Survios

Survios is a game development studio whose work has focused on immersive digital experiences, particularly virtual-reality games. The company describes itself as a global gaming studio and says it is building experiences around successful intellectual property. Its stated focus includes talent and technology, and its current direction includes expanding into console and PC game development as it explores cross-reality gaming. The studio traces its origins to a project created in 2012 by video-game enthusiasts and USC students Nathan Burba, James Iliff, Graham Matuszewski, and Alex Silkin. They built what the company describes as the first full-body, portable VR system. Survios was founded in 2013 after receiving seed funding, with a mission to create immersive digital experiences and a vision of virtual reality as a preferred medium for play. Its games span original VR titles and licensed properties. The company’s official site highlights Raw Data, a VR shooter; Sprint Vector and Electronauts; Creed: Rise to Glory Championship Edition, a boxing game; The Walking Dead: Onslaught, an official VR game based on AMC’s The Walking Dead; and Alien: Rogue Incursion, an action-horror game set in the Alien universe. The site also describes Alien: Rogue Incursion as the first chapter of a two-part saga. Survios presents its work as available across VR platforms and, for some titles, PC and PlayStation VR, while its broader development plans include consoles and PC. The company timeline records early recognition for its first VR project, Zombies on the Holodeck, and a notable commercial milestone for Raw Data in 2016. Survios also reports receiving Series C funding led by MGM that year. Its current ownership, headquarters, and detailed operating-market footprint are not established by the supplied evidence.

Survios’s origins date to 2012, when video-game fans and USC students Nathan Burba, James Iliff, Graham Matuszewski, and Alex Silkin built what the company describes as the first full-body, portable virtual-reality system. Their ambition was to help make VR home entertainment what it could and should be. In 2013, after securing seed funding, they founded Survios with a mission to create immersive digital experiences and a vision of virtual reality as the preferred medium for play. In 2014, the studio developed its first VR project, Zombies on the Holodeck. According to the company timeline, that project won three Proto Awards: Best Overall Experience, Most Transportive, and Best Interaction Design. The award recognition established an early record for Survios in immersive experience design. A major commercial turning point came in 2016 with Raw Data. Survios says it became the first VR game to reach one million dollars in sales, doing so one month after release, and the first game to become Steam’s number-one top seller across all games worldwide. The timeline also notes that the company received Series C funding led by MGM that year. In 2018, Survios released Sprint Vector, Electronauts, and Creed: Rise to Glory. The company reports that these releases accompanied awards in categories including Developer of the Year, Best Character Design, Best Sound Design, and Best Use of Music for Games. The supplied timeline excerpt ends during its 2018 account, so it does not establish further dated events from that year. Survios’s official site presents a portfolio spanning original VR games and licensed entertainment properties. Its highlighted titles include Raw Data, Sprint Vector, Electronauts, Creed: Rise to Glory Championship Edition, The Walking Dead: Onslaught, and Alien: Rogue Incursion. The company describes The Walking Dead: Onslaught as an official VR game of AMC’s The Walking Dead, and Alien: Rogue Incursion as an action-horror game set in the Alien universe. The company says it is expanding into console and PC development and pioneering cross-reality gaming. Current ownership, headquarters, and leadership beyond the named founders are not specified in the supplied sources.

• 2018

  Releases Sprint Vector, Electronauts, and Creed: Rise to Glory

• 2016

  Raw Data reaches a sales and Steam milestone; Series C funding

• 2014

  First VR project wins three Proto Awards

• 2013

  Survios is founded

• 2012

  Founders build an early full-body portable VR system

A gaming studio specializing in immersive VR experiences, with stated expansion into console and PC development and cross-reality gaming.

• Alien: Rogue Incursion

  An action-horror game set in the Alien universe. The official site describes it as the first chapter of a two-part saga.

• Creed: Rise to Glory Championship Edition

  A boxing game described by Survios as combining cinematic excitement with the experience of training and fighting as an aspiring champion.

• Raw Data

  A VR shooter featuring active-motion gameplay, distinct characters, and challenging enemies.

• The Walking Dead: Onslaught

  An official VR game of AMC’s The Walking Dead, available on PC VR and PlayStation VR according to the official site.

• Sprint Vector

  A Survios title listed on the official site and in the company’s 2018 timeline.

• Electronauts

  A Survios title listed on the official site and in the company’s 2018 timeline.

• Expand beyond VR into console and PC developmentOther

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