Re-Logic
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011)
FounderAndrew Spinks
Headquarters
Floyds Knobs, Indiana[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Products
Number of employees
11[2] (2024)
Websitere-logic.com

Re-Logic is an American independent game developer and publisher based in Indiana in the USA. It was founded by Andrew Spinks in 2011. The company is best known for developing and publishing Terraria, a 2D action-adventure sandbox video game. Re-Logic published Pixel Piracy and Pixel Privateers, both being developed by Quadro Delta.

History

Re-Logic was founded at the beginning of Terraria's development cycle, starting in January 2011, by Andrew Spinks.[3][4] The game was released for Microsoft Windows on 16 May 2011[5] and received multiple updates later on. In February 2012, Re-Logic's developers announced that Terraria would be receiving one final bug-fix patch,[6] but development resumed in 2013.[7] At E3 2019, Re-Logic announced the final update to the game. Update 1.4 Journey's End was released on 16 May 2020. Re-Logic stated that they wanted to work on other projects after this update.

Terraria has seen multiple console releases, which include the PlayStation 3 on 26 March 2013,[8] Xbox 360 on 27 March 2013,[8] the PlayStation Vita on 11 December 2013,[9] the PlayStation 4 on 11 November 2014,[10] the Xbox One on 14 November 2014,[11] the Nintendo 3DS on 10 December 2015,[12] and the Wii U in June 2016.[13] The game was also released for iOS on 29 August 2013,[14] for Android on 13 September 2013,[15] and for Windows Phone on 12 September 2014.[16]

The company published Pixel Piracy, a side-scrolling real-time strategy video game, for Windows, macOS, and Linux on 1 December 2013,[17] for the PlayStation 4 on 16 February 2016,[18] and for the Xbox One on 16 February 2016.[19] On 21 February 2017 Re-Logic published Pixel Privateers, a turn-based strategy video game for Windows.[20]

In February 2015, Re-Logic began development of Terraria: Otherworld, a game set in the same universe as Terraria. The game was announced in a teaser trailer on 16 February 2015,[21] however, on 13 April 2018, the game was cancelled due it being far behind schedule and far from the vision Re-Logic had for it.[22]

In 2019, in response to the increasing number of games becoming exclusive to the Epic Games Store, Re-Logic's vice president Whitney Spinks asserted that no Re-Logic titles would become Epic Games Store exclusives, adding that the company would never "sell [their] souls" for any amount of money.[23]

In February 2021, Andrew Spinks had a public falling out with Google over the unexplained suspension of Re-Logic/Spinks's Google account over three weeks prior,[24] losing access to his YouTube channel, Gmail, and Google Drive.[25] He announced that as a result, Terraria would not be coming to Stadia[26] and that Re-Logic will not release any new projects on Google platforms in the future.[27][28] A month later, Re-Logic settled with Google on the suspension of Spinks's Google account and confirmed that Terraria would be heading to Stadia.[29] The game was released on the platform in March 2021.[30]

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References

  1. ^ "Re-Logic". re-logic.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Re-Logic Team". Re-Logic. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. ^ Jongewaarde, Dana (29 April 2011). ""Minecraft: The Platformer"". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Re-Logic Official Website". Re-Logic. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  5. ^ Senior, Tom (16 May 2011). "2D Minecraft-alike Terraria is out today". PC Gamer. Future Publishing. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  6. ^ Pearson, Craig (22 February 2012). "Terraria Dev: "Time to move on"; Fans: "Nooooooo!"". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. ^ Skyes, Tom (26 January 2013). "Terraria creator asks what YOU would like to see in a possible update". PC Gamer. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. ^ a b Devore, Jordan (22 March 2013). "Terraria hits Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next week". Destructoid. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  9. ^ Phillips, Tom (28 March 2013). "Indie darling Terraria announced for PlayStation Vita". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Terraria for Playstation 4 Reviews". metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Terraria for Xbox One Reviews". metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  12. ^ Blake, Vikki (3 December 2015). "Terraria Release Date Confirmed for Nintendo 3DS". IGN. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  13. ^ Phillips, Tom (8 June 2015). "Terraria confirmed for 3Ds and Wii U". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  14. ^ Sliwinski, Alexander. "Terraria iOS out tomorrow". engadget. AOL. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  15. ^ Suszek, Mike. "PSA: Terraria grounded on Android". Engadget. AOL. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  16. ^ Sarkar, Samit (31 May 2013). "Terraria coming to iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8 this summer (update)". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  17. ^ "Pixel Piracy for PC Reviews". metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  18. ^ "Pixel Piracy for PlayStation 4 Reviews". metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  19. ^ "Pixel Piracy for Xbox One". metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  20. ^ "Pixel Privateers for PC Reviews". metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  21. ^ Murphy, Ted. "Terraria: Otherworld". Terraria. Re-Logic. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  22. ^ "Terraria: Overworld Canceled by Developers Re-Logic". Shacknews. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  23. ^ Winslow, Jeremy. "Terraria Dev Comes Out Strong Against Epic Games Store Exclusivity". GameSpot. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  24. ^ Spinks, Andrew [@Demilogic] (8 February 2021). "@Google my account has now been disabled for over 3 weeks. I still have no idea why, and after using every resource I have to get this resolved you have done nothing but given me the runaround" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  25. ^ Spinks, Andrew [@Demilogic] (8 February 2021). "My phone has lost access to thousands of dollars of apps on @GooglePlay. I had just bought LOTR 4K and can't finish it. My @googledrive data is completely gone. I can't access my @YouTube channel. The worst of all is losing access to my @gmail address of over 15 years" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  26. ^ Spinks, Andrew [@Demilogic] (8 February 2021). "I absolutely have not done anything to violate your terms of service, so I can take this no other way than you deciding to burn this bridge. Consider it burned. #Terraria for @GoogleStadia is canceled. My company will no longer support any of your platforms moving forward" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  27. ^ Spinks, Andrew [@Demilogic] (8 February 2021). "I will not be involved with a corporation that values their customers and partners so little. Doing business with you is a liability" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  28. ^ Terraria Devs: Google Boycott Includes Future Games, but Not Existing Ones - IGN, 8 February 2021, retrieved 11 February 2021
  29. ^ "Terraria developer and Google finally work out their beef". Android Police. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  30. ^ "Terraria arrives on Stadia after weeks of uncertainty". Engadget. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

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