title: Targem Games
text: # Targem Games
  
  Targem Games is a Russian video game developer, based in Yekaterinburg, Russia, geographically in Siberia. Established in 2002, the company has created nine PC games of various genres. The company received several awards at the Russian Game Developer's Conference, including "Best Debut", "Best Game Design" and "Most innovative project".
  
  ## History
  
  * 2002 - The company is founded. The first contract with Buka for the creation of Battle Mages [ru] is signed.
  * 2003 - Battle Mages - an original RTS/RPG mix - the very first game of the company is released in Russia. Later the game is localized into several languages including Chinese. The work on add-on and a new big project starts.
  * 2004 - Battle Mages is released in US, Europe and China. The Add-on to Battle Mages named Battle Mages: Sign of darkness is released in Russia.
  * 2005 - Hard Truck Apocalypse is released in Russia under the title Ex Machina and is a success there. Next year the game hits the stores of US
  * 2006 - Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise of Clans is released.
  * 2007 - ExMachina: Arcade and Day Watch are released in Russia
  * 2008 - The company acquires status of certified Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 developers. The Swarm is released in Russia. GearGrinder is released in Russia.
  * 2009 - for the first time the company is presented at the Game connection Europe.
     * GearGrinder is released world-wide.
     * Clutch is released world-wide. It is a first game of the company that can be bought via Steam.
  * 2011 - Targem games' first downloadable PlayStation 3 game Armageddon Riders was released on 2 June on PSN Targem Games not only developed but also self-published it.
     * In May a chess game entitled Battle vs. Chess developed by Targem games was released in Europe
  * 2012 - Targem games releases its second downloadable game for PlayStation 3 - Planets Under Attack in November. The game is also released on Steam and on XBLA with the help of Topware.
  
  ## Titles
  
  | Game Name | Release Year | Genre |
  | - | - | - |
  | Battle Mages | 2003 | RTS/RPG |
  | Battle Mages: Sign of darkness | 2004 | RTS/RPG |
  | Hard Truck Apocalypse | 2005 | Truck Simulator/Car combat/RPG |
  | Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise of Clans | 2006 | Truck Simulator/Car combat/RPG |
  | ExMachina: Arcade [ru] | 2007 | Car combat |
  | Day Watch | 2007 | Turn based tactics |
  | Sledgehammer/GearGrinder | 2008 | Racing/Car combat |
  | The Swarm | 2008 | TPS/Slasher |
  | Clutch | 2009 | Racing/Car combat |
  | MorphX (Xbox 360) | 2010 | TPS/Slasher |
  | Insane 2 | 2011 | Off-road Racing |
  | Armageddon Riders (PSN) | 2011 | Racing/Car combat |
  | Battle vs. Chess | 2011 | Chess |
  | Planets Under Attack | 2012 | RTS |
  | Star Conflict | 2012 | MMO/Space Action |
  | Blazerush | 2014 | Racing/Car combat |
  | Etherlords | 2014 | Card battle |
  | Crossout | 2015 | Racing/Car combat |
  | Star Conflict Heroes | 2017 | Sci-fi RPG |
  
  Star Conflict was developed by Star Gem Inc., a branch of Targem Games
  
  