TalonSoft

Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = TalonSoft
company_
fate = Acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 2000 and later shut down
successor =
foundation = 1995
defunct = Shut down in 2005
location = Baltimore, Maryland
industry = Computer and video game industry
key_people = Jim Rose and John Davidson
products =
num_employees =
parent = Take-Two Interactive from 2000
subsid =

TalonSoft was a Baltimore, Maryland-based computer game developer founded in 1995 by Jim Rose and John Davidson. The company specialized in wargames; many of its releases were acclaimed within the wargaming community.

TalonSoft was acquired by Take-Two Interactive in early 2000, and operated as a brand of Take-Two until it was shut down in 2005.In October 2005, Matrix Games acquired the publication rights to most of the TalonSoft catalog, including the Battleground, Campaign, and Operational Art of War series.

Games published or developed by TalonSoft

*Battleground series
** (1995)
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** (1996)
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** (1997)
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** (1999)
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*Age of Sail series
**Age of Sail (1996)
**Age of Sail II (2001)
*Campaign series
**West Front (1998)
**East Front II (1999)
**Rising Sun (2000)
** (2001)
*The Operational Art of War series
**The Operational Art of War Volume I (1998)
**The Operational Art of War II (1999)
*Tribal Rage (1998)
* (1999)
*Battle of Britain (1999)
*Hidden & Dangerous (1999)
*Jagged Alliance 2 (1999)
* (2000)
*Jetfighter IV (2000)
* (2000)
*Codename Eagle (2000)
* (2000)
*Metal Fatigue (2000)
* (2000)
* (2000)
*Merchant Prince II (2001)
*StarLeader (2001)
*outlive (2001)?
* (2006)
*John Tiller's Campaign Series (2007)
*Age of Ironclads (1997)

External links

* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/talonsoft MobyGames' entry on TalonSoft]
* [http://www.wargamer.com/articles/talonsoftmatrix_interview/ Interview: Matrix Acquires Talonsoft License] at [http://www.wargamer.com The Wargamer]