Cooldown Games launches as publisher of games for busy people

Cooldown Games today announced its official launch as an independent games publisher based in Dallas, Texas. The studio is founded by seven people with industry experience at companies such as Gearbox, id Software and Warner Bros. Cooldown plans to focus its publishing efforts on premium titles that cater to gamers with busy lives who can only play certain amounts of time per day.

The studio’s team includes CEO Steve Gibson, CPO Matt Charles, COO Jack Hardesty, CTO Jimmy Sieben, CMO Jeff Skal, CBO Erick Cobbs and CRO Brad Schliesser. The founders have previously worked together at Gearbox Publishing (where Gibson was president) and launched 8 games during their tenure. Gearbox Publishing came under the purview of Take-Two Interactive when the latter acquired Gearbox from Embracer earlier this year.