Trapdoor Inc. was a Canadian video game developer based in Montreal. Founded in August 2008 by Ken Schachter, the company developed Warp and co-published Polytron Corporation's Fez, both released in 2012. A third title, Heist, was cancelled after six months in development before Trapdoor was shut down in December 2012.
In November 2010, Electronic Arts' EA Partners announced a publishing deal with Trapdoor for the game Warp.[4] The game was released for Xbox 360 in February 2012, as well as for Windows and PlayStation 3 the following March.[5] Trapdoor announced in March 2011 that it would co-publish the Polytron Corporation-developed game Fez, which was released in April 2012 for Xbox 360.[6][7] A third title, codenamed Heist, entered production in early 2012 but was cancelled six months into development. Trapdoor was disestablished on 16 December 2012.[8]