Pyro Studios

Pyro Studios is a video game developer based in Madrid (Spain), that was founded in 1996 with the purpose of developing quality video games. A consequence of this commitment was the development of ', which was released in 1998. The success of this title led to the release of a disk containing new missions entitled '.

In October 2001, the Microsoft Windows version of ' was launched, followed by its release on Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation 2, in September 2002. ' was released in October 2003. In total, the Commandos series has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.

"Praetorians", an epic 3D strategy game for Windows set at the time of Julius Caesar's campaigns was released in February 2003.

"Imperial Glory" was released at the beginning of 2005 and its latest offering, released during the first months of 2006, is far more similar to the Medal of Honor or Call of Duty games than to earlier entries of the series.

In November 2006 Spanish Website Revogamers reported that Pyro Studios had started work on an unnamed adventure game for the Wii (in addition to another game).

The company has a staff of 100, including programmers, graphic designers, musicians and video game designers, and has three new projects under development.

External links

* [http://www.pyrostudios.com Official website]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/pyro-studios-sl "Pyro Studios"] profile on MobyGames
* [http://www.revogamers.net/fullNews.php?newsId=533 Confirmation of Upcoming Wii title]