Ion Storm (Ohga Shrugs)

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Ion Storm (Ohga Shrugs)
Ion Storm is an American video game developer. They are best known for the Deus Ex, and Anachronox, series.

History
It was founded in 1996 by John Romero and Tom Hall. Romero and Hall toyed with the idea of buying an unfinished game from another studio so they could have an early release. But, in the end they decided against it so they could spend more time working on their business plan. Ion’s Storm’s first project was Diakanta. It was released in time for its Christmas 1997 deadline because Romero was not able to switch over to the Quake 2 engine. The Quake 2 engine was not available because Id Software decided to wait until E3 1998 before announcing it. Also the fact that Romero spent more time honing his management skills than he did in the OTL helped to ensure Daikatana’s timely release. Diakanta made much more money in the ATL then it did OTL, but it still didn’t sell as well as Romero had hoped.