Slipgate Ironworks
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- Founded
- 2010
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 1
About Slipgate Ironworks
Slipgate Ironworks is a Danish game development studio based in Aalborg, working across PC and console games. Its work centres on first-person shooters, action games and real-time strategy, combining original development with co-development, remasters and platform conversions. The studio draws on classic game design while adapting projects and older technology for contemporary hardware.
Its development services cover concept development, pre-production, gameplay mechanics, art, engineering and release management. External production support includes level design, environment and character art, animation, visual effects, technical design and programming. Alongside full game production, the studio undertakes console porting and optimization for PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch platforms.
Development and technical range
The studio works with Unreal Engine 4 and 5, Unity and the BUILD engine. Its technical capabilities include rapid prototyping, engine modernization and adapting legacy PC codebases for native console support. This combination supports both modern productions and projects rooted in older shooter technology.
Its portfolio spans several distinct production roles. It developed the 2013 reboot of Rise of the Triad, followed by Bombshell and Rad Rodgers. Later development work includes Graven and Phantom Fury. Collaborative projects include Ghostrunner with One More Level and Tempest Rising with 2B Games. Console conversion work includes Ancestors Legacy, Daymare: 1998, Metamorphosis and Wrath: Aeon of Ruin.
Company background
The business began in Herning in 2010 as Interceptor Entertainment. It adopted the Slipgate Studios name in 2017 and became Slipgate Ironworks in March 2019. Its longstanding relationship with sister company and publishing partner 3D Realms developed after Interceptor’s co-owner SDN Invest acquired that publisher in 2014.
Slipgate joined Saber Interactive through an Embracer Group acquisition in 2021. Following Saber’s transition to Beacon Interactive in 2024, the studio continued operating within Saber’s development network, maintaining a portfolio that combines its own productions with collaborative development and technical support.
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Leadership and production organization
- Frederik Schreiber founded the business and is identified in the report as managing director.
- In 2022, the studio reported more than 200 developers organized into multiple internal project teams, combining internal productions with console porting contracts. This is historical staffing context rather than a current headcount.
Historical milestones
- The studio sold the Rad Rodgers intellectual property to THQ Nordic during its 2017 restructuring.
- The 2019 name change followed an agreement with John Romero to use his dormant Slipgate Ironworks name and trademark. It addressed confusion with a separate Las Vegas VR developer; the Danish business did not merge with Romero's former California company.
- Slipgate Ironworks and 3D Realms experienced layoffs in late 2023 and early 2024 during broader Embracer Group restructuring.
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Where Slipgate Ironworks is based
- Sofiendalsvej 88a, 1 t.v., 9200 Aalborg SV, DenmarkAalborg, Denmark
Aalborg office
HeadquartersCentral development headquarters housing core management, administration, art, level design and porting engineers.
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