Ripcord Games 1997 Tapestry

Ripcord Games began as a publishing label of Panasonic Interactive Media in 1997, and is probably best known for Postal, its debut game, and the Spec Ops series. In 1999 Ripcord Games was spun off from the parent company and sold, but continued to operate as it had previously, but as a privately held company. The company partnered with Southpeak Interactive for publishing, but when Southpeak suddenly dissolved in November 2000, so did Ripcord's much needed funding. Although the company had the most experience publishing games for the PC, Ripcord had announced and promoted several console titles, but without the financial support it required, Ripcord shuttered their offices in 2001 and stopped publishing.