MicroProse
Sign in to saveMicroProse is an American video game publisher and developer founded by Bill Stealey, Sid Meier, and Andy Hollis in 1982. It developed and published numerous games, including starting the Civilization and X-COM series. Most of their internally developed titles were vehicle simulation and strategy games.
Key facts
- Company.name
- MicroProse
- Company.logo
- MicroProse.svg
- Company.image
- Old MicroProse headquarters.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- The former MicroProse headquarters in Hunt Valley
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.industry
- Video games
- Company.hq_location_city
- Hunt Valley, Maryland
- Company.hq_location_country
- U.S.
- Company.key_people
- David Lagettie, CEO (2019–present)
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.microprose.com
- Image
- Old MicroProse headquarters.jpg
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- inception
- 1982-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2001-00-00
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Independent company (1982–1993)
- 1980s
- 1990s
- Under Spectrum HoloByte (1993–1998)
- Under Hasbro Interactive (1998–2001)
- Under Infogrames (2001–2003)
- Brand sale to Interactive Game Group and Cybergun Group (2007–2019)
- Brand revival (2018–present)
- Games
- Legacy
- Notes
- References
- External links
MicroProse is an American video game publisher and developer founded by Bill Stealey, Sid Meier, and Andy Hollis in 1982. It developed and published numerous games, including starting the Civilization and X-COM series. Most of their internally developed titles were vehicle simulation and strategy games.
In 1993, the company lost most of its UK-based personnel and became a subsidiary of Spectrum HoloByte. Subsequent cuts and corporate policies led to Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds leaving and forming Firaxis Games in 1996, as MicroProse closed its ex-Simtex development studio in Austin, Texas. In 1998, following an unsuccessful buyout attempt by GT Interactive, the struggling MicroProse (Spectrum HoloByte) became a wholly owned subsidiary of Hasbro Interactive and its development studios in Alameda, California, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, were closed the following year. In 2001, MicroProse ceased to exist as an entity and Hasbro Interactive sold the MicroProse intellectual properties to Infogrames Entertainment, SA. MicroProse UK's main office in Chipping Sodbury was closed in 2002, followed by the company's headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland, in 2003.