W!Games
Formerly | Woedend! Games |
|---|---|
| Subsidiary | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Fate | Merged with Karami |
| Successor | Vanguard Games |
| Founded 📆 | February 2005 |
| Founder 👔 | Bas van Berkestijn |
| Defunct | 15 September 2010 |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , Netherlands |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| Parent | Woedend! |
| 🌐 Website | [Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 665: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). ] |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
W!Games was a Dutch video game developer based in Amsterdam. Founded by Bas van Berkestijn in February 2005, as a subsidiary of communications company Woedend!, the company developed My Horse & Me and Greed Corp. In April 2010, W!Games merged with Karami and formed Vanguard Games.
History
Woedend!, a Dutch communications company based in Amsterdam, founded Woedend! Games in a business decision when it landed a deal to develop a video game centred around horses.[1] The company debuted its first game, My Horse & Me, at the 2006 Game Developers Conference.[2] Following the release of My Horse & Me, Woedend! Games was renamed W!Games.[1]
On 15 September 2010, W!Games merged with Karami, a developer founded by Martin de Ronde and Michiel Mol earlier that year, and formed Vanguard Games.[3][4][5][6]
Games developed
- My Horse & Me (2007)
- Greed Corp (2010)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Erwie (23 February 2010). "W! Games en het Mistbound-universum". Gamer.nl.
- ↑ GamesIndustry International (13 March 2006). "Dutch Developer Woedend! Games to Showcase First Game Title at Game Developers Conference 2006". GamesIndustry.biz.
- ↑ Martin, Matt (15 September 2010). "Guerrilla founders form Vanguard Entertainment". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ↑ Nunneley, Stephany (16 September 2010). "Guerrilla co-founders de Ronde and Mol form Vanguard Entertainment". VG247. Videogaming247. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ↑ Graft, Kris (15 September 2010). "Guerrilla Games Co-Founders Form Vanguard". Gamasutra. UBM TechWeb. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ↑ McElroy, Griffin (16 September 2010). "Guerrilla co-founders form Vanguard Entertainment". Engadget. AOL Tech. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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