Teyon

Teyon is a Polish video game developer founded in 2006 in Gliwice, Poland. The studio has built its catalog primarily around licensed shooters based on major film franchises, developing a reputation for taking properties that other studios avoided and delivering functional, fan-serving games within their budgets. Their most significant release is RoboCop: Rogue City in 2023, which became a surprise critical and commercial success and redefined what a licensed shooter could achieve at mid-budget scale.

Early Output and the Heavy Fire Series

Teyon spent its early years developing downloadable games and handheld titles before establishing a pattern of licensed action games. The Heavy Fire series, a series of budget rail shooters covering military conflicts, gave the studio consistent output across PlayStation 3, Wii, and 3DS platforms. Rambo: The Video Game released in 2014 and received negative reviews, but represented Teyon’s first attempt at a major licensed console shooter and informed the studio’s approach to the Terminator project that followed.

Terminator: Resistance

Terminator: Resistance released in November 2019, published by Reef Entertainment, and was received far better than its budget suggested it would be. A first-person shooter set during the Future War depicted in the first two Terminator films, it received positive reviews from fans of the franchise for its faithfulness to the source material, its character writing, and its treatment of the lore. It sold well enough to receive an Enhanced Edition for PlayStation 5 in 2021 with improved visuals and additional content. Terminator: Resistance established Teyon as a studio worth paying attention to for licensed properties.

RoboCop: Rogue City

RoboCop: Rogue City released in November 2023, published by Nacon, and was the studio’s breakthrough moment. A first-person action game set between RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3, it starred Peter Weller reprising his role as Alex Murphy and received strong reviews for its combat, its authentic recreation of the film’s setting and tone, and its treatment of the character. It sold over one million copies within its first month and was one of the more surprising commercial successes of 2023. The game demonstrated that Teyon had developed genuine expertise in delivering licensed single-player shooters that fans of the source material could enjoy without the usual compromises expected from mid-budget licensed games.