Turtle Rock Studios

Introduction

Turtle Rock Studios was founded in March 2002 by Michael Booth, is an independent game developer in the business of creating original entertainment titles and providing consulting services to the digital entertainment industry.

The studio works in collaboration with Valve, producing titles such as Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike (Xbox), as well as several maps for Counter-Strike: Source.

Turtle Rock Studios announced on March 16, 2006 they would be working with Valve on a "Source project", later to be named Left 4 Dead, which would be utilizing Valve's Source Engine and Steam. Press release.

On January 10th, 2008, Turtle Rock was acquired by Valve and renamed as Valve South. You can read the Press Release here.

Since March 2010, Turtle Rock Studios was splited from Valve and later in 2021, acquired by Tencent. Since then, they have worked on games such as Evolve, and Back 4 Blood (which is Left 4 Dead's spiritual successor).

Products

Year	Product Name
2003	Counter-Strike (Xbox)
2004	Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
2004	Counter-Strike: Source
2008	Left 4 Dead
2009	Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing
2010	Left 4 Dead: The Sacrifice Left 4 Dead 2: The Sacrifice
2011	Leap Sheep!
2015	Evolve
2016	Evolve Stage 2 Face Your Fears
2017	The Well
2019	Face Your Fears 2 Journey of the Gods
2021	Back 4 Blood

Counter-Strike: Source Maps

Year	Map
2006	cs_militia
2005	de_nuke
2005	de_inferno
2005	de_train
2005	de_prodigy
2005	de_tides
2004	cs_office

Counter-Strike: Source Bot

Turtle Rock Studios is responsible for the artificial intelligence behind the Counter-Strike: Source Bot.

External Links

• Turtle Rock Studios website
• Official forums for the bot system (down) - Archived version.