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| Company type | Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | Seattle, Washington, U.S. (1995) |
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| Defunct | 2010 |
| Fate | Merged into Monolith Productions |
| Successor | Monolith Productions |
| Headquarters | Kirkland, Washington, U.S. |
Key people | Alan Patmore, co-founder and studio head Stuart Denman, co-founder and studio technology director |
| Owner | Time Warner |
| Parent | Midway Games (2004–2009) Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (2009–2010) |
| Website | surreal |
Surreal Software was an American video game developer based in Kirkland, Washington, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Suffering and Drakan series. Surreal Software employed over 130 designers, artists, and programmers. Surreal was acquired by Warner Bros. Games during the bankruptcy of Midway Games in July 2009. After a significant layoff in January 2011, the remaining employees were integrated into WBG's Kirkland offices, along with developers Monolith and Snowblind.
The studio last worked on This Is Vegas, a title which was scheduled to be released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows.[1] The first screenshots, video and game information for This Is Vegas were unveiled the week of February 4, 2008, at IGN.[2]