Ironhide Game Studio

Hi there! We are a team of game developers from Uruguay, we love what we do and are huge fans of fantasy, sci-fi and pop culture. We also have a penchant for including tons of silly jokes and easter eggs in our games.

History

The Beginning

"This is when it all started. Just three friends sharing the dream of working on something that we were passionate about. Making video games. We didn't know how or what we had to do to achieve it but we were full of energy and very excited to start making great games."

2010-2012

January 26, 2010. On this day, three friends got together. Alvaro Azofra, Pablo Realini and Gonzalo Sande left everything else behind and created Ironhide Game Studio from scratch.

Ironhide Game Studio release Soccer Challenge - World Cup Edition as a part of Facebook games. Though good experience, it served as a lesson that "it was not that easy to make a successful Facebook game".

Clash of the Olympians is released the same year in August. Though published second, it was the first game Ironhide developed. Taking a simple concept, they aimed to make the best game possible in just two months. Though a little rough around the edges, it paved the way for Ironhide to make a living as game developers.

Ironhide release Kingdom Rush on Armor Games. A Tower Defense game that reinvented the genre, and became a massive success. The flash version alone has been played over three hundred million times around the world. It was awarded Best Rated Game on both Armor Games and Kongregate.

Following the success of the Flash game, a Premium Package was added to the game unlocking new levels and heroes. The income gained from this was help push the team to port the game from Flash to mobile platforms, with Kingdom Rush releasing in the app store in December.

Ironhide had consisted of the three founders for the past two years, but planning to develop bigger and better games, they doubled the team and moved to a bigger office (somehow destroying the office rug in the process). In the summer of 2012, Kingdom Rush is released on the iPhone and iPod touch.

2013-2014

Development of Kingdom Rush: Frontiers is underway, but in order to complete it on time, the team grew by another five members, resulting in a move to a bigger office again. Frontiers was released in early Fall 2013, on both Apple and Android devices. The game was an instant success reaching #1 in the sales charts of more than 40 countries.

After a length Greenlight process, Kingdom Rush is released in full HD on Steam at the start of the year. Kingdom Rush: Origins is released simultaneously on iOs and Android in late November 2014.

2015-2016

As the team grows even more, Ironhide moves to a larger office where the team of now twenty-three people, can all work on new projects. The company is split into three different teams, to start work on three different projects simultaneously. Kingdom Rush: Frontiers is released on Steam in July 2016.

2017-2018

In September 2017, Ironhide releases Iron Marines a science fiction themed Real Time Strategy game far from anything they had released so far, but with the same style and humor they had become famous for. The game hit #1 in app stores overnight, and marked a new beginning for the future of the studio.

In October 2018 Kingdom Rush: Origins releases on Steam. This is followed quickly by the release of Kingdom Rush: Vengeance in November of the same year.

2019-2020

Iron Marines follows in the footsteps of the Kingdom Rush series and is released on Steam in May 2019. Ironhide's next step beyond is to partner with Lucky Duck to bring Kingdom Rush to the tabletop with Kingdom Rush: Rift in Time. As the first Kingdom Rush was inspired by the founder's love of Dungeons and Dragons, the franchise has gone full circle.

In early 2020, Kingdom Rush Frontiers is made available on Nintendo Switch. This is swiftly followed by Kingdom Rush and Kingdom Rush: Origins both being released over the course of the year. The year ends with Kingdom Rush: Vengeance releasing on Steam.

2021-2022

Partnering with Lucky Duck games for a second time, a new tabletop game Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising is released. Ironhide celebrates the ten year anniversary of the release of the first Kingdom Rush and release a brand new RPG style game Legends of Kingdom Rush in the Apple Arcade.

In 2022, Legends of Kingdom Rush is made available on Steam, while a sequel to Iron Marines, Iron Marines Invasion is released in mobile stores in September. The game features several references to Legends of Kingdom Rush, quietly linking the two universes together.

2023-2024

After a long development process, A Tower Defense game with a post-apocalyptic theme, Junkworld is finally released on Apple Arcade in September 2023. Iron Marines Invasion is released on Steam in late 2023.

In February 2024, a new chapter in the Kingdom Rush story is announced, Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance set to continue the stories of both Vengeance and Legends.