Riot Sydney

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Riot Sydney
FormerlyBigWorld Technology (2002-2012)
Wargaming Sydney (2012-2022)
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Video games
Founded2002;23 years ago (2002)
Headquarters Sydney, Australia
Key people
Steve Wang (CEO)
Simon Hayes (CTO)
Number of employees
~65 (2013)
Parent Wargaming (2012-2022)
Riot Games (2022-present)

Riot Sydney (formerly BigWorld Technology and Wargaming Sydney) is an Australian software company, formed in 2002 by John De Margheriti. It was the developer of BigWorld, a middleware development tool suite for creating massively multiplayer online games (MMO) and virtual worlds. It was the first company that developed a middleware platform for the MMO market. In 2007, BigWorld was recognised by the UK's Develop magazine as an industry leader. [1]

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On 7 August 2012, Wargaming – which had used BigWorld as part of the infrastructure for games such as World of Tanks – acquired BigWorld Technology for $45 million. Wargaming stated that it would continue to license and support BigWorld, and foresaw the possibility that it could offer its technologies with BigWorld for third-party licensors. [2] [3] The studio was operated as Wargaming Sydney. On 17 October 2022, Wargaming sold the studio to Riot Games for an undisclosed amount, renaming it to Riot Sydney; the sale excluded the BigWorld technology itself and the studio's publishing arm, which were retained by Wargaming. [4]

Awards

BigWorld Technology has received a number of business and technology innovation related awards:

References

  1. ↑ "MMO Engine Round-Up". Develop Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
  2. ↑ Takahashi, Dean (7 August 2012). "Wargaming acquires BigWorld middleware firm for $45M (exclusive)". VentureBeat. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Wargaming acquires BigWorld for $45 million". Engadget. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Riot games acquires Wargaming Sydney Studio". GamesIndustry.biz. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Australia Training & Simulation Industry Capability Directory: BigWorld Pty Ltd". Australian Government/Simulation Australia. Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Cool Company Awards 2006". Australian Anthill Magazine. August–September 2006. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
  7. ↑ "IT Secrets Competition Winners 2002-2005" (PDF). Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
  8. ↑ "2007 Australian Export Awards". Austrade.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Australian Game Developers Conference 2005 Award winners". AGDC. 2005.
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