Smoking Gun Interactive

Smoking Gun Interactive Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Founders
  • John Johnson
  • Drew Dunlop
  • Angie Pytlewski
Headquarters
Vancouver
,
Canada
Products
ParentKeywords Studios (2022–present)
Websitesmokingguninc.com

Smoking Gun Interactive Inc. (SGI) is a Canadian video game developer based in Vancouver. It is known for developing medieval MMO tower defense game Age of Empires: Castle Siege,[1] which is published by Microsoft Studios.[2]

Smoking Gun was founded in 2007 by John Johnson, Drew Dunlop and Angie Pytlewski,[3] former developers from Relic Entertainment, who produced the Company of Heroes series.[4][5] In September 2022, the company agreed to be acquired by Keywords Studios.[3]

  1. ^ McWhertor, Michael (25 August 2014). "The new Age of Empires is a fast-paced, touch-based game for Windows 8". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ^ "When Company of Heroes vets build the next Age of Empires..." Gamasutra. August 28, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Rousseau, Jeffrey (21 September 2022). "Keywords Studios to acquire game developer Smoking Gun". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  4. ^ "The 10 New Studios To Watch In 2008". MCV. Develop. January 2, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  5. ^ "Smoking Gun working with author Douglas Rushkoff on new title". VG247. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2017.