Private company

Launchworks

Logo: Microsoft Corporation., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons²

Launchworks is an American video game developer based in Redmond, founded in 2008.¹ It is part of Xbox Game Studios.¹

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2008Founded¹

Industryvideo game industry¹
HeadquartersRedmond¹
Websitelaunchworks.net

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Corporate structure

Launchworks is part of a group headed by Xbox Game Studios. 64 entities, 9 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Xbox Game Studios Redmond
- Launchworks Redmond
- Activision Blizzard Subsidiary · Santa Monica, California, United States
  - Beenox Quebec, Quebec, Canada
  - Radical Entertainment Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  - Activision Subsidiary · Santa Monica, California, United States
    - 7 Studios Subsidiary · Los Angeles
    - Budcat Creations Subsidiary · Iowa City
    - High Moon Studios Subsidiary · San Diego
    - Infinity Ward Subsidiary · Woodland Hills
    - Luxoflux Subsidiary · Santa Monica
    - Neversoft Subsidiary · Woodland Hills
    - Raven Software Subsidiary · Madison
    - Sierra Entertainment Subsidiary · Bellevue
      - 2 more
    - Sledgehammer Games Subsidiary · Foster City
    - Treyarch Subsidiary · Santa Monica
    - Gamestar Subsidiary
  - Bizarre Creations Subsidiary · Liverpool
  - Blizzard Entertainment Subsidiary · Irvine
    - Blizzard Albany Subsidiary · Albany
    - Blizzard North Subsidiary · San Mateo
    - Proletariat Subsidiary
  - King Subsidiary · St. Julian'S, Malta
  - Actibliz México Subsidiary · Mexico
  - ACTIVISION CANADA, INC. Subsidiary · Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
  - DEMONWARE INC. Subsidiary · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Arkane Studios Subsidiary · Lyon
- Bethesda Softworks Subsidiary · Rockville
  - Bethesda Game Studios Subsidiary · Rockville
    - Bethesda Game Studios Dallas Subsidiary · Dallas
  - Sparkypants Studios Subsidiary · Baltimore, United States
- Compulsion Games Subsidiary · Montreal
- Double Fine Subsidiary · San Francisco
- Halo Studios Subsidiary · Redmond
- Hired Gun Subsidiary · Redmond
- id Software Subsidiary · Richardson
- inXile entertainment Subsidiary · Newport Beach
- Lift London Subsidiary · London
- Lionhead Studios Subsidiary · Surrey
- MachineGames Subsidiary · Uppsala
- Microsoft Casual Games Subsidiary · Redmond
- Microsoft Game Studios Japan Subsidiary · Chōfu
- Mojang Studios Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden
- Ninja Theory Subsidiary · Cambridge
- Obsidian Entertainment Subsidiary · Irvine
- Playground Games Subsidiary · England
- Press Play Subsidiary · Copenhagen
- Rare Ltd. Subsidiary · Twycross
- Tango Gameworks Subsidiary · Shibaura
- The Coalition Subsidiary · Vancouver
- The Initiative Subsidiary · Santa Monica
- Turn 10 Studios Subsidiary · Redmond
- and 7 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Xbox Game Studios

Owners

Microsoft

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

2008Founded Founded¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataLaunchworks on Wikidata
2
Wikimedia CommonsLaunchworks logo by Microsoft Corporation., Public domain