History
On November 20, 2006, Turtle Rock Studios announced Left 4 Dead, a co-operative multiplayer action game. The game was built atop the most advanced version of the Source Engine available at the time and introduced version 2 of Turtle Rock's AI technology, which had since been updated from the AI used for the bots in Condition Zero. The game released on Microsoft Windows and the Xbox 360 in November 2008.
On 10 January 2008, Valve Corporation announced that they had acquired Turtle Rock Studios. Valve took control of development since then.
Later in 2008, Valve shut down Turtle Rock Studios and let all the personnel relocate to Seattle to join them if they wanted to. In 2009 Turtle Rock Studios was reopened, with Valve's blessings, by Chris Ashton and Phil Robb.
On 3 June 2009, Doug Lombardi of Valve Corporation confirmed that the studio was no longer operating as Valve South some time after the release of Left 4 Dead.
On 5 February 2010, Turtle Rock Studios put up a new website declaring they have reformed and are once again working on video games.
On 2 June 2010, Turtle Rock Studios announced the formation of a new division in Turtle Rock called Turtle Rock Garage, a small division based solely on casual games.
On 22 September 2010, Digital Development Management announced they are representing Turtle Rock Studios to find publishers for their games.
On 9 February 2011, Turtle Rock Studios announced they have begun aggressive hiring for their next major title.
On 26 May 2011, THQ announced they would be publishing Turtle Rock's next major title.
On 10 June 2011, THQ described Turtle Rock's next title as 'Wild'. THQ core game boss Danny Bilson confirmed that a full reveal of the shooter is due.
On 20 October 2011, Turtle Rock confirmed that their next title will be powered by CryEngine 3
On 23 January 2013, Take-Two acquired the rights to the current game, listed as Evolve, in the THQ Bankruptcy Auction
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