Former Relic employees have formed a new game studio comprised of people who have worked on games such as Company of Heroes, Impossible Creatures, Homeworld, Need for Speed, NHL, NBA Live and FIFA Soccer. The three core members of Smoking Gun are John Johnson who was the Producer for Company of Heroes, Angie Radwan-Pytlewski who was Company of Heroes' Art Director, and Drew Dunlop, the game's Lead Programmer.