Micro Forté Studios (formerly Micro Forté) is an Australian electronic entertainment company. Founded in 1985 by John De Marguereti. Responsible for creating organizations like the Australian Game Developers Conference and the Academy of Interactive Entertainment to develop the computer games industry in Australia.
| Micro Forté Studios | |
|---|---|
| Type of | Private company |
| Base | 1985 |
| Abolished | 2012 |
| Reason for abolition | Wargaming.net takeover |
| Location |  Australia : Canberra |
| Key figures | John De Margheriti , creator and president |
| Industry | software development ( ISIC :6201 ) |
| Products | Interactive entertainment, computer and video games industry |
| Number of employees | 25 |
| Site | www.microforte.com.au |
Best known as the author of the tactical role-playing game Fallout Tactics and the first-person shooter Kwari .
In 1994, the company received a grant from the Australian government to research MMO technology. The result of this research was the BigWorld technology, which is used in many modern MMO games [1] .
On August 7, 2012, it was announced that the company, the staff of 25 people, and BigWorld itself were purchased by Wargaming.net . [one]
History
The first Micro Forté game was developed for Electronic Arts Americas Cup Sailing Simulation , released in 1986 for Commodore 64 . The next game, Demon Stalkers , was also developed for Electonic Arts and, after its release in 1987, was well received by critics and the public. The sequel to this game, called the Fire King , was published by the Strategic Studies Group in 1989 .
After that, the company suspended its activities in the computer games industry for several years and returned to it only in 1994, creating two children's games Nordice and Bombs Away . After that, Micro Forté developed games for various international publishers, including Enemy Infestation ( Panasonic / Ripcord ), HotWheels Bash Arena ( THQ ) and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel ( Interplay ). Their most widely known game, Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, a tactical game based on the Fallout universe, received high marks from critics. [2] .
The latest, at the moment, Micro Forté is an MMO Kwari shooter with an innovative business model.
Games
- America's Cup Challenge ( Commodore 64 , Amstrad , Electronic Arts )
- Demon Stalkers (Commodore 64, PC , Electronic Arts)
- FireKing (Commodore 64, PC, Strategic Studies Group )
- Nordice (PC, Emu Multimedia )
- Bombs Away (PC, Emu Multimedia)
- Enemy Infestation (PC, Panasonic / Ripcord )
- Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (PC, Interplay )
- Hotwheels: Bash Arena (PC, THQ )
- Citizen Zero (Xbox MMO for Microsoft, not published)
- Super Spy Online (PC MMO, prototype)
- Kwari (PC "play for cash", Kwari Ltd)
- World of warplanes
- World of Tanks (up to version 0.9.22)
- World of warships
Sources
- ↑ BigWorldTech: List of games . bigworldtech.com. Archived June 8, 2012.
- ↑ Fallout Tactics: What the critics said . Metacritic. Archived June 8, 2012.