Draft:Arkane Studios

Background

Arkane Studios is a French game developer founded in Lyon, France on October 1, 1999 by Raphaël Colantonio and several other developers from both Electronic Arts and Infogrames, with their first release being the critically-acclaimed Arx Fatalis in 2002. Another studio would open in Austin, Texas in 2006. After a string of cancelled projects, including the Half-Life spinoff Return To Ravenholm and LMNO with EA and director Steven Spielberg, as well as taking up an assisting role with games such as Call of Duty: World At War and BioShock 2, Arkane would be purchased by ZeniMax Media in 2010, who in turn would be purchased by Microsoft and become a part of Xbox Game Studios in 2021. Since then, Arkane has become best known for the Dishonored series, the 2017 version of Prey, and Deathloop.

1st Logo (2006-2012)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: The appearance of the stylized "A" and the logo.

Music/Sounds: A series of low whooshes culminating in a loud clash.

Availability: Seen on Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (and the Xbox 360 version subtitled Elements), and Dishonored. A still version (without the shadow) appears on Steam re-releases of Arx Fatalis.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2016-)

Logo: TBA

Variant: On Prey (2017), after the logo is formed, the "A" abruptly morphs into an alien, which crawls off the screen.

FX/SFX: The animation of the "A", the zoom out. The "A" morphing into an alien on the Prey variant.

Music/Sounds: Two clangs, followed by a electronic whir.

Availability: Seen on Dishonored 2 (along with its stand-alone expansion Death of the Outsider) and the 2017 reboot of Prey.

Editor's Note: None.