W!Games

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W!Games
Formerly
Woedend! Games
Subsidiary
Industry Video game industry
FateMerged with Karami
Successor Vanguard Games
FoundedFebruary 2005;14 years ago (2005-02)
FounderBas van Berkestijn
Defunct15 September 2010 (2010-09-15)
Headquarters
Amsterdam
,
Netherlands
Products
Parent Woedend!
Website www.wgames.biz/   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

W!Games was a Dutch video game developer based in Amsterdam. Founded by Bas van Berkestijn in February 2005, as a subsidiary of communications company Woedend!, the company developed My Horse & Me and Greed Corp . In April 2016, W!Games merged with Karami and formed Vanguard Games.

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History

Woedend!, a Dutch communications company based in Amsterdam, founded Woedend! Games in a business decision when it landed a deal to develop a video game centered around horses. [1] The company debuted their first game, My Horse & Me , at the 2006 Game Developers Conference. [2] Following the release of My Horse & Me, Woedend! Games was renamed W!Games. [1]

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On 15 September 2010, W!Games merged with Karami, a developer founded by Martin de Ronde and Michiel Mol earlier that year, and formed Vanguard Games. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Erwie (23 February 2010). "W! Games en het Mistbound-universum". Gamer.nl .
  2. ↑ GamesIndustry International (13 March 2006). "Dutch Developer Woedend! Games to Showcase First Game Title at Game Developers Conference 2006". GamesIndustry.biz .
  3. ↑ Martin, Matt (15 September 2010). "Guerrilla founders form Vanguard Entertainment". GamesIndustry.biz . Gamer Network . Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Nunneley, Stephany (16 September 2010). "Guerrilla co-founders de Ronde and Mol form Vanguard Entertainment". VG247 . Videogaming247 . Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Graft, Kris (15 September 2010). "Guerrilla Games Co-Founders Form Vanguard". Gamasutra . UBM TechWeb . Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  6. ↑ McElroy, Griffin (16 September 2010). "Guerrilla co-founders form Vanguard Entertainment". Engadget . AOL Tech . Retrieved 11 December 2016.


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