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Cyclone Studios

American video game developer

Cyclone Studios was an American video game developer and publisher based in San Mateo, California. It developed several titles for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer and later Microsoft Windows.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1993Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersSan Mateo1

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Cyclone Studios was an American video game developer and publisher based in San Mateo, California. It developed several titles for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer and later Microsoft Windows.2

Products and brands

The company was acquired by The 3DO Company in December 1995 and moved to San Mateo, California. Kobler was assigned as the leader of the division and Little was chosen to be the tech leader. Cyclone began developing games as a division of The 3DO Company for the PC and Panasonic M2.

Uprising

Uprising is a hybrid first person action strategy game. It was shipped in October 1997 and met solid critical response, but sold below expectations due primarily to the marketing challenge of clearly communicating the unique and compelling aspects the blending of the two genres. Many consumers were unsure of what the game was and pre-launch hype proved difficult to build. Two sequels were developed thanks to the game's critical success: Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy was released for PC and Uprising-X was released on the PlayStation. After the release of Uprising-X the members of Cyclone Studios were absorbed into The 3DO Company.

The editors of Computer Games Strategy Plus named Uprising: Join or Die the best action game of 1997.

The sequel, Lead and Destroy, was published in December 1998 for Windows.

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Requiem

Requiem: Avenging Angel is a story-driven first-person shooter. It was released in April 1999 and met modest critical acclaim and poor sales.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cyclone Studios, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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