Turtle Rock Studios

Turtle Rock Studios
Formerly	Valve South (2008–2010)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	March 2002
Founder	Mike Booth; Phil Robb; Chris Ashton;
Headquarters	Lake Forest, California, US
Key people	Steve Goldstein (president and GM)
Products	Counter-Strike series; Left 4 Dead; Evolve; Back 4 Blood;
Owner	Tencent (2021–present)
Number of employees	~125
Parent	Valve (2008–2010); Slamfire Inc. (2010–present);
Subsidiaries	Turtle Rock Garage
Website	www.turtlerockstudios.com

Turtle Rock Studios (known as Valve South between 2008 and 2010) is an American video game developer founded in March 2002 by Mike Booth.^[2] It was acquired by Valve in 2008, but was re-founded in 2010 as a subsidiary of Slamfire Inc. by Phil Robb and Chris Ashton. Turtle Rock Studios is involved in the creation of original titles as well as the provision of consulting services to the digital entertainment industry.

The company's most notable games are: the first Left 4 Dead, which was published by Valve; and Evolve, which was originally set to be published by THQ but was later published by 2K Games. The founder of the company had worked for Westwood Pacific, and assisted in the development of the Counter-Strike series. The company expanded from six employees to more than seventy staff members from 2011 to 2014 and opened a subsidiary company called Turtle Rock Garage in 2011, which specialized in developing casual and experimental games for platforms such as iPhone, Facebook, and Xbox Live. Tencent acquired the company in December 2021.

^ "Turtle Rock's VR push: "It really is the future of computing" | GamesIndustry.biz". Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ "Original Turtle Rock Website About Page". Archived from the original on April 24, 2003. Retrieved December 11, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[1] "Turtle Rock's VR push: "It really is the future of computing" | GamesIndustry.biz". Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2017.

[2] "Original Turtle Rock Website About Page". Archived from the original on April 24, 2003. Retrieved December 11, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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