Liquid Entertainment

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name = Liquid Entertainment

type = Private
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foundation = February 1999
founder = Ed Del Castillo, Mike Grayford
location_city = Pasadena, California
location_country = United States
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industry = Video game industry
products = "Battle Realms", ', ", '
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homepage = http://www.liquid-entertainment.com
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Liquid Entertainment is a video game developer based in Thousand Oaks, California. Liquid was co-founded in 1999 by Ed Del Castillo and Michael Grayford. [http://www.gamespy.com/company/027/027172.html GameSpy: Liquid Entertainment Company Profile ] ] To date, Liquid has developed a sim game based on the "Desperate Housewives" television series, three real-time strategy PC games, and a stand-alone expansion pack.

Overview

Ed Del Castillo and Michael Grayford worked on a number of high profile computer games prior to founding Liquid Entertainment. Aside from his work with Liquid, Del Castillo is best known as the producer for the "Command & Conquer" series. Michael Grayford's game credits include programming for ', ', "Monopoly: CD-ROM", "Lands of Lore II", and "Blade Runner".

"Battle Realms", released by Crave and Ubisoft in November, 2001, features an unconventional approach to resource management and unit development. It was well received by reviewers, [cite web
url=http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages4/256847.asp
title= "Battle Realms" reviews
publisher=Game Rankings
accessdate=2006-11-05] many of whom praised its at-the-time state of the art 3D engine and East Asian-inspired setting and aesthetics.

A stand-alone expansion pack, "Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf", followed in April, 2002. "Winter of the Wolf" was received with less enthusiasm than "Battle Realms" by the gaming community; [cite web
url=http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/561880.asp
title= "Battle Realms" reviews
publisher=Game Rankings
accessdate=2006-11-05] some reviewers compared it unfavorably to 2002's blockbuster real-time strategy titles such as "Warcraft III" and "Age of Mythology". [cite web
last=Kasavin
first=Greg
title=Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf review
authorlink=Greg Kasavin
url= http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/battlerealmswinteroftw/review.html
publisher=GameSpot
date=Nov 21, 2002
accessdate=2006-11-05 cite web
title=Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf review
url=http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3103232
publisher=1UP.com
date=05/09/2004
accessdate=2006-11-05]

Since the release of "Winter of the Wolf", Liquid has developed two real-time strategy games based on intellectual property licenses. In November, 2003, Sierra released "", based on Vivendi Universal's license to Tolkien's literary works. Atari released the licensed "Dungeons & Dragons" game "Dragonshard" in October, 2005.

In October, 2006, Buena Vista Games released "", Liquid's lifestyle simulation computer game adaptation of the popular television series "Desperate Housewives".

As of 2007, Liquid is developing "Rise of the Argonauts", a Greek mythology-themed action role-playing game scheduled for release on consoles and PC by Codemasters in 2008. [cite news
last=Boyes
first=Emma
url=http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/riseoftheargonauts/news.html?sid=6169270&om_act=convert&om_clk=newlyadded&tag=newlyadded;title;1
title=Codemasters readies trio of games
publisher=Gamespot
date=2007-04-19
accessdate=2007-04-20]

Games developed

*"Battle Realms" (2001), published by Crave Entertainment and Ubisoft
*"" (2002), published by Crave Entertainment and Ubisoft
*"" (2003), published by Sierra Entertainment
*"" (2005), published by Atari
*"" (2006), published by Buena Vista Games
*"Rise of the Argonauts" (2008), published by Codemasters - Unreleased.

References

External links

* [http://www.liquidentertainment.net/ Liquid Entertainment's website]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/liquid-entertainment "Liquid Entertainment"] on MobyGames