Wolfire Games

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Wolfire Games
Company type Private
Industry Video games
Founded2003;22 years ago (2003)
FounderDavid Rosen
Headquarters
San Francisco Bay Area, California
,
U.S.
Key people
David Rosen (CEO and lead programmer)
Jeffrey Rosen (president)
John Graham (COO)
Aubrey Serr (lead artist)
Products Lugaru
Black Shades
Overgrowth
Receiver
Number of employees
4 [1]
Website wolfire.com

Wolfire Games is an American independent video game development company founded by David Rosen. Wolfire Games develops video games for macOS, Windows, and Linux. [2]

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History

David Rosen founded Wolfire Games in 2003 to organize his open source video game contest entries. [3] After graduating from Swarthmore College in 2008, he was joined by his twin brother, Jeff, and two friends. In 2010, Wolfire ran the first Humble Bundle, later spun off as a separate company before being bought by IGN. [4]

The company was awarded 5th Best Indie Game for their game Overgrowth by ModDB during the 7th Annual Mod of the Year Awards in 2008. [5] [6]

The company operates a YouTube channel on which it releases game footage and highlights new features. [7]

The company name was inspired by "Wolfenstein", a stray dog the Rosen brothers adopted in 1996 and named for the video game series. [8]

In 2012, Wolfire developed Receiver in 7 days for the 7DFPS Challenge. [9]

In 2020, Wolfire released Receiver II, which won the 2020 Game Development World Championship's Fan Favorite award and week 22 Weekly Vote. [10]

In 2021, Wolfire Games filed a lawsuit against Valve Corporation alleging that Valve's video game storefront, Steam, uses its large market share to stifle competition and inflate the prices of games. [11]

Games

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Overgrowth – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Independent Video Games – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ "College Corner: Interview with David Rosen, computer game-creator extraordinaire | Daily Gazette". Daily.swarthmore.edu. February 6, 2006. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ "It will blow you away: IGN buys Humble Bundle". rockpapershotgun.com. October 13, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Overgrowth Voted 5th Best Indie Game on ModDB – Wolfire Games Blog". Blog.wolfire.com. March 1, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  6. ↑ "2008 Indie Game of the Year Winners". moddb.com. March 1, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  7. ↑ "WolfireGames Youtube". YouTube . Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  8. ↑ "The origin of Wolfire – Wolfire Games Blog". Blog.wolfire.com. April 15, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Receiver | Wolfire Games". www.wolfire.com. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Receiver 2 - Wolfire Games - GDWC - The Game Development World Championship". thegdwc.com. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  11. ↑ Andy Chalk (April 29, 2021). "Overgrowth developer Wolfire Games files antitrust lawsuit against Valve". PC Gamer. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  12. ↑ "GLFighters – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Black Shades – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Black Shades iPhone – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Lightning's Shadow – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Lugaru HD – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
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