Gunfire Games

Gunfire Games is an Austin-based American video game developer focused on action-adventure games, action RPGs, cooperative shooters, and virtual-reality experiences. Founded in July 2014 by David Adams and former Crytek USA developers, the studio brought together a team with earlier roots in Vigil Games and the Darksiders franchise.

The company began with virtual-reality development for Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR, creating titles including Herobound: Spirit Champion, Herobound Gladiators, Dead and Buried, and Chronos. Its work subsequently expanded into larger-scale action productions, including Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition, Darksiders III, and the co-developed Darksiders Genesis.

Games and capabilities

Gunfire develops full-cycle, multiplatform games for PC, console, and VR platforms. Its supported capabilities include:

• Third-person action combat and action-RPG mechanics
• Cooperative multiplayer systems
• Level, environment, and narrative design
• Unreal Engine 4 and Unreal Engine 5 development
• Procedural world generation and dark-fantasy or post-apocalyptic world-building
• Real-time visual effects and UI/UX production

The studio is particularly associated with the Remnant series. Remnant: From the Ashes launched in 2019, followed by Chronos: Before the Ashes in 2020 and Remnant II in 2023. Remnant II surpassed one million copies sold during its first week and later received the expansions The Awakened King, The Forgotten Kingdom, and The Dark Horizon.

THQ Nordic acquired Gunfire Games in August 2019. The studio remains active as a wholly owned THQ Nordic subsidiary and continues work on major action-adventure releases, including the announced Darksiders 4. Its development approach combines authored combat and world design with cooperative systems and technical production for contemporary multiplatform releases.