Red 5 Studios
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| Subsidiary of The9 | |
| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California, United States |
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| Website | http://www.red5studios.com/ |
Red 5 Studios was an American computer game company that was known for its prior high ratio of former employees of Blizzard Entertainment. The founders previously worked on World of Warcraft.Mark Kern was a team lead, William Petras was Art Director, and Taewon Yun was part of the company's Korean operation which oversaw the launch of World of Warcraft in Asia. The company will be focusing on creating Massively Multiplayer Online Entertainment. They were developing Firefall before it was revealed that all of the staff had been let go in July 2016.
In March 2010 it was revealed that Chinese company The9 has acquired a majority stake in Red 5.
In early 2007, Red 5 Studios launched a campaign to increase the size of the organization by recruiting the top game developers in the industry. Citing a lack of success using conventional recruiting methods, Red 5 turned to San Francisco-based Pool and Orange County-based Airbag Industries, to help them send a personalized recruiting pitch to each of the 100 prospective hires.
In early February, the project was completed, and each of the "dream hires" was delivered a package containing 5 nested art boxes, with an iPod Shuffle containing a personalized message in the center. As of June 2007, three of the candidates had joined Red 5, and a fourth was being interviewed.
On April 23, 2009, Red 5 Studios announced the closing of their Shanghai office.
In January 2010 Red 5 laid off about 30 people.
In March 2010 an announcement revealed that Chinese company The9 acquired majority shares in Red 5.
On September 8, 2010, Red 5 Studios revealed Firefall at PAX Prime in Seattle, Washington.
In July 2011, Red 5 announced a collaboration with Orson Scott Card, author of the science fiction novel Ender's Game, as writer of the Firefall story as well as the creation of a manga novel co-written by his daughter Emily Janice Card and drawn by Joe Ng.
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