Cyanide (company)

Cyanide SA (also known as Cyanide Studio) is a French video game developer based in the Nanterre suburb of Paris. The company was founded in 2000 by Patrick Pligersdorffer, formerly of Ubi Soft. Since 2007, Cyanide operates a second studio, Amusement Cyanide, in Montreal, Canada, and employs a total of 110 staff members as of 2018. Cyanide was acquired by French publisher Bigben Interactive (now Nacon) in May 2018.

Cyanide SA

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	2000; 25 years ago (2000)
Founder	Patrick Pligersdorffer
Headquarters	Nanterre , France
Key people	Patrick Pligersdorffer (CEO)
Products	Pro Cycling Manager Blood Bowl Of Orcs and Men
Number of employees	110 (2018)
Parent	Nacon (2018–present)
Subsidiaries	Amusement Cyanide Inc. Big Bad Wolf Rogue Factor
Website	cyanide-studio.com

Big Bad Wolf, founded in 2015 at Bordeaux, and Rogue Factor, founded in 2013 at Montréal, are branches of Cyanide.^[1][2]

History

Before founding Cyanide, Patrick Pligersdorffer began working in the video game industry with Ubi Soft, where he assisted the opening of an internal development studio in Japan.^[3] After leaving Ubi Soft, Pligersdorffer established Cyanide in Nanterre in 2000.^[3] In November 2007, Cyanide announced that they had set up a new studio in Montreal, Canada.^[4] At the time, the new studio, known as Amusement Cyanide, was tasked with creating a new proprietary 3D animation engine for a game that was in development at Cyanide's headquarters.^[5] On 14 May 2018, French publisher Bigben Interactive (now Nacon) announced that they had wholly acquired Cyanide for a total sum of €20 million.^[6] By this time, Cyanide employed 110 people in its two studios.^[7] Focus Home Interactive, Cyanide's primary publisher, previously also attempted to take over the studio, but the move was rejected by the publisher's supervisory board, which eventually led to the resignation of Focus Home Interactive's chief executive officer, Cédric Lagarrigue.^[8]

Developed titles

Games by Cyanide

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher
2001	Cycling Manager	Windows	Focus Home Interactive
2002	Cycling Manager 2
2003	Cycling Manager 3
	Final Stretch: Horse Racing Sim		Bigben Interactive
2004	Chaos League		Focus Home Interactive
	Cycling Manager 4
	Pro Rugby Manager
2005	Chaos League: Sudden Death		Focus Multimedia
	Pro Cycling Manager		Focus Home Interactive
	Pro Rugby Manager 2		Digital Jesters
	Pro Rugby Manager 2005		Scubb Interactive
2006	Horse Racing Manager 2		Micro Application
	NFL Head Coach	Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox	Electronic Arts
	Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2006	Windows	Focus Home Interactive
	Wintersport Pro 2006		Crimson Cow
2007	Loki		Focus Home Interactive
	Pro Cycling: Season 2007	PlayStation Portable
	Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2007	Windows
	Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle	Nintendo DS
2008	Pro Cycling: Season 2008	PlayStation Portable	93 Games
	Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2008	Windows	Focus Home Interactive
2009	Blood Bowl	Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
	Le Tour de France 2009: The Official Game	Xbox Live Arcade
	Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2009	Windows
2010	Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition
	Dungeon Raiders	Nintendo DS	UFO Interactive Games
	Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2010	Windows	Focus Home Interactive
2011	Le Tour de France	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
	Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2011	Windows
2012	Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition
	Confrontation
	Dungeonbowl		Cyanide
	Game of Thrones	Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Focus Home Interactive
	Le Tour de France 2012	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
	Of Orcs and Men	Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
	Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2012	Windows
2013	Aarklash: Legacy		Cyanide
	Dungeon Party
	Le Tour de France 2013: 100th Edition	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Focus Home Interactive
	Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2013	Windows
2014	Basketball Pro Management 2015		Cyanide
	Dogs of War Online
	Front Page Sports Football
	Le Tour de France: Season 2014	PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360	Focus Home Interactive
	PRM 2015: Pro Rugby Manager	Windows	505 Games
	Pro Cycling Manager 2014		Focus Home Interactive
	Styx: Master of Shadows	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2015	Blood Bowl 2
	Le Tour de France: Season 2015	PlayStation 4, Xbox One
	Pro Cycling Manager 2015	Windows
2016	Le Tour de France: Season 2016	PlayStation 4, Xbox One
	Pro Basketball Manager 2016	Windows	Cyanide
	Pro Basketball Manager 2016: US Edition
	Pro Cycling Manager 2016		Focus Home Interactive
2017	Le Tour de France: Season 2017	PlayStation 4, Xbox One
	Pro Basketball Manager 2017	Windows	Cyanide
	Pro Cycling Manager 2017		Focus Home Interactive
	Styx: Shards of Darkness	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2018	Call of Cthulhu	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
	Le Tour de France: Season 2018	PlayStation 4, Xbox One
	Pro Cycling Manager 2018	Windows
	Space Hulk: Tactics	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2019	Blood Bowl: Death Zone	Windows	Bigben Interactive
	Tour de France: Season 2019	PlayStation 4, Xbox One
	Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory	Windows
	Pro Cycling Manager Season 2019
2020	Pro Cycling Manager 2020		Nacon
	Tour de France 2020	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2021	Pro Cycling Manager 2021	Windows
	Rogue Lords	Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
	Tour de France 2021	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
	Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood	Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2022	Tour de France 2022[9]	Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
	Pro Cycling Manager 2022[9]	Windows
2023	Chef Life[10]	Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
	Blood Bowl 3[11]	Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
	Pro Cycling Manager 2023	Windows
	Tour de France 2023	Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2024	Pro Cycling Manager 2024	Windows
	Tour de France 2024	Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2025	Pro Cycling Manager 2025	Windows
	Tour de France 2025	Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
	Styx: Blades of Greed	Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Games by Amusement Cyanide

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher
2011	A Game of Thrones: Genesis	Windows	Focus Home Interactive
2013	Impire		Paradox Interactive

Games by Big Bad Wolf

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher
2018	The Council	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One	Focus Home Interactive
2022	Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong	Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S	Nacon
2026	Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss	Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Games by Rogue Factor

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher
2015	Mordheim: City of the Damned	Windows	Focus Home Interactive
2016		PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2020	Necromunda: Underhive Wars	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2025	Hell is Us	Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S	Nacon