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Industry | Computer and video game industry |
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Founded | 1996 |
Founder | Antonio Farina |
Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
Key people | Antonio Farina (CEO: 1994–2011) |
Products | Video games |
Number of employees | 150+ |
Website | milestone |
Milestone S.r.l. is an Italian video game developer with headquarters in Milan. Founded in 1994 by Antonio Farina as Graffiti, the studio was soon renamed Milestone in 1996. Best known for their Superbike , MotoGP , MXGP and FIA WRC series, they are a leading developer of entertainment software in Italy. [1]
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a European country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Italian Alps and surrounded by several islands. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean sea and traversed along its length by the Apennines, Italy has a largely temperate seasonal climate. The country covers an area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and shares open land borders with France, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland (Campione) and a maritime exclave in the Tunisian sea (Lampedusa). With around 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the fourth-most populous member state of the European Union.
A video game developer is a software developer that specializes in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines, such as programming, design, art, testing, etc. Most game development companies have video game publisher financial and usually marketing support. Self-funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games.
Milan is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,395,274 while its metropolitan city has a population of 3,245,308. Its continuously built-up urban area has a population estimated to be about 5,270,000 over 1,891 square kilometres. The wider Milan metropolitan area, known as Greater Milan, is a polycentric metropolitan region that extends over central Lombardy and eastern Piedmont and which counts an estimated total population of 7.5 million, making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and the 54th largest in the world. Milan served as capital of the Western Roman Empire from 286 to 402 and the Duchy of Milan during the medieval period and early modern age.
# | Title | Release year | Platform |
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1 | Super Loopz | 1994 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
2 | Iron Assault | 1995 | MS-DOS |
3 | Screamer | 1995 | MS-DOS |
Note: The PC/PS2 game L'eredità was released only and exclusively in Italy.
MotoGP 13 is one of the company's most well-received games, with a score of 74.75% on GameRankings. [2]
MotoGP 13 is a motorcycle racing game developed and published by Milestone and released in 2013. The game was announced by Milestone taking back production, after its departure on the franchise with MotoGP '08. Along with the racing game's inclusion on the PlayStation Vita handheld, Milestone announced that it would return support to the PC, as well as versions for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
GameRankings is a website that collects review scores from both offline and online sources to give an average rating. It indexes over 315,000 articles relating to more than 14,500 video games.
# | Title | Release year | Platform(s) |
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1 | FX Racing | Cancelled | GameCube, PC, PlayStation 2 |
2 | Lamborghini FX | Cancelled | PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
3 | SBK-07: Superbike World Championship | Cancelled | PC, Xbox 360 |
4 | SBK-08: Superbike World Championship | Cancelled | Nintendo DS, Wii |
Grand Prix motorcycle racing refers to the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by FIM. Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of the twentieth century and large national events were often given the title Grand Prix, The foundation of a recognised international governing body for motorcycle sport, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme in 1949 provided the opportunity to coordinate rules and regulations in order that selected events could count towards official World Championships as FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix. It is the oldest established motorsport world championship.
Valentino Rossi is an Italian professional motorcycle road racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is the only rider in the history of the World Championship to have won the World Championship in four different classes: 125cc (1), 250cc (1), 500cc (1) and MotoGP (6).
Jet Moto is a series of futuristic racing games for the PlayStation video game console. Jet Moto (1996) and Jet Moto 2 (1997) were developed by SingleTrac, known for Twisted Metal and Twisted Metal 2. SingleTrac then left Sony, the publisher of the series, and Jet Moto 3 (1999) was developed by Pacific Coast Power & Light in their absence. They would also go on to develop Jet Moto 2124, which was cancelled two years into development. A fifth title known as Jet Moto: SOLAR was being developed by RedZone Interactive for the PlayStation 2, but no screenshots or video of gameplay were ever released, and the game was cancelled in 2003.
Evolution Studios Ltd. was a British video game developer headquartered in Runcorn, Cheshire. The company was founded in 1999 by Martin Kenwright and Ian Hetherington, following the purchase of their studio Digital Image Design's publisher Ocean Software by Infogrames. Kenwright then left Digital Image Design with six members of staff to form Evolution Studios.
V-Rally 3 is a racing video game developed by Eden Studios and originally released for the PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance platforms in 2002.
MotoGP '07 is the fifth game of the MotoGP game series for the PS2 and the first published by Capcom. The developer Milestone had also released Superbike 2001.
Moto Racer Advance is a motocross racing game developed by Adeline Software International, produced by Delphine Software International and published by Ubisoft for the Game Boy Advance. It was released in PAL regions on October 4, 2002 and in North America on December 4, 2002. It is part of the Moto Racer series and was the last game to be developed by Adeline Software and also the last with any involvement from Delphine Software.
Three series of video games with the official license of the World Rally Championship (WRC) have been released.
The 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 63rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The 2011 season was also the final season for 800cc engines in MotoGP, and also for 125cc machinery, as both MotoGP switched back to 1000cc engines and a new four-stroke Moto3 class was also introduced in 2012.
MotoGP is a class of the Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix.
WRC - FIA World Rally Championship is a car racing video game based on the 2010 season of the World Rally Championship (WRC). It is the first game to be officially licensed by the WRC since 2005's WRC: Rally Evolved, and is the seventh game to bear the WRC licence. The game was developed by Milestone S.r.l. and published by Black Bean Games. The developer had also created Superstars V8 Racing and Alfa Romeo Racing Italiano.
The 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 65th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Road racing World Championship season. Jorge Lorenzo started the season as the defending World Champion, while Honda was the defending Manufacturers' Champion. Moto2 champion Marc Márquez joined the MotoGP grid with Repsol Honda and Moto3 champion Sandro Cortese entered Moto2, with Intact GP.
MotoGP 14 is a video game developed by Milestone.
Ride is a motorcycle racing video game developed and published by Milestone S.r.l.. The game was released on March 27, 2015, in Europe, and on October 6, 2015 in North America for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox 360.
MotoGP 15 is a video game developed by Milestone S.r.l.. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on 24 June 2015. It is the first to be released on Xbox One and final installment for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Valentino Rossi: The Game is a motorcycle racing video game developed and published by Milestone S.r.l.. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 16 June 2016. It is the official video game of the 2016 MotoGP season. The game is also endorsed by Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi. This was the first Videogame under Milestone S.r.l. not released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
MotoGP 17 is a video game developed by Milestone S.r.l..
MotoGP 18 is a video game developed by Milestone S.r.l..
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