Who developed the new intellectual properties release of a 2016 video game notable for its long development cycle?
2016 in video gaming The year 2016 saw releases of numerous video games, including new installments for several well-received franchises, such as "Ace Attorney", "Battlefield", "Call of Duty", "Civilization", "", "Dark Souls", "Dead Rising", "Deus Ex", "Dishonored", "Doom", "Far Cry", "FIFA", "Final Fantasy", "Fire Emblem", "Forza Horizon", "Gears of War", "Hearts of Iron", "Hitman", "Homefront", "Homeworld", "Kirby", "Mafia", "Mario Party", "Master of Orion", "Metroid", "Mirror's Edge", "Persona", "", "Pokémon", "Ratchet & Clank", "Shadow of the Beast", "Shadow Warrior", "Sonic the Hedgehog", "Star Fox", "Star Ocean", "Street Fighter", "Titanfall", "Total War", "Uncharted", "Watch Dogs", "XCOM" and "Zero Escape". In addition, it saw the release of new intellectual properties, including "Overwatch", "Quantum Break", "Tom Clancy's The Division" and "The Last Guardian", and indie titles such as "Abzû", "Hyper Light Drifter", "Inside", "No Man's Sky", "Owlboy", "Stardew Valley" and "The Witness". Many awards went to games such as "Overwatch", "", "Inside", "Doom", "Dark Souls III", "The Last Guardian", "Dishonored 2" and "Titanfall 2".
Unique Development Studios Unique Development Studios AB (formerly Unique Development Sweden HB) was a Swedish video game developer based in Norrköping, Sweden. Founded in September 1993 by Michael Brunnström, Peter Zetterberg and Carl Lundqvist, the company incoporated under the name Unique Development Sweden in May 1994, and renamed Unique Development Studios in June 1997. Between 1998 and 2000, Unique Development Studios opened a second office in Gothenburg, Sweden, acquired London, England-based developer King of the Jungle, and established publishing subsidiaries GlobalFun and AddGames. The company shut down in 2004, and development of "The Kore Gang" was shifted to SnapDragon Games, until it also dissolved and the game was handed to Zoink, a studio led by former Unique Development Studios game designer Klaus Lyngeled.