| Operation: Global Shield | J. Romine | Digital Homicide Studios | September 2, 2016 |
References
- 1 2 3 Sterling, Jim (November 10, 2014). "The Slaughtering Grounds: A Steam Meltdown Story". The Escapist. Defy Media. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ↑ Klepek, Patrick (March 17, 2016). "Angered Game Developer Sues Critic Jim Sterling For $10 Million". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ↑ Cosimano, Mike (March 17, 2016). "Indie developer Digital Homicide sues Jim Sterling". Destructoid. ModernMethod. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- 1 2 Parsons, Don (September 16, 2016). "[Updated] Digital Homicide's Games Removed From Steam". TechRaptor. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- 1 2 Grosso, Robert (September 16, 2016). "Digital Homicide Suing 100 Steam Users for 18 Million". TechRaptor. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ↑ Good, Owen S. (September 17, 2016). "Steam removes games of developer seeking subpoena for users' information (Correction)". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ↑ Good, Owen S. (October 3, 2016). "Developer seeking Steam users' identities for lawsuit withdraws case, saying his studio 'is destroyed'". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved October 3, 2016.