Poison Games Studio

Company Info/History
Poison Games is a company created in 1999, in Ontario, Canada. The brand was initially created under the Cloudfront Games brand, it was initially named Cloudfront Ontario Studios, before it got its name changed to Poison Game Studio in 2001, and got its name changed again simply to Poison Games in 2006. They later left Cloudfront to go indie in 2015.

Major Incidents (Cloudfront Era)
In 2000, they released their first game, Flow. In 2005, They developed Cloudfront’s FIA collaborative game, Project Racing. In 2006, Poison Games released their best selling title at the time, and one of the best selling racing games of 2006, Road Rage, which went on to start a franchise. They also developed the PSP version of the original Burn game, obtained the NBA license, and revived 909 Sports’ NBA ShootOut series for the 2006-07 season, and also released a Flow sequel, Flow 2. In 2009, Poison Games announced that they were working on a new game, as well as NBA ShootOut 10 awlling more copies than NBA Live 10, but also being few thousand sales behind NBA2K10. Poison Games also developed the cancelled Break Fighter 3.

In 2010, Poison Games announced Road Rage 2 for a summer release, where the game ended up selling more copies then any other Cloudfront racing game ever, and overall was the best selling racing game that year. They also announced and released Flow 3, and made a second studio, called Poison Games Japan. In 2011, Poison Games received developmental rights to Burn 3, released Octane, and development was leaked for a Road Rage 3. In 2012, they announced and released Break Fighter DX, as well as announcing The Racing Experience, and releasing NASCAR Unleashed 2 with Activision.

In 2013, Poison Games announced multiple games for the PS4 and Xbox One, including a new Road Rage title, the extremely well received NBA Shootout 14, and a new racing game (which became a franchise later on), Nitro. They also developed the 8th gen versions of Burn 3,and released The Racing Experience. In 2014, they developed the infamously cancelled Kill La Kill game from Cloudfront, as well as releasing Road Rage 3, and announcing a Break Fighter game fully made without Cloudfront. In 2015, Poison Games abruptly left Cloudfront shortly after releasing Break Fighter 4, and announcing a Racing Experience sequel.

Major Incidents (Post Cloudfront)
In 2016, they released their first non Cloudfront published game, The Racing Experience 2, as well as announcing that they were still working on an unnamed racing game (to be further abbreviated as URG). In 2017, There was the announcement for a third studio, Poison Games Barcelona. 2017 was the 1st year without a Poison Games release other than NBA Shootout game since 2009. It was very nearly the first year without a single Poison Games developed game since 2004, But they released ShootOut 18. In 2018, they announced that they were almost ready to reveal URG, and also revealed Break Fighter 5. They later that year released BF5, preventing a second straight year where only the yearly NBA titles released.

In 2019, Poison Games revealed The Racing Experience 3, and a NBA themed team building MMO, NBA Starting 5, as well as making a 4th studio, Poison Games Ontario. Both releases in 2019 were NBA games (ShootOut and Starting 5). At the game awards, during the Xbox Series X reveal, they revealed Nitro 2. In 2020, they revealed along with the PS5, Poison revealed multiple titles, which are named as ordered by the reveal dates: The Racing Experience 3 (new trailer with release date, revealed on March 17, 2020), Road Rage 4 (June 11, 2020), NBA ShootOut (Next Gen Trailer, June 11, 2020), and URG, which was revealed to be a Sim Racer named Speed Division, on December 31, 2020 (January 1, 2021, depending on your location). Nitro 2 released as a PS5/Series X launch title, but also released on the PS4 and Xbox One as a simultaneous launch, and Flow 5 released on the same day with zero reveal or warning.

In early 2021, Speed Division launched, as Poison Games’ largest game ever (73 GB on launch day). They also released The Racing Experience 3, and Road Rage 4 is set to release on November 7, 2021. A game for the Kill La Kill IP was leaked to be coming in 2022, before being officially revealed in October 2021. Even though the leak said it was a related game, the game was actually unrelated to the Cloudfront Kill La Kill game.

In 2022, Poison announced they were developing an NFL game, and would have more info as it became available. They also released said Kill La Kill game, as well as NBA Shootout 23, after rebuilding the gameplay, and toning down the need for micro transactions, and also were part of the dev team for Burn 4. However, 2023 so far has been a much bigger year, with the announcement of them developing a new Art Of Racing title & a IndyCar game, as well as the releases of NBA Shootout 24, NFL: Hard Hitters, Road Rage Mobile, & NHL: Ice Stars.

(Incomplete) list of all Poison Games titles
Note: All of these were released on PC. Just saying.

Flow (Released on all 5th / 6th gen systems on December 14, 2000, only Poison Games title on Dreamcast) (Platformer)

Air (6th gen only, visual showcase) (April 19th, 2002)

Chase (October 7th, 2002, 6th gen only)

Project Racing (Released on PS2/Xbox/PSP on March 4,2005, Launch title on Xbox 360, was also re-released on the PS3 on December 9 2006.) (Sim-Racer)

Road Rage (Simultaneous launch, PS3 launch title) (Arcade-Racer)

Burn (PSP Version, released on time with other versions) (Arcade Racing Game)

Riptide (Released on all available consoles at the time on December 9 2006) (Arcade Boat Racing Game)

Flow 2 (Released on 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, and PSP on March 17, 2007) (Platformer)

Jenga (Wii version released on September 19, 2007, while other versions were on September 23, 2007)

NBA ShootOut 2009 (Released on the PS2, Wii, and 7th gen consoles on September 19, 2008) (Sports Game)

Break Fighter 3 (Cancelled, only known builds are dated December 14, 2008 & March 29, 2009) (Fighting Game)

NBA ShootOut 10 (Released on same platforms as previous entry, on September 26, 2009)

4Xtreme (Released May 17, 2010, PS2, PSP & 7th gen only)

Road Rage 2 (Released June 15, 2010) (Arcade Racer)

NBA ShootOut 11 (Released on same platforms as prior titles, on September 21, 2010)

Riptide:Fury (Released On October 5, 2010)

Flow 3 (Released November 7, 2010, First entry on Mobile) (Platformer)

Octane (Released March 19, 2011) (Arcade Racer)

NBA ShootOut 12 (Released on September 24, 2011, 1st title in franchise to not be on PS2, last one to release on the PSP)

NASCAR Unleased 2 (Released on 360, PS3,and Wii, on July 29, 2012) (Arcade Racer)

Break Fighter DX (Released on 7th Gen Consoles on August 19, 2012), PSP, Wii, and Mobile on August 22, 2012, launch title on Wii U, PSVita & next gen) (Fighting Game)

NBA Shootout 13 (Released on September 14, 2012, first title on PS Vita, WiiU, and Mobile)

The Racing Experience (Released March 7, 2013 on 7th Gen consoles, rereleased as a launch title on 8th) (Sim-Cade Racer)

Nitro (Simultaneous launch with 8th Gen versions due to it being a launch title, also was released on mobile) (Arcade Racer)

Burn 3 (8th Gen Versions, launch title) (Arcade Racer)

NBA Shootout 14 (Launch title on 8th, 7th Gen release on September 21, 2013)

Torino (Launch title, 8th gen exclusive made as a visual showcase)

Riptide: Justice (November 14, 2013)

Catalyst (Feburary 15, 2014)

Art Of Racing Champions (May 17 / 18, 2014)

Xtreme (July 14th, 2014, 7th / 8th gen)

Kill La Kill (September 6, 2014 In Japan, never released in NTSC regions) (All titles released from 2014-forward, unless stated with a exception, has a mobile version) (this game is unrelated to The Upcoming Poison Games Kill La Kill game)

NBA Shootout 15 (September 30, 2014, same consoles as last entry, first title on Ouya & Zeo)

Road Rage 3 (November 7, 2014, for all systems, first title not on PS2/PSP) (Arcade Racer)

Flow 4 (8th and 7th Gen consoles, which released on November 22, 2014) (Platformer)

Riptide:Online (Beta testing began on November 22, 2014, before release on March 19, 2015)

Break Fighter 4 (July 6, 2015) (Fighting Game)

NBA ShootOut 16 (September 17, 2015, final game made under Cloudfront)

The Racing Experience 2 (First/Only title on Wii U/PSVita, also the first game in Poison Games history not published by Cloudfront, released on January 17,2016) (Sim-Cade Racer)

NBA ShootOut 17 (September 23, 2016, last title on PSVita, first on Nintendo Switch)

NBA ShootOut 18 (September 17, 2017)

NBA ShootOut 19 (September 26, 2018)

Break Fighter 5 (November 7,2018) (Fighting Game)

2Xtreme (January 17th, 2019) (8th gen, later rereleased as a launch title for 9th gen)

NBA Starting Five (March 4, 2019) (Ultimate Team type MMO)

NBA ShootOut 20 (September 28, 2019, last on 360 & PS3)

Nitro Drag Racing (October 9th, 2019, mobile & PC only)

Kill La Kill (Import into NTSC regions, March 17, 2020)

NBA ShootOut 21 (September 17, 2020 on 8th Gen, November 12, 2020 On 9th, last on Wii U)

Nitro 2 (November 12, 2020, all systems, first not on 7th gen) (Arcade Racer)

The Racing Experience 3 (January 17, 2021) (Sim-Cade Racer)

Speed Division (February 21, 2021) (Simulation Racing)

Octane:Remastered (March 19, 2021) (Arcade Racer)

Road Rage 2 Remastered (June 15, 2021) (Arcade Racer)

Flow 5 (July 17, 2021) (Platformer)

NBA ShootOut 22 (September 24, 2021)

Riptide:Destruction (October 2, 2021)

Nitro:Elite Speed (Nitro MMO, Released October 9, 2021)

Road Rage 4 (November 7, 2021, first on 9th Gen, first not on 7th Gen)

Road Rage 2: Remastered [December 7th 2021, 8th & 9th gen only)

NBA Shootout 2023 (August 27, 2022)

Burn 4 (October 6th, 2022, first entry not on 7th Gen or Zeo)

Kill La Kill: The Game (October 15th, 2022)

Road Rage Mobile (January 19th, 2023)

NFL Xtreme (August 14, 2023)

NBA Shootout 24 (August 30th, 2023)

NHL: Ice Stars (September 7th, 2023)

3Xtreme (TBA, 9th gen only)

Art Of Racing 7 (TBA, first not on 8th gen or Zeo)

Unnamed IndyCar game (TBA)

Upcoming Games/Random Codenames Found In NVIDIA Shield Leak
Project Shonen (Kill La Kill)

Project Octopus/URG (Speed Division)

Project Speedy (Road Rage 4)

Project RROnline (Untitled Road Rage Game)

Every NBA ShootOut title up to 2026

Project RunnerRemaster (Road Rage 2 Remaster)

Project Supercomputer (unknown game)

Project Robin Hood (unknown game)

Nitro 2, as well as it’s codename, Project Barcelona

Project Trilogy (3Xtreme)

Project MadridMMO (Nitro: Elite Speed)

Project Madrid (Nitro)

Project New York (Art Of Racing 7)

Road Rage 4

Project Runners (Unknown)

Project Ontario (Unknown Racing Game)

Unknown NASCAR Game

Project Collaboration (Unknown Game, could be related to the Tiburon franchise)

Project Chicago (Riptide: Destruction)