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Ironhide Game Studio

Ironhide Game Studio is a video game studio based in Montevideo, Uruguay since January 26, 2010. Founded by Alvaro Azofra, Gonzalo Sande y Pablo Realini, creators of the Kingdom Rush saga.

First steps

The first steps the studio made were taking the Clash of the Olympians project, a action defense game where you embody a Greek hero who has to defend your temple from hordes of mythological creatures. The game was released on August 27, 2010, after the studio’s second game Soccer Challenge - World Cup Edition about the Football World Cup of 2010, released on June 26 of the same year.

The beginning of the Kingdom Rush era

Kingdom Rush was released on July 28th of 2011. Belonging to the Tower Defense genre it marked a new path for it, first being available in flash version, where it was played over three hundred million times. It became quickly a huge success in all web game portals like one of the best rated games. After the huge release and success on web portals, the team started to work on an iPad version.

The game received numerous awards and marked a new era for mobile Tower Defense games.

Awards

Game of the Year 2011 - Jayisgames

Best Strategy Game 2011 - Jayisgames

Editor's Choice 2011 - IGN

Must have - Slide to Play

Editor's Choice - 148Apps

Gold Award - Pocket Gamer

After the big success of Kingdom Rush on iPad, being the #2 top paid app in the US and #1 in many other countries around the world, the possibility of a Kingdom Rush iPhone version started. The game was adapted and released for the small screen on mid 2012.

The second Kingdom Rush is released

After a year and a half of production, Kingdom Rush Frontiers gets to the App Store on June 6th of 2013. The first sequel had the same key aspects as the original one, being an instant success hitting the #1 spot in sales on more than 40 countries. On September 26th the game is released for Android.

Awards

Best Strategy Game 2013 - Armorgames

Game of the Year 2013 - Armorgames

Editor's Choice - AppStore

Kingdom Rush Steam release

On 2014 the first Kingdom Rush gets into the PC gaming world, this time with full HD graphics, all heroes unlocked and some extra content. This was the first experience on the PC field for the studio.

Kingdom Rush’s prequel is released

Kingdom Rush Origins, the third, is a prequel of the original title. Released on November 20th of 2014 on both iOS and Android with only a 24 hour difference. The game keeps the same elements of the previous ones, this time with improved animations and polished mechanics.

Awards

Best Strategy/Simulation Game - Pocket Gamer

Best LATAM Game 2016 - BIG Festival

100 Greatest Mobile Games Ever - Pocket Gamer

Editor's Choice - AppStore

Editor's Choice - Google Play

Second Steam release

On 2016 Kingdom Rush Frontiers gets a PC version, with full hd graphics, no microtransactions and regular free updates, ready to be played on Steam, GOG, Bundlestarts and MacStore.

Iron Marines release

After two and a half years a new game, Iron Marines, is released on September 14th, 2017. This project was completely unique from all three previous games, it belongs to a different genre (RTS) and its set on a different universe. The Space adventure was a hit on the App Store stepping on the #1 top apps spot. Available for iOS, Android and Amazon devices, the studio keeps working on new updates and a possible PC version.

Future plans

Ironhide Game Studio is currently working on two more projects (besides Iron Marines). A new Kingdom Rush is on the making and one project the studio has not revealed yet.