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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the three co-founders: Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, and Jason D. Anderson -- the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', respectively.respectively, who simultaneously left Interplay during its production over a conflict with the studio management. The studio closed in 2005, after releasing an ironic total of three games, all of which have since become {{cult classic}}s of the WesternRPG genre.
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* RuleOfThree: Their name is Russian for three, they have 3 founders, and they only released three game before going under.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the three co-founders: Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, and Jason D. Anderson -- the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004, 2005, after releasing an ironic total of three games, all of which have since become {{cult classic}}s of the WesternRPG genre.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the three co-founders: Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, and Jason D. Anderson -- the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' -- Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, and Jason D. Anderson, 2}}'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004, after releasing an ironic total of three games, all of which have since become {{cult classic}}s of the WesternRPG genre.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the three co-founders: the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', 2}}'' -- Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, and Jason D. Anderson, respectively. The studio closed in 2004, after releasing an ironic total of three games, all of which have since become {{cult classic}}s of the WesternRPG genre.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the three co-founders: the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004, after releasing an ironic total of three games, all of which have since become {{cult classic}}s of The the WesternRPG genre.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the three co-founders: the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004, after releasing an ironic total of three games,all games, all of which have since become {{cult classic}}s of The WesternRPG genre.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the three co-founders: the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004, after releasing an ironic total of three games, two games,all of which have since become {{cult classic}}s of The WesternRPG genre.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the three co-founders: the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004, after releasing an ironic total of three games, all two of which have since become {{cult classic}}s of The WesternRPG genre.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the three co-founders: the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004, after releasing an ironic total of three games, all of which have since become {{cult classic}}s.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the three co-founders: the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004, after releasing an ironic total of three games, all of which are considered [[CultClassic cult classics]].
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the three co-founders: the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004, after releasing an ironic total of three games.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the three co-founders: the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the the three co-founders, who were also co-founders: the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the the three co-founders, who were also the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004.
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Troika Games was a US-based video game developer studio founded by three disgruntled Creator/InterplayEntertainment employees in 1997. The word "troika" is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "[[RuleOfThree three of a kind]]" and refers to the the three co-founders, who were also the lead designer, artist, and coder on ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', respectively. The studio closed in 2004.
See also Creator/InXileEntertainment and Creator/ObsidianEntertainment, also formed by former Interplay employees who left at different times.
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!!Games developed by Troika:
* ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' (2001)
* ''VideoGame/TheTempleOfElementalEvil'' (2003)
* ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' (2004)
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See also Creator/InXileEntertainment and Creator/ObsidianEntertainment, also formed by former Interplay employees who left at different times.
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!!Games developed by Troika:
* ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' (2001)
* ''VideoGame/TheTempleOfElementalEvil'' (2003)
* ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' (2004)
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