The company, Bastards Inc, began in a garage coding up a tycoon sim, "Bicycle Courier", (MetaScore 8.75), which took the gaming world by storm, not totally surprising the critics. Then came a superhero beat-em-up, "Jungle Rumble", (MetaScore 7.25), both PC games led to a new studio, employees and many variants on a common theme.
A new console came out, the Vonny Playsystem, but the cyber-punk rpg fell flat, (MetaScore 3.5) and the future looked uncertain. But, falling back on past hits, releasing an absurd number of sequels, the company was on the road to stardom.
The Playsystem 2 came out and received a new variety game - a surgery simulator known as "Axe Surgeon", (MetaScore 8.25), a hit which broke $10 million profit for the company.
Axe Surgeon, a surgery simluator, was followed by "Axe Surgeon General", (Metascore 8.25), a new blend of simulation and action in the field of co-op multiplayer surgical mayhem, released on PC, mBox 360 and Playsystem 3. Which led to the most recent incarnation, "Axe Surgeon 3-Star General", a PG-13 co-op, online, action simulation of a surgical theatre.
It's a winner. First week sales of a million units, and with four members of the team taking a well earned holiday, the rest will enter into training to prepare for the next Horror action/strategy game, a sequel to Zombie Hunter, (which is another in a long line of sequels starting from the hit PC game "Zombie Shooter").
Game Dev Tycoon.