Slitherine Software

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Slitherine Software UK Limited
Company type Private
Industry Video games
Founded4 July 2000;23 years ago (2000-07-04) [1] [2]
FounderIain McNeil
Headquarters
Epsom
,
United Kingdom
Area served
International
ProductsHistorical strategy games
Website www.slitherine.com

Slitherine Software UK Limited (also known as Slitherine Strategies) is a British video game developer and publisher founded on 25 June 2000. It is responsible for the production of a range of over 200 strategy and war video games. [3] Slitherine developed and/or published a number of licensed games with brands including Battlestar Galactica , Warhammer 40,000 , Starship Troopers , Horrible Histories and The History Channel. [4] It also produces rules for a series of tabletop wargames called Field of Glory .

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History

Slitherine merged with Matrix Games in 2010. [5] Slitherine works with the US military and defense contractors to supply simulation software. The primary simulation is a professional version of the commercial game Command Modern Air & Naval Operations. [6] In 2014, Slitherine Group acquired Shenandoah Studio, American developer of Battle of the Bulge and Drive on Moscow . [7]

Games

YearTitlePlatform(s)
2002 Legion Windows
2003 Chariots of War Windows
2004 Spartan Windows
2005 Legion Arena Windows, Mac OS X
2007 Commander: Europe at War Windows, Mac OS X, DS, PSP
2007 The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome Windows, PS2, PSP
2008Commander: Napoleon at War [8] Windows, Mac OS X
2009History: Great Empires – Rome [9] [10] Nintendo DS
2009 Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans Windows, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS
2009Conquest! Medieval Realms [11] [12] Windows, iOS, Android
2009 Field of Glory Windows, Mac OS X
2010History: Ice Road Truckers [13] [14] PSP
2010History: Egypt – Engineering an Empire [15] [16] Windows, iOS, DS, PSP
2010 Battlefield Academy [17] Windows, Mac OS X, [18] iOS, [19] Xbox 360
2010History: Great Battles – Medieval [20] Windows, PS3, Xbox 360, Android, [21] iOS [22]
2010Gary Grigsby's War in the East [23] Windows
2011 Panzer Corps Windows, iPadOS, macOS
2011Advanced Tactics Gold [24] Windows
2011Time of Fury [25] Windows
2012Commander: The Great War [26] [27] Windows, iOS [28]
2013 Pandora: First Contact Windows, macOS, Linux
2014 Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front Windows, iOS, macOS
2014Pike and Shot [29] Windows, iOS [30]
2014 Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon Windows, iOS, macOS
2015 Order of Battle: Pacific [31] Windows, macOS, Xbox One, PS4
2015 Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy Windows, macOS, iOS, Xbox One, PS4
2015 Battle of the Bulge Windows, macOS
2015Scourge of War: Waterloo [32] Windows, iOS [33]
2015Thirty Years' War [34] Windows
2016Victory and Glory: Napoleon [35] Windows
2016Last Days of Old Earth [36] Windows
2016Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun [37] Windows
2016 Drive on Moscow Windows
2017 Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach Windows
2017 Afghanistan '11 Windows, Android
2017Gettysburg: The Tide Turns [38] Windows
2017 Battlestar Galactica Deadlock Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Switch
2017 Field of Glory II Windows
2018 Empires Apart Windows
2018 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War Windows, Linux
2019 Field of Glory: Empires Windows
2020 Panzer Corps 2 Windows
2020 Shadow Empire Windows
2020ICBM Windows
2021 Field of Glory II: Medieval Windows
2021 Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2022 Distant Worlds 2 Windows
2022 Starship Troopers: Terran Command Windows
2022 Master of Magic Windows
2023 Field of Glory: Kingdoms Windows
2023 Stargate: Timekeepers [39] Windows
2024 Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance [40] Windows

Other media

Alongside their video games, Slitherine publishes a series of manuals for their tabletop wargame Field of Glory . The game is primarily set in the Ancient and Medieval time periods of European and Middle Eastern History. There are also plans to expand the game to include the Renaissance and Napoleonic Wars. Each new setting will have its own rules system and set of companion books.[ citation needed ]

A game engine built by Slitherine was used on the TV series Deadliest Warrior . [41]

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<i>Battle of the Bulge</i> (video game) 2012 video game

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<i>Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy</i> 2015 video game

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<i>Battle Academy</i> Video game series

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References

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