Studio

Timeline

History lesson: A chronological presentation of our project releases and different events happened over the last years.


    2000 - The Dark Ages of Modding
  • First Steps March 2003
    Our first project that entered development was the total conversion mod Arktwend: The Forgotten Realm. It was developed on top of The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind engine.
  • SureAI was Founded October 2003
    With now already two people on our project, it was time to create a team name, to appropriately represent the collective.
  • Black Raven Team Merged With SureAI May 2005
    The modding team Black Raven, which at the time was working on their own total conversion project Myar Aranath, joined the SureAI team.
  • Myar Aranath Released and Website Launched October 2005
    Our first project release was exciting. We've also released Arktwend in public beta and launched this very website you are currently looking at.
  • Arktwend Released February 2006
    Finally! After three years of development, version 1.0 of Arktwend: The Forgotten Realm was released.
  • Development of Nehrim Started March 2006
    With the release of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion the team was ready to work on the most ambitious project yet, the total conversion mod Nehrim: At Fate's Edge.
  • 2007 Games Convention in Leipzig August 2007
    The German video games magazine PC Games provided us with the opportunity to reveal the new trailer and show a special playable demo of Nehrim at their show booth.
  • Team Gathering in Berlin August 2008
    The core team, which was working remote over the internet, met in Berlin for the first time.
  • CUBE Experimental Released May 2009
    Inspired by the newly released Fallout 3, the side project CUBE Experimental was developed.
    • 2010 - The Era of Great Ambition
  • Nehrim Release June 2010
    After more then four years in the making, Nehrim: At fate's Edge was released.
  • Mod of The Year 2010 December 2010
    Nehrim won at the ModDB Mod of the Year awards Best Mod of The Year.
  • Nehrim Addon Released October 2011
    With the version 1.5 of Nehrim additional content was introduced to the game.
  • Development of Enderal Announced June 2012
    We've revealed the development of our next project Enderal: The Shards of Order to the public.
  • Nehrim Audio-Book "Kriegsdämmerung" Released July 2012
    The audio-book "Kriegsdämmerung", about the events that precede the story of Nehrim, was released.
  • Feature in PC Action August 2012
    The video games magazine PC Action wrote a big feature about Enderal.
  • ColossusArc Founded October 2013
    ColossusArc was founded to create a space for future experimental game projects. It also acts as an legal entity to represent SureAI.
  • Nehrim Enters ModDB Hall of Fame May 2015
    Nehrim was added to the ModDB Hall of Fame.
  • Enderal Released July 2016
    After over five years of planing and development, Enderal: The Shards of Order was released.
  • Enderal Won at The 2016 Game Awards December 2016
    Enderal won at the 2016 Game Awards in the category Best Fan Creation.
  • Enderal Enters ModDB Hall of Fame August 2017
    Enderal was added to the ModDB Hall of Fame.
  • Mad Restaurant People Released September 2018
    We've started to use Unreal Engine 4 and released our first, small game on Steam, which is a restaurant memory game in which you have to remember the food items customers ordered and deliver them.
  • What's Next? December 2018
    After prototyping several game ideas, the development of our next unannounced project has begun.
  • Enderal: Forgotten Stories Released February 2019
    The Enderal addon Forgotten Stories was released on Steam. This version restored cut content from the 2016 release and added additional quests, classes and bug fixes.
  • New Office June 2019
    We've moved to a new office located in the town of Tutzing.
    • 2020 - The Distorted Period
  • Nehrim Steam Version Released June 2020
    10 years after the original release a Steam version of Nehrim was released.
  • First Book in the Enderal Novel Series Released November 2020
    The novel Dreams of the Dying was released, which tells part of the backstory of Jespar Dal'Varek, one of Enderals main protagonists.
  • Merchandise Shop Opened December 2020
    We've opend our merch shop to in the future provide you with high quality prints, gear and goodies to our games.
  • Enderal (Special Edition) Released March 2021
    The community ported Enderal to the Special Edition of Skyrim, which is now also available on Steam.