Offset Software was a video game development

Game development

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 company based in Newport Beach, California

Newport Beach, California

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. It was founded by Sam McGrath, Travis Stringer, Trevor Stringer and Rod Green; except for Green, they had worked for S2 Games

S2 Games

S2 Games is a video game developer founded by Marc "Maliken" DeForest, based in Rohnert Park, California.They also have a development location in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Their first project , Savage: The Battle for Newerth, was released in the Summer of 2003...

 developing Savage: The Battle for Newerth

Savage: The Battle for Newerth

Savage: The Battle for Newerth is a science fantasy computer game that combines aspects of the real-time strategy and first-person shooter genres. It takes place in the distant future when humankind has rebuilt society following an apocalypse, but is threatened by intelligent beasts...

, which won the grand prize at the Independent Games Festival

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 in 2004.

The company had one game under development, a first-person "shooter"

First-person shooter

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 with the working title "Project Offset". (Some official preview videos have shown third-person views for close-quarters combat.)
The game featured a detailed high fantasy

High fantasy

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 world. It was showcased on Attack of the Show!

Attack of the Show!

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in 2005.

In February 2008, Intel

Intel Corporation

Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...

 acquired Offset Software, having purchased the Havok

Havok (software)

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 engine in 2007.

Intel canceled the game in mid 2010, citing "recent changes in our product roadmap" (possibly meaning the failure of Larrabee as a consumer product).
The founders of Offset Software have moved to a new game development studio named Fractiv LLC.