- Petroglyph Games
Infobox Company
company_name = Petroglyph Games, Inc.
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company_type =Video game developer
foundation =April 1 ,2003
location =Las Vegas, Nevada
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num_employees = 53 (06/06/07) & 15 Community Staff on the Forums
industry = Video games
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revenue =
homepage = [http://www.petroglyphgames.com/ Petroglyph Games]Petroglyph Games is a video game developer based in
Las Vegas, Nevada . The company was formed by a group of formerWestwood Studios employees who had resigned whenElectronic Arts merged Westwood Studios into the EA Pacific studios inLos Angeles to formEA Los Angeles . Other former Westwood employees initially accepted EA's relocation offer, but eventually returned to Las Vegas to work with Petroglyph. Coincidentally, the old Westwood Studios building is not that far away from the current Petroglyph building.Petroglyph is primarily known for their strong experience in RTS game development. The company's founding members have worked on seminal and influential games in the genre, most notably "
Command & Conquer " and "Dune II ", which established the template for modern RTS games. Petroglyph Games' employees average more than 12 years of industry experience.History
*Petroglyph Games is formed on
April 1 ,2003 .
*OnJune 25 ,2004 , the company moved into their own building.
*OnNovember 16 ,2004 , Petroglyph announced a project which they were working on, a new "Star Wars "real-time strategy (RTS) game called "", which was released onFebruary 16 ,2006 .
*OnSeptember 12 ,2005 , it was announced that they would be working on an original military/sci-fi RTS franchise withSega .
*OnJanuary 27 ,2007 , Petroglyph announced their second game, "". "Universe at War" was released onDecember 10 ,2007 .
*OnApril 15 ,2008 , Petroglyph announced that they would be working in partnership with True Games Interactive on a Free-to-Play micro-transaction based online game for the PC.Games developed
* "" (February 2006)
** "" (October 2006)
* "" (December 2007)ee also
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Alamo (game engine) External links
* [http://www.petroglyphgames.com/ Petroglyph Games Official Website]
* [http://www.petroglyphgames.com/forums/ Petroglyph Games Official Forum]
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