Replay Studios was an independent video game developer

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 that created games for the seventh generation of gameconsoles

History of video game consoles (seventh generation)

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 and PC, targeted for the international market. Located in Hamburg

Hamburg

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, Germany

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, it was founded in 2002 by Marc Moehring and Sascha Jungnickel.
Rumours circulating since 3 August 2009 have suggested that the company would be closing down after having filed for insolvency.

Video games

• Crashday (2006)
  Crashday
  Crashday is a destruction derby/racing/car stunts game co-developed by Replay Studios, Moonbyte Games and published by Atari. It was released in February 2006.Version 1.2 - -Gameplay:The game combines various styles of preceding racing games...
  
  
• Velvet Assassin (2009)
  Velvet Assassin
  Velvet Assassin is a stealth action video game for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows, released in North America on April 28, 2009. Velvet Assassin's working title was Sabotage....
  
  
• Survivor (cancelled)
• Tunnel Rats (2009)
  Tunnel Rats (video game)
  Tunnel Rats is a first-person shooter developed by Replay Studios as a tie in for the Uwe Boll film 1968 Tunnel Rats. The game has you disarming booby traps, collecting ears from fallen enemies and collecting dog tags from fellow deceased soldiers...
  
  

Shutdown

On 25th August 2009, Atari announced in an email to a Crashday Hardcore Dedicate that Replay Studios have filed for insolvency. This resulted in the shutting down of their game servers.

By December 2009, a small group of dedicated players obtained the software, hardware and domain to create a New Master Server. This Server is now in full function, allowing Crashday to be played online once again.