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| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | End 2004 |
| Defunct | 2009 |
| Headquarters | , Russia |
| Products | Computer games |
Number of employees | 50 |
| Website | world-forge |
World Forge was a Russian video game developer located in Voronezh, Russia. The company was founded late 2004 and it employed about 50 people in 2008. [1] It was established by Burut Creative Team as an expansion of its activities and focused on the development of real-time strategy games. [2]
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