Company:Slitherine Software

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Slitherine Software UK Limited
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded4 July 2000; 24 years ago (2000-07-04)[1][2]
FounderIain McNeil
Headquarters
Epsom
,
United Kingdom
Area served
International
ProductsHistorical strategy games
Websitewww.slitherine.com

Slitherine Software UK Limited (also known as Slitherine Strategies) is a British video game developer and publisher founded on 25 June 2000. It is responsible for the production of a range of over 200 strategy and war video games.[3] Slitherine developed and/or published a number of licensed games with brands including Battlestar Galactica, Warhammer 40,000, Starship Troopers, Horrible Histories and The History Channel.[4] It also produces rules for a series of tabletop wargames called Field of Glory.

History

Slitherine merged with Matrix Games in 2010.[5] Slitherine works with the US military and defense contractors to supply simulation software. The primary simulation is a professional version of the commercial game Command Modern Air & Naval Operations.[6] In 2014, Slitherine Group acquired Shenandoah Studio, American developer of Battle of the Bulge and Drive on Moscow.[7]

Games

Year Title Platform(s)
2002 Legion Windows
2003 Chariots of War Windows
2004 Spartan Windows
2005 Legion Arena Windows, Mac OS X
2007 Commander Windows, Mac OS X, DS, PSP
2007 The History Channel Windows, PS2, PSP
2008 Commander: Napoleon at War[8] Windows, Mac OS X
2009 History: Great Empires – Rome[9][10] Nintendo DS
2009 Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans Windows, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS
2009 Conquest! Medieval Realms[11][12] Windows, iOS, Android
2009 Field of Glory Windows, Mac OS X
2010 History: Ice Road Truckers[13][14] PSP
2010 History: Egypt – Engineering an Empire[15][16] Windows, iOS, DS, PSP
2010 Battlefield Academy[17] Windows, Mac OS X,[18] iOS,[19] Xbox 360
2010 History: Great Battles – Medieval[20] Windows, PS3, Xbox 360, Android,[21] iOS[22]
2010 Gary Grigsby's War in the East[23] Windows
2011 Panzer Corps Windows, iPadOS, macOS
2011 Advanced Tactics Gold[24] Windows
2011 Time of Fury[25] Windows
2012 Commander: The Great War[26][27] Windows, iOS[28]
2013 Pandora Windows, macOS, Linux
2014 Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front Windows, iOS, macOS
2014 Pike and Shot[29] Windows, iOS[30]
2014 Warhammer 40,000 Windows, iOS, macOS
2015 Order of Battle[31] Windows, macOS, Xbox One, PS4
2015 Star Hammer Windows, macOS, iOS, Xbox One, PS4
2015 Battle of the Bulge Windows, macOS
2015 Scourge of War: Waterloo[32] Windows, iOS[33]
2015 Thirty Years' War[34] Windows
2016 Victory and Glory: Napoleon[35] Windows
2016 Last Days of Old Earth[36] Windows
2016 Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun[37] Windows
2016 Drive on Moscow Windows
2017 Warhammer 40,000 Windows
2017 Afghanistan '11 Windows, Android
2017 Gettysburg: The Tide Turns[38] Windows
2017 Battlestar Galactica Deadlock Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Switch
2017 Field of Glory II Windows
2018 Empires Apart Windows
2018 Warhammer 40,000 Windows, Linux
2019 Field of Glory: Empires Windows
2020 Panzer Corps 2 Windows
2020 Shadow Empire Windows
2020 ICBM Windows
2021 Field of Glory II: Medieval Windows
2021 Warhammer 40,000 Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2022 Distant Worlds 2 Windows
2022 Starship Troopers Windows
2022 Master of Magic Windows
2023 Field of Glory: Kingdoms Windows
2023 Stargate: Timekeepers[39] Windows
2024 Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance[40] Windows

Other media

Alongside their video games, Slitherine publishes a series of manuals for their tabletop wargame Field of Glory. The game is primarily set in the Ancient and Medieval time periods of European and Middle Eastern History. There are also plans to expand the game to include the Renaissance and Napoleonic Wars. Each new setting will have its own rules system and set of companion books.[citation needed]

A game engine built by Slitherine was used on the TV series Deadliest Warrior.[41]

References

  1. "Who We Are". http://www.fieldofglory.com/who-we-are.html. 
  2. "Happy Birthday Slitherine!". 4 July 2022. https://www.slitherine.com/news/happy-birthday-slitherine. 
  3. "All Slitherine/ Matrix Games A-Z". Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180107112059/http://www.matrixgames.com/store/?a=2&pt=1. 
  4. "Slitherine - HISTORY Great Battles Medieval". http://www.slitherine.com/products/406/details/HISTORY.Great.Battles.Medieval. 
  5. "Slitherine and Matrix Games complete merger" (in en). GamesIndustry.biz. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/slitherine-and-matrix-games-complete-merger. 
  6. "Professional, Academic & Student Edition". http://www.warfaresims.com/?page_id=3822. 
  7. "Slitherine Group acquires Shenandoah Studio". 12 September 2014. http://www.thelordzgamesstudio.com/site/2014/09/slitherine-group-acquires-shenandoah-studio/. 
  8. Butts, Steve (4 November 2008). "Commander: Napoleon at War Review". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/04/commander-napoleon-at-war-review. 
  9. Naser, Bodo (19 June 2009). "Test: Great Empires: Rome" (in German). https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/NDS/Test/17493/64178/0/Great_Empires_Rome.html. 
  10. Thomas, Lucas M. (1 July 2009). "History's Great Empires: Rome Review". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/01/historys-great-empires-rome-review. 
  11. "Conquest! Medieval Realms Now Available From Matrix Games". Ziff Davis. 20 August 2009. https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/08/20/conquest-medieval-realms-now-available-from-matrix-games. 
  12. Luibl, Jörg (27 July 2012). "Test: Conquest! Medieval Realms" (in German). https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/Allgemein/Test/32082/76947/0/Conquest_Medieval_Realms.html. 
  13. "HISTORY Ice Road Truckers". Gamer Network. 11 March 2010. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/history-ice-road-truckers-psp-minis-release-involving-taking-18-wheelers-into-the-arctic-circle. 
  14. "History -- Ice Road Truckers". IGN Entertainment. http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/history-ice-road-truckers/. 
  15. McFerran, Damien (25 May 2010). "HISTORY Egypt: Engineering an Empire". Steel Media. https://www.pocketgamer.com/history-egypt-engineering-an-empire/history-egypt-engineering-an-empire/. 
  16. "HISTORY™ Egypt : Engineering an Empire". http://www.slitherine.com/games/EEaE_ipad. 
  17. "Battlefield Academy Released". Ziff Davis. 5 August 2010. https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/08/05/battlefield-academy-released. 
  18. "Review: Battle Academy (PC/ Mac)". 16 September 2011. https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2011/09/review-battle-academy-pc-mac.html. 
  19. Cobb, Jim (10 July 2012). "Battle Academy on iPad – Mobile Game Review". Weider History Group. http://armchairgeneral.com/battle-academy-on-ipad-mobile-game-review.htm. 
  20. "History Great Battles Medieval Gets a New Partner and an October UK Release Date". Ziff Davis. 17 September 2010. https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/09/17/history-great-battles-medieval-gets-a-new-partner-and-an-october-uk-release-date. 
  21. "History Great Battles Medieval is Headed to Android". Ziff Davis. 25 April 2011. https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/04/25/history-great-battles-medieval-is-headed-to-android. 
  22. Schilling, Chris (3 July 2013). "Great Battles Medieval". Steel Media. https://www.pocketgamer.com/great-battles-medieval/great-battles-medieval/. 
  23. Wiinholt, Martin (28 February 2011). "Anmeldelser - Gary Grigsby's War in The East". Gamer Network. http://www.eurogamer.dk/articles/2011-02-28-gary-grigsbys-war-in-the-east-anmeldelse. 
  24. Beck, Christopher (28 July 2011). "Advanced Tactics Gold – PC Game Review". Weider History Group. http://armchairgeneral.com/advanced-tactics-gold-pc-game-review.htm. 
  25. "Time of Fury PC". Gry-Online. https://www.gamepressure.com/games/time-of-fury/za2897. 
  26. "Slitherine Opens A New Front For Commander". Ziff Davis. 26 May 2010. https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/26/slitherine-opens-a-new-front-for-commander. 
  27. "Commander - The Great War". https://www.slitherine.com/game/commander-the-great-war. 
  28. Thrower, Matt (29 July 2014). "Commander: the Great War". Steel Media. https://www.pocketgamer.com/commander-the-great-war/commander-the-great-war/. 
  29. Baker, Patrick (27 October 2014). "Pike and Shot – PC Game Review". Weider History Group. http://armchairgeneral.com/pike-and-shot-pc-game-review.htm. 
  30. Fretz, Andrew (9 February 2015). "'Pike and Shot' Review – Historical Strategy Hits the Mark". https://toucharcade.com/2015/02/09/pike-and-shot-review/. 
  31. González, Emmanuel (14 May 2015). "Order of Battle: Pacific - Análisis" (in Spanish). Ziff Davis. https://es.ign.com/order-of-battle-pacific/93362/review/order-of-battle-pacific-analisis-para-pc. 
  32. Baker, Patrick (25 June 2015). "Scourge of War: Waterloo – PC Game Review". Weider History Group. http://armchairgeneral.com/scourge-of-war-waterloo-pc-game-review.htm. 
  33. Fretz, Andrew (9 February 2015). "'Pike and Shot' Review – Historical Strategy Hits the Mark". https://toucharcade.com/2015/02/09/pike-and-shot-review/. 
  34. Cobb, Jim (3 December 2015). "Thirty Years' War – PC Game Review". Weider History Group. http://armchairgeneral.com/thirty-years-war-pc-game-review.htm. 
  35. Stone, Tim (25 March 2016). "The Flare Path: Black Berets, Red Bearskins". Gamer Network. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-flare-path-black-berets-red-bearskins. 
  36. H., Nick (16 June 2016). "Review: Last Days of Old Earth (PC)". https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2016/06/review-last-days-of-old-earth-pc.html. 
  37. Maderna, Andrea (28 July 2016). "Indiegram - Recensione" (in Italian). Ziff Davis. https://it.ign.com/indiegram/114118/review/indiegram-17. 
  38. Luibl, Jörg (3 August 2017). "Test: Gettysburg: The Tide Turns" (in German). https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/694/82688/0/Gettysburg_The_Tide_Turns.html. 
  39. (in en) Stargate: Timekeepers - 30 Minutes of Mission Gameplay (HOW Live 2022) - IGN, 2022-05-11, https://www.ign.com/videos/stargate-timekeepers-30-minutes-of-mission-gameplay-how-live-2022, retrieved 2023-10-27 
  40. "Update: Release Date for Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance". 30 November 2023. https://www.slitherine.com/news/update-release-date-for-terminator-dark-fate-defiance. 
  41. McElroy, Griffin (12 March 2010). "GDC hands-on: Deadliest Warrior (XBLA)". Yahoo! Inc.. https://www.engadget.com/2010-03-12-deadliest-warrior-xbla-prevew.html. 

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