List of Raven Software games

Raven Software is an American video game developer based in Madison, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1990 by brothers Brian and Steve Raffel after getting a publishing deal for their first game, Black Crypt (1992). During that game's development, the company formed a relationship with id Software, which was briefly located on the same street. Raven spent the next few years working primarily on PC games in partnership with id, making ShadowCaster (1993) with a game engine by id Software and three games in the Heretic series between 1994–1997 with id as the publisher and id Software employees as the producers. In 1997, Raven made an exclusive publishing deal with Activision, and the Raffel brothers subsequently sold the company to Activision. Several employees left the company then to form Human Head Studios.[1]

Raven spent the next decade working on a few original games such as Soldier of Fortune, as well as licensed games, including the Star Wars games Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002) and Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003) and the X-Men games X-Men Legends (2004) and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006). By 2009, the company had three development teams, and released the licensed game Wolfenstein (2009) while working on their first original game since 2002, Singularity (2010). Both Wolfenstein and Singularity sold poorly, however, and Raven laid off employees after each game, consolidating into a single development team by October 2010, shortly after Singularity's release.[1] Following the layoffs, Raven focused exclusively as an assistant developer for the Call of Duty series, which has the position of lead developer rotate between Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Sledgehammer Games.[2] Raven was the primary developer on two games since then: the China-exclusive Call of Duty Online (2015), and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2016), a remake of the 2007 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare packaged with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

Games

Title	Details
Black Crypt Original release date: February 1992[3][4]	Release years by system: 1992 – Amiga[4]
	Notes: Role-playing video game Published by Electronic Arts[4] Demo for MS-DOS version created, but full game never released[4] Sega Genesis version announced at Winter CES 1992, but was cancelled[5]
ShadowCaster Original release date: September 1993[6][7]	Release years by system: 1993 – MS-DOS[7] 1994 – PC-98[8]
	Notes: Role-playing video game Published by Origin Systems[7] Game engine developed by John Carmack of id Software as an expanded version of his Wolfenstein 3D engine[9]
CyClones Original release date: November 1994[10][11]	Release years by system: 1994 – MS-DOS[11]
	Notes: First-person shooter Published by Strategic Simulations[11]
Heretic Original release date: December 23, 1994[12]	Release years by system: 1994 – MS-DOS[12] 1999 – MacOS[13]
	Notes: First-person shooter Divided into three episodes: "City of the Damned", "Hell's Maw", and "The Dome of D'Sparil" Published as shareware by id Software: "City of the Damned" was released for free, with the other two episodes available for purchase[12] Published as a retail title by GT Interactive as Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders in 1996, with two additional episodes: "The Ossuary" and "The Stagnant Demesne"[14]
Hexen: Beyond Heretic Original release date: October 30, 1995[15]	Release years by system: 1995 – MS-DOS[15] 1997 – MacOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64[16]
	Notes: First-person shooter Published by id Software through GT Interactive[16] An expansion pack, Deathkings of the Dark Citadel, was released in 1996[17]
Necrodome Original release date: September 30, 1996[18]	Release years by system: 1996 – Windows[18]
	Notes: Vehicular combat game Published by Mindscape[18]
Hexen II Original release date: August 31, 1997[19]	Release years by system: 1997 – Windows[19] 2002 – macOS[20]
	Notes: First-person shooter Published by id Software through Activision[19][20] An expansion pack, Hexen II Mission Pack: Portal of Praevus, was published by Activision in 1998[21] PlayStation and Sega Saturn versions were to be published by Activision but both were cancelled[22][23][24]
Take No Prisoners Original release date: September 30, 1997[25]	Release years by system: 1997 – Windows[25]
	Notes: Action game Published by Red Orb Entertainment[25]
MageSlayer Original release date: September 30, 1997[26]	Release years by system: 1997 – Windows[26]
	Notes: Action game Published by GT Interactive[26]
Heretic II Original release date: October 31, 1998[27]	Release years by system: 1998 – Windows[27] 1999 – Linux[28] 2000 – AmigaOS[29] 2002 – macOS[20]
	Notes: Action-adventure game Published by Activision[27]
Soldier of Fortune Original release date: March 27, 2000[30]	Release years by system: 2000 – Windows[30] 2001 – Dreamcast,[30] PlayStation 2,[31] Linux[32]
	Notes: First-person shooter Published by Activision[30] Two additional versions of the game were released with additional levels and enhancements: the "Gold Edition" (2000) and the "Platinum Edition" (2001)[31][33]
Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force Original release date: September 19, 2000[34]	Release years by system: 2000 – Windows, macOS[34] 2001 – PlayStation 2[34]
	Notes: First-person shooter Published by Activision[34] An expansion pack, Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force: Virtual Voyager, was published by Activision in 2001[35]
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Original release date: March 28, 2002[36]	Release years by system: 2002 – Windows, macOS 2003 – GameCube, Xbox[36] 2019 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
	Notes: Action game Published by LucasArts[36] Included in the Star Wars: The Best of PC compilation[37]
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix Original release date: May 22, 2002[38]	Release years by system: 2002 – Windows, macOS[38] 2003 – Xbox[38]
	Notes: Action game Published by Activision[38]
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Original release date: September 16, 2003[39]	Release years by system: 2003 – Windows, macOS, Xbox[39] 2020 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
	Notes: Action game Published by Activision[39]
X-Men Legends Original release date: September 21, 2004[40]	Release years by system: 2004 – GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox[40] 2005 – N-Gage[40]
	Notes: Action role-playing game Published by Activision[40]
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Original release date: September 20, 2005[41]	Release years by system: 2005 – GameCube, mobile phones, N-Gage, Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox[41]
	Notes: Action role-playing game Published by Activision[41]
Quake 4 Original release date: October 18, 2005[42]	Release years by system: 2005 – Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox 360[42][43]
	Notes: First-person shooter Developed with assistance by id Software[42] Published by Activision[42]
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Original release date: October 24, 2006[44]	Release years by system: 2006 – Game Boy Advance, Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360[44] 2016 – PlayStation 4, Xbox One[44]
	Notes: Action role-playing game Published by Activision[44] The Game Boy Advance version was developed by Barking Lizards Technologies, and is substantially different from other versions of the game[44]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Original release date: May 1, 2009[45]	Release years by system: 2009 – Mobile phones, Nintendo DS, Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360[45]
	Notes: Action-adventure game Published by Activision[45]
Wolfenstein Original release date: August 18, 2009[46]	Release years by system: 2009 – Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360[46]
	Notes: First-person shooter Published by Activision[46]
Singularity Original release date: June 25, 2010[47]	Release years by system: 2010 – Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360[47]
	Notes: First-person shooter Published by Activision[47]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Original release date: November 9, 2010[48]	Release years by system: 2010 – Nintendo DS, Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360[48] 2012 – macOS[48]
	Notes: First-person shooter Developed primarily by Treyarch, with Raven assisting and developing DLC for the game[48][49] Published by Activision[48]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Original release date: November 8, 2011[50]	Release years by system: 2011 – Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360[50]
	Notes: First-person shooter Developed primarily by Infinity Ward, with Raven assisting and developing DLC for the game[49][50] Published by Activision[50]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Original release date: November 12, 2012[51]	Release years by system: 2012 – Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360[51]
	Notes: First-person shooter Developed primarily by Treyarch, with Raven assisting[51][52] Published by Activision[51]
Call of Duty: Ghosts Original release date: November 5, 2013[53]	Release years by system: 2013 – Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One[53]
	Notes: First-person shooter Developed primarily by Infinity Ward, with Raven assisting[52] Published by Activision[53]
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Original release date: November 4, 2014[54]	Release years by system: 2014 – Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One[54]
	Notes: First-person shooter Developed primarily by Sledgehammer Games, with Raven assisting[52] Published by Activision[54]
Call of Duty Online Original release date: January 12, 2015[55]	Release years by system: 2015 – Windows[55]
	Notes: Free-to-play massively multiplayer online first-person shooter Published by Activision and Tencent[55]
Call of Duty: Black Ops III Original release date: November 6, 2015[56]	Release years by system: 2015 – Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One[56]
	Notes: First-person shooter Developed primarily by Treyarch, with Raven assisting[52] Published by Activision[56]
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Original release date: November 4, 2016[57]	Release years by system: 2016 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One[57]
	Notes: First-person shooter Developed primarily by Infinity Ward, with Raven assisting[52] Published by Activision[57]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Original release date: November 4, 2016[58]	Release years by system: 2016 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One[58]
	Notes: First-person shooter Remastered version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), originally developed by Infinity Ward[59] Published by Activision[58]
Call of Duty: WWII Original release date: November 3, 2017[60]	Release years by system: 2017 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One[60]
	Notes: First-person shooter Developed primarily by Sledgehammer Games, with Raven assisting[52] Published by Activision[60]
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII Original release date: October 12, 2018[61]	Release years by system: 2018 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One[61]
	Notes: First-person shooter Developed primarily by Treyarch, with Raven assisting[61] Published by Activision[61]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Original release date: October 25, 2019[62]	Release years by system: 2019 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One[62]
	Notes: First-person shooter Developed primarily by Infinity Ward, with Raven assisting[62] Published by Activision[62]
Call of Duty: Warzone Original release date: March 10, 2020[63][64]	Release years by system: 2020 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One[65]
	Notes: First-person shooter Co-developed with Infinity Ward[65] Published by Activision[65]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Original release date: November 13, 2020[66]	Release years by system: 2020 – Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S[66]
	Notes: First-person shooter Co-developed with Treyarch[66] Lead development on campaign mode Published by Activision

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