Nadeo
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
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| Founded 📆 | 2000 |
| Founder 👔 | Florent Castelnerac |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Paris, France |
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| Parent | Ubisoft (2009-present) |
| 🌐 Website | nadeo |
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Nadeo (pronounced NĂ-dā-yō) is a French video game developer founded in 2000. The studio is best known for creating the racing game series TrackMania. Other games developed by Nadeo include the Virtual Skipper series and ShootMania. Nadeo's latest game was TrackMania (2020), which was released on July 1st, 2020. Since 2009, Nadeo has been a subsidiary of Ubisoft.[1]
History[edit]
Nadeo was founded in 2000 in Paris, France, by Florent Castelnérac. Their first game was Virtual Skipper 2, released in 2002. In 2003, Nadeo released the first entry in the TrackMania series, which received mixed to average reviews by critics.[2]. TrackMania reached over 700,000 unique players each month, and had 10 million registered players by 2009.[3] In 2009, Nadeo was acquired by Ubisoft for an undisclosed sum. Since 2019, Nadeo has hosted the TrackMania Grand League. [4]
In September 2020, CEO Florent Castelnérac was accused of abusive behavior and bullying towards his staff.[5][6]
Games developed[edit]
| Year | Title | Publisher(s) | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "Virtual Skipper 2" | Focus Home Interactive | Microsoft Windows |
| 2003 | "TrackMania" | Digital Jesters, Focus Home Interactive, Enlight Software, Buka Entertainment | |
| "Virtual Skipper 3" | Focus Home Interactive, Enlight Software | ||
| 2005 | "TrackMania Sunrise" | Digital Jesters, Enlight Software | |
| "Virtual Skipper 4" | Focus Home Interactive | ||
| 2006 | "TrackMania Nations ESWC" | Focus Home Interactive, Deep Silver | |
| "TrackMania United" | Deep Silver, Enlight Software, Buka Entertainment | ||
| 2007 | "Virtual Skipper 5" | Focus Home Interactive | |
| 2008 | "TrackMania Nations Forever" | ||
| "TrackMania United Forever" | |||
| 2011 | "TrackMania 2: Canyon" | Ubisoft | |
| 2013 | "TrackMania 2: Valley" | ||
| "TrackMania 2: Stadium" | |||
| 2016 | "TrackMania Turbo" | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| 2020 | "TrackMania" | Microsoft Windows |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ubisoft acquires TrackMania developer Nadeo". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ↑ "TrackMania (2003)". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ↑ "Ubisoft Buys TrackMania Developers Nadeo". Kotaku. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ↑ TRACKMANIA GRAND LEAGUE 'BETA EDITION' - ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER, retrieved 2021-06-27
- ↑ "Ubisoft has reportedly made minimal changes following abuse allegations". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ↑ "Ubisoft reportedly made minimal changes following abuse allegations". NME. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
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