Wolfire Games
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| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded 📆 | 2003 |
| Founder 👔 | David Rosen |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , U.S. |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | David Rosen (CEO and lead programmer) Jeffrey Rosen (president) John Graham (COO) Aubrey Serr (lead artist) |
| Products 📟 | Lugaru Black Shades Overgrowth Receiver |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 4[1] |
| 🌐 Website | wolfire |
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| 📞 telephone | |
Wolfire Games is an American independent video game development company founded by David Rosen. Wolfire Games develops video games for macOS, Windows, and Linux.[2]
History
David Rosen founded Wolfire Games in 2003 to organize his open source video game contest entries.[3] After graduating from Swarthmore College in 2008, he was joined by his twin brother, Jeff, and two friends. In 2010, Wolfire ran the first Humble Bundle, later spun off as a separate company before being bought by IGN.[4]
The company was awarded 5th Best Indie Game for their game Overgrowth by ModDB during the 7th Annual Mod of the Year Awards in 2008.[5][6]
The company operates a YouTube channel on which it releases game footage and highlights new features.[7]
The company name was inspired by "Wolfenstein", a stray dog the Rosen brothers adopted in 1996 and named for the video game series.[8]
In 2012, Wolfire developed Receiver in 7 days for the 7DFPS Challenge.[9]
In 2020, Wolfire released Receiver II, which won the 2020 Game Development World Championship's Fan Favorite award and week 22 Weekly Vote.[10]
In 2021, Wolfire Games filed a lawsuit against Valve Corporation alleging that Valve's video game storefront, Steam, uses its large market share to stifle competition and inflate the prices of games.[11]
Games
- GLFighters – 2001 – Mac OS 9[12]
- Black Shades
- Lightning's Shadow – 2003 – Mac OS 9[15]
- Lugaru – 2005 – Linux, Mac OS X, Windows[16]
- The Broadside Express – 2012 – Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (developed for the Humble Bundle Mojam using the Unity game engine)
- Receiver – 2012 – Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (developed for the 2012 7dfps challenge using the Unity game engine)
- Desperate Gods – 2012 – Mac OS X, Windows (developed for the 2012 Fuck This Jam challenge using the Unity game engine. Updates will continue after the challenge)
- Low-light Combat – 2013 – Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (developed for the Humble Bundle Mojam 2 using the Unity game engine)
- Overgrowth – 2017 – Windows, macOS, Linux[1]
- Receiver II – 2020 – Windows, macOS, Linux
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Overgrowth – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Independent Video Games – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ↑ "College Corner: Interview with David Rosen, computer game-creator extraordinaire | Daily Gazette". Daily.swarthmore.edu. February 6, 2006. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "It will blow you away: IGN buys Humble Bundle". rockpapershotgun.com. October 13, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
- ↑ "Overgrowth Voted 5th Best Indie Game on ModDB – Wolfire Games Blog". Blog.wolfire.com. March 1, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ↑ "2008 Indie Game of the Year Winners". moddb.com. March 1, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
- ↑ "WolfireGames Youtube". YouTube. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ↑ "The origin of Wolfire – Wolfire Games Blog". Blog.wolfire.com. April 15, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Receiver | Wolfire Games". www.wolfire.com. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ↑ "Receiver 2 - Wolfire Games - GDWC - The Game Development World Championship". thegdwc.com. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ↑ Andy Chalk (2021-04-29). "Overgrowth developer Wolfire Games files antitrust lawsuit against Valve". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ↑ "GLFighters – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Black Shades – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Black Shades iPhone – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Lightning's Shadow – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Lugaru HD – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
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