Re-Logic
Re-Logic is an American independent game developer and publisher based in Indiana. It was founded by Andrew Spinks in 2011. The company is best known for developing and publishing Terraria, a 2D action-adventure sandbox video game. Re-Logic published Pixel Piracy and Pixel Privateers, both being developed by Quadro Delta.
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 2011 |
Founder | Andrew Spinks |
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Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | 10[2][3] (2023) |
Website | re-logic |
History
Re-Logic was founded at the beginning of Terraria's development cycle, starting in January 2011, by Andrew Spinks.[4][5] The game was released for Microsoft Windows on 16 May 2011[6] and received multiple updates later on. In February 2012, Re-Logic's developers announced that Terraria would be receiving one final bug-fix patch,[7] but development resumed in 2013.[8] At E3 2019, Re-Logic announced the final update to the game. Update 1.4 Journey's End was released on 16 May 2020. Re-Logic stated that they wanted to work on other projects after this update.
Terraria has seen multiple console releases, which include the PlayStation 3 on 26 March 2013,[9] Xbox 360 on 27 March 2013,[9] the PlayStation Vita on 11 December 2013,[10] the PlayStation 4 on 11 November 2014,[11] the Xbox One on 14 November 2014,[12] the Nintendo 3DS on 10 December 2015,[13] and the Wii U in June 2016.[14] The game was also released for iOS on 29 August 2013,[15] for Android on 13 September 2013,[16] and for Windows Phone on 12 September 2014.[17]
The company published Pixel Piracy, a side-scrolling real-time strategy video game, for Windows, macOS, and Linux on 1 December 2013,[18] for the PlayStation 4 on 16 February 2016,[19] and for the Xbox One on 16 February 2016.[20] On 21 February 2017 Re-Logic published Pixel Privateers, a turn-based strategy video game for Windows.[21]
In February 2015, Re-Logic began development of Terraria: Otherworld, a game set in the same universe as Terraria. The game was announced in a teaser trailer on 16 February 2015,[22] however, on 13 April 2018, the game was cancelled due it being far behind schedule and far from the vision Re-Logic had for it.[23]
In 2019, in response to the increasing number of games becoming exclusive to the Epic Games Store, Re-Logic's vice president Whitney Spinks asserted that no Re-Logic titles would become Epic Games Store exclusives, adding that the company would never "sell [their] souls" for any amount of money.[24]
In February 2021, Andrew Spinks had a public falling out with Google over the unexplained suspension of Re-Logic/Spinks's Google account over three weeks prior,[25] losing access to his YouTube channel, Gmail, and Google Drive.[26] He announced that as a result, Terraria would not be coming to Stadia[27] and that Re-Logic will not release any new projects on Google platforms in the future.[28][29] A month later, Re-Logic settled with Google on the suspension of Spinks's Google account and confirmed that Terraria would be heading to Stadia.[30] The game was released on the platform in March 2021.[31]
References
- "Re-Logic". re-logic.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- "Re-Logic Team". Re-Logic. Re-Logic. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- Hagues, Alana (24 February 2023). "Jason 'Leinfors' Parker, Popular QA Tester On Terraria, Has Passed Away". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- Jongewaarde, Dana (29 April 2011). ""Minecraft: The Platformer"". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "Re-Logic Official Website". Re-Logic. Re-Logic. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- Senior, Tom (16 May 2011). "2D Minecraft-alike Terraria is out today". PC Gamer. Future Publishing. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- Pearson, Craig (22 February 2012). "Terraria Dev: "Time to move on"; Fans: "Nooooooo!"". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- Skyes, Tom (26 January 2013). "Terraria creator asks what YOU would like to see in a possible update". PC Gamer. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- Devore, Jordan (22 March 2013). "Terraria hits Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next week". Destructoid. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- Phillips, Tom (28 March 2013). "Indie darling Terraria announced for PlayStation Vita". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- "Terraria for Playstation 4 Reviews". metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- "Terraria for Xbox One Reviews". metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- Blake, Vikki (3 December 2015). "Terraria Release Date Confirmed for Nintendo 3DS". IGN. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- Phillips, Tom (8 June 2015). "Terraria confirmed for 3Ds and Wii U". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- Sliwinski, Alexander. "Terraria iOS out tomorrow". engadget. AOL. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- Suszek, Mike. "PSA: Terraria grounded on Android". Engadget. AOL. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- Sarkar, Samit (31 May 2013). "Terraria coming to iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8 this summer (update)". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- "Pixel Piracy for PC Reviews". metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- "Pixel Piracy for PlayStation 4 Reviews". metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- "Pixel Piracy for Xbox One". metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- "Pixel Privateers for PC Reviews". metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- Murphy, Ted. "Terraria: Otherworld". Terraria. Re-Logic. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- "Terraria: Overworld Canceled by Developers Re-Logic". Shacknews. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- Winslow, Jeremy. "Terraria Dev Comes Out Strong Against Epic Games Store Exclusivity". GameSpot. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Spinks, Andrew [@Demilogic] (8 February 2021). "@Google my account has now been disabled for over 3 weeks. I still have no idea why, and after using every resource I have to get this resolved you have done nothing but given me the runaround" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Twitter.
- Spinks, Andrew [@Demilogic] (8 February 2021). "My phone has lost access to thousands of dollars of apps on @GooglePlay. I had just bought LOTR 4K and can't finish it. My @googledrive data is completely gone. I can't access my @YouTube channel. The worst of all is losing access to my @gmail address of over 15 years" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Twitter.
- Spinks, Andrew [@Demilogic] (8 February 2021). "I absolutely have not done anything to violate your terms of service, so I can take this no other way than you deciding to burn this bridge. Consider it burned. #Terraria for @GoogleStadia is canceled. My company will no longer support any of your platforms moving forward" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Twitter.
- Spinks, Andrew [@Demilogic] (8 February 2021). "I will not be involved with a corporation that values their customers and partners so little. Doing business with you is a liability" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Twitter.
- Terraria Devs: Google Boycott Includes Future Games, but Not Existing Ones - IGN, 8 February 2021, retrieved 11 February 2021
- "Terraria developer and Google finally work out their beef". Android Police. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- "Terraria arrives on Stadia after weeks of uncertainty". Engadget. Retrieved 6 April 2023.