Pollux Gamelabs
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Pollux Gamelabs was a Danish
game development company. It was started in May 2004 by Flemming Pedersen, later joined by 3 friends (Søren Bisgaard, Poul Køster and Michael Jensen) and in March 2005 the company moved into the IT-University. In 2006 they had expanded to 15 employees and moved into the old KUA where shared office space with mobile game company 3rd Person and edutainment game company Serious Games. In February 2007, Søren and Poul took over the company and continued development of Lost Empire.
Pollux Gamelabs focuses on turn-based strategy
games. The company has recently switched to XNA
as development API. An article related to this was published by Microsoft in their newsletter in 2007. Lost Empire was nominated as "Best Game of the Year" only beat by Hitman IV at the D3Expo in 2006. The second title "Lost Empire Immortals" was released by Paradox in 2008. It was based on the original, but improved by Jonas Møller, to be released march 11th, 2008. "LE:I" was nominated "Best Nordic game of 2008".
After Flemming Pedersen left the company in 2007, "disagreements" arose with the company's initial distributor Strategy First
, and the company signed a new distribution deal with swedish Paradox Interactive
. Lost Empire
was released the 14th of June and became the best selling full priced game for Paradox Interactive
for a few weeks.
Despite early interest the company was declared bankrupt in April 2008. The development of LE:I was then taken over by volunteer bman654 who has put a lot of work into further development and patching.
Currently it looks like a few extra volunteers are being allowed to work on it.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
game development company. It was started in May 2004 by Flemming Pedersen, later joined by 3 friends (Søren Bisgaard, Poul Køster and Michael Jensen) and in March 2005 the company moved into the IT-University. In 2006 they had expanded to 15 employees and moved into the old KUA where shared office space with mobile game company 3rd Person and edutainment game company Serious Games. In February 2007, Søren and Poul took over the company and continued development of Lost Empire.
Pollux Gamelabs focuses on turn-based strategy
Turn-based strategy
A turn-based strategy game is a strategy game where players take turns when playing...
games. The company has recently switched to XNA
XNA
XNA or xna may refer to:* Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport's IATA code* X-No-Archive, a Usenet newsgroup header* Microsoft XNA, a set of free tools and technologies for game developers from Microsoft...
as development API. An article related to this was published by Microsoft in their newsletter in 2007. Lost Empire was nominated as "Best Game of the Year" only beat by Hitman IV at the D3Expo in 2006. The second title "Lost Empire Immortals" was released by Paradox in 2008. It was based on the original, but improved by Jonas Møller, to be released march 11th, 2008. "LE:I" was nominated "Best Nordic game of 2008".
After Flemming Pedersen left the company in 2007, "disagreements" arose with the company's initial distributor Strategy First
Strategy First
Strategy First is a software company based in Montreal, Canada. Founded in 1988, the company has published numerous well-known games, such as the Disciples series, Jagged Alliance series, Space Empires series, and Galactic Civilizations....
, and the company signed a new distribution deal with swedish Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive
-External links:*...
. Lost Empire
Lost Empire
Lost Empire is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Pollux Gamelabs and released in June 2007.-Synopsis:The game is set in the year 4620. There are seven major civilizations in space, humankind is one of them...
was released the 14th of June and became the best selling full priced game for Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive
-External links:*...
for a few weeks.
Despite early interest the company was declared bankrupt in April 2008. The development of LE:I was then taken over by volunteer bman654 who has put a lot of work into further development and patching.
Currently it looks like a few extra volunteers are being allowed to work on it.
Products
- Lost EmpireLost EmpireLost Empire is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Pollux Gamelabs and released in June 2007.-Synopsis:The game is set in the year 4620. There are seven major civilizations in space, humankind is one of them...
A 4X game. Lost Empire Official Site. - Lost Empire - Immortals A 4X game. Immortals Official Site.