Raven Software
RAVEN SOFTWARE is the developer of numerous award-winning games, including significant contributions to the blockbuster Call of Duty series. Founded in 1990 by brothers Brian and Steve Raffel, Raven Software has gone from a five-person company with a dream of creating a role-playing game for the Amiga, to the developer of numerous award-winning games and best-selling titles, including Hexen, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and most recently being a major contributor to the Call of Duty® franchise. At Raven, we’ve built our company on expectations. An expectation to always design the games that define industry standards for graphics and playability. An expectation that award-winning games are the norm. But more than anything, a clear understanding of our market’s expectations: that being, for us to consistently produce the games that people want to play. In other words, exactly everything we’ve been doing since 1990.www.ravensoftware.com
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Sep 26, 2026
Jamie MoranGUEST
But other than that, Activision itself blizzards its own thing, but outside of that, Activision doesn't really put out any other games.
Jamie MoranGUEST
They are just a Call of Duty studio, a bloody huge studio that consists of a dozen different studios, such as Raven Software and stuff, and But having Rare under Activision just tells me that they're going to have better timelines for games.
Jamie MoranGUEST
They're actually going to have more games come out.
Jamie MoranGUEST
They used to release platforms and they don't anymore.
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Jamie MoranGUEST
Some people just don't realize, you know, people see the news and they have this knee jerk reaction like, oh, and I've been told this before.
Jamie MoranGUEST
I don't want Halo to turn into Call of Duty.
Jamie MoranGUEST
Like, if you look at all of the studios underneath Activision, right? You have Raven Software, you know, High Noon Studios.
Jamie MoranGUEST
Basically, there's 12 different studios underneath Activision that help make Call of Duty.
MickHOST
See what this game is all about.
MickHOST
So it was developed by Raven Software.
MickHOST
It was released May 1st, 2009.
MickHOST
Metacritic has this game as a 75 out of 100 for the 360.
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MickHOST
Dismemberment and Wolverine's regeneration are major gameplay features.
MickHOST
The game essentially is an M-rated Wolverine power fantasy.
MickHOST
Raven Software's major franchises include Heretic...
MickHOST
Hexen, what? Soldiers of Fortune, and Jedi Knights.
Michael HighamHOST
You know, it's unfortunate.
Michael HighamHOST
It's, and it's not like they're giving Halo to Treyarch or Raven Software or any...
Michael HighamHOST
Like, they're, they created a new studio within Activision to then handle Halo and it's like-
Ryan McCaffreyHOST
Well, let me jump in there for a second.
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Ryan McCaffreyHOST
Because Treyarch was on my list, too.
Michael HighamHOST
Mm-hmm.
Ryan McCaffreyHOST
I, I wanna give you Raven Software.
Michael HighamHOST
Yeah, I mean-
Scott JohnsonHOST
And it was a pretty rad little game.
Scott JohnsonHOST
Came from Raven Software.
Scott JohnsonHOST
We'll talk about it in a second.
Scott JohnsonHOST
But first, what we got up to this week in retro.
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Scott JohnsonHOST
It was a good game.
Scott JohnsonHOST
It is still a good game.
Scott JohnsonHOST
Raven Software.
Scott JohnsonHOST
They were known mostly for a bunch of PC stuff, which is weird.
Ryan McCaffreyPANELIST
I think this team is gonna be assembled from existing probably mostly Call of Duty teams, whether, you mentioned Treyarch.
Ryan McCaffreyPANELIST
Uh, Raven Software is an interesting one, uh, 'cause they've, they've done the campaigns for a couple of the Black Ops games in recent years, and they have...
Ryan McCaffreyPANELIST
R- Raven goes, they have a, actually a hell of a pedigree going way back.
Ryan McCaffreyPANELIST
But, um, yeah, I, I think this is going to be a team that's, that's assembled from existing Call of Duty talent that's...
Parris LillyHOST
Right.
Parris LillyHOST
And if you're putting it under Activision, Again, the one thing about Activision that we do know is, like with the Call of Duty games, you got Raven Studios and these other support studios that are going to be able to assist whatever this new team is going to be to deliver Halo at quality and on time.
Parris LillyHOST
Like I said, that's the one thing you can't take away from Activision that they do with the Call of Duty games.
Parris LillyHOST
That happens annually, which is crazy, but they do it.
Mr. BoomStick XLHOST
Mm-hmm.
Jamie MoranGUEST
Right? Uh, they are just a Call of Duty studio, a bloody huge studio that consists of like a dozen different studios, such as Raven Software and stuff.
Jamie MoranGUEST
Um, but like having Rare under Activision just tells me that they're gonna have, you know, better timelines for games.
Jamie MoranGUEST
They're actually gonna have more games come out.
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Jamie MoranGUEST
I've been talking about this on my podcast and my channel for over a year.
Jamie MoranGUEST
I think that Halo going into Activision makes so much sense, some people just don't realize.
Jamie MoranGUEST
You know, people see the, the news, and they have this knee-jerk reaction like, "Oh," and I've been told this before, "I don't want Halo to turn into Call of Duty." Like, if you look at all of the studios underneath Activision, right? You have Raven Software, uh, you know, High Noon Studios.
Jamie MoranGUEST
Basically, like, like, there's 12 different studios underneath Activision that help make Call of Duty.
Mike LawrenceHOST
Oh, yeah
Jake YoungHOST
... that's Raven Software, right?
Mike LawrenceHOST
Yes.
Holden McNeelyHOST
Yes.
Mike LawrenceHOST
That's Raven Software, and they, I mean, those games...
Mike LawrenceHOST
And Wolverine is one of the best c- that's what I was saying earlier of, like, him starting to become OP.
Jake YoungHOST
Uh-huh.
Mike LawrenceHOST
I know.
Emmett Watkins Jr.HOST
But I think back then everyone was in on that fact.
Emmett Watkins Jr.HOST
I think even Raven Software making that game knew that, hey, it's cool if this game sells a couple million copies and is loved by a couple people by a couple million people but like ultimately we're not going on the game award stage for this we're not getting a dice award for this like i think everyone kind of knew the jig was there where now the culture has moved to a place where like those same types of games getting made, we can, we can change the dialogue to where, yeah, that in some last game, everyone loved it and it was winning all these awards.
Emmett Watkins Jr.HOST
Yeah.
Emmett Watkins Jr.HOST
That, that could conceivably be in the same conversation when ultimately maybe not necessarily.
Christopher MatthewHOST
I can do that.
Christopher MatthewHOST
Let me look up a Singularity is a first-person shooter survival horror game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision in June of 2010.
Christopher MatthewHOST
All right.
Christopher MatthewHOST
Captain Nathaniel Reno, an American soldier sent to investigate strange electromagnetic surges on an abandoned island.
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