War Drum Studios

Background

War Drum Studios is a cutting-edge video game developer located in Gainesville, Florida. Founded in October 1, 2007 by Thomas Williamson (at the time as a technology director for Artificial Studios, later left the company) and Michael Owen (at the time as a programmer at Gainesville Regional Utilities), the company is best known for porting Rockstar Games titles into mobile, such as Grand Theft Auto titles (III, Vice City and San Andreas, the latter of which also being ported to Xbox 360 and PS3), the first Max Payne game and Bully. The company was also best known for their mobile and Nintendo Switch ports of Ark: Survival Evolved, and the mobile, Xbox 360 and PS3 ports of the History Channel licensed game Great Battles: Medieval.

In August 11, 2020, the company was renamed to Grove Street Games. The current company name was named after the neighborhood in Gainesville, Florida, in which the company is located.

Logo (June 16, 2009)

Visuals: On a black background, a grey moon wipes in while rotating to the left. As it's almost done rotating, the moon gains a shadow while the background turns to white. "W" then appears on the moon, followed by the text "WAR DRUM STUDIOS". The moon then pounds to the drumbeats, two times.

Technique: 2D CGI.

Audio: A quiet whoosh, with a two-note drumbeat at the end.

Availability: Seen on the PS2 port of Ghostbusters: The Video Game.