Signal Studios

Signal Studios is a developer of both video games and interactive software applications.^[1] Signal is known for their game Toy Soldiers, one of the top 10 best-selling Xbox Live Arcade games.

Signal Studios

Industry	Video games
Founded	2008 (2008)
Headquarters	Kirkland, Washington , United States
Website	signalstudios.net

As part of the Toy Soldiers franchise, they have also released Toy Soldiers: Cold War and a number of DLCs for both titles. At E3 in 2012, the studio announced their first action RPG, Ascend: Hand of Kul.

The studio is located in Kirkland, Washington with over 40 employees.^{[citation needed]}

History

In January 2008, Signal Studios was founded in Bothell, Washington by three individuals. Their first office was a house along the banks of the Sammamish River. In 2010, Signal relocated to a larger office building on the North Creek of Bothell. In 2012, the company moved to Kirkland, Washington, to reside in the offices of the now defunct Sandblast Games.^[2]

Games

Signal has released several games, as well as additional downloadable content (DLC), for both Xbox 360 (XBLA) and Windows.^[3]

2010

• Toy Soldiers (Xbox 360 + PC)
  • Kaiser's Battle DLC
  • Invasion DLC

2011

• Toy Soldiers: Cold War (Xbox 360) - featured in XBLA's Summer of Arcade 2011
  • Evil Empire DLC
  • Napalm DLC

2013

• Ascend: Hand of Kul
• Toy Soldiers: Complete

2015

• Toy Soldiers: War Chest (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)

2021

• Toy Soldiers HD (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)

Technology

Signal Studios uses an engine that was specifically designed for the development of multi-platform 3D games and simulations, called SigEngine. This suite of tools and features includes a clean object-oriented code base, a level design and entity creation tool (SigEd), modeling package plugins, shader and material editors (SigShade and MatEd), and an animation engine with a powerful script interface (SigAnim).^[1]