Gameforge
Encyclopedia
Gameforge is a German
video game developer
and publisher
, specialising in browser-based multiplayer games
. The company was established in Karlsruhe
, Germany
in December 2003 by Klaas Kersting and Alexander Roesner.
Gameforge's catalog includes several free-to-play web browser based games, including Ikariam
(a civilization-building strategy game set in Ancient Greece
), Kingsage (a game similar to TribalWars
), Gladiatus (a Web-Based massively multiplayer online role-playing game
set in the gladiator days of Ancient Rome
), Katsuro (a Web-Based massively multiplayer online role-playing game
set in the Samurai days of a fictional Feudal Japan like land of Katsuro), OGame
(a text-based space warfare game), and Bitefight (a role playing game pitting vampire
s against werewolves
). Gameforge also published several PC titles such as The Saga of Ryzom
, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game
which the company acquired when its took over the French game studio Nevrax. Ryzom has since changed hands again to another company.
In December 2008, the company was named as one of 34 Technology Pioneers for 2009 by the World Economic Forum
for technological innovations that impact business and society.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
video game developer
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
and publisher
Video game publisher
A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
, specialising in browser-based multiplayer games
Browser game
A browser game is a computer game that is played over the Internet using a web browser. Browser games can be created and run using standard web technologies or browser plug-ins. Browser games include all video game genres and can be single-player or multiplayer...
. The company was established in Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in December 2003 by Klaas Kersting and Alexander Roesner.
Gameforge's catalog includes several free-to-play web browser based games, including Ikariam
Ikariam
Ikariam is a browser based massively multiplayer online game of the strategy genre produced and maintained by Gameforge AG. The game is set in the era of classical Greece in an archipelago, with players being made ruler of a small town, which they must expand and lead...
(a civilization-building strategy game set in Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
), Kingsage (a game similar to TribalWars
TribalWars
Tribal Wars, commonly referred to as TW, is a browser-based, massive multiplayer online real time strategy game, set in the middle ages. In it, each player takes control over a small village, grows it, and eventually begins taking over other villages....
), Gladiatus (a Web-Based massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
set in the gladiator days of Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
), Katsuro (a Web-Based massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
set in the Samurai days of a fictional Feudal Japan like land of Katsuro), OGame
OGame
OGame is a text-based, resource-management and space-war themed massively multiplayer online browser game with over two million accounts. OGame was created in 2000 and is produced and maintained by Bioware.. OGame is available in multiple languages, and different nationalities have their own...
(a text-based space warfare game), and Bitefight (a role playing game pitting vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
s against werewolves
Werewolf
A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope , is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse...
). Gameforge also published several PC titles such as The Saga of Ryzom
The Saga of Ryzom
Ryzom, also known as The Saga of Ryzom, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game . Ryzom is labeled as Science-Fantasy by the creators due to storyline elements that are typically found in both science fiction and fantasy genres...
, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
which the company acquired when its took over the French game studio Nevrax. Ryzom has since changed hands again to another company.
In December 2008, the company was named as one of 34 Technology Pioneers for 2009 by the World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
for technological innovations that impact business and society.
External links
- Gameforge AG (German branch)
- Gameforge Productions INC. (U.S. branch)