Matrix Games
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Matrix Games is a publisher of computer games
, specifically strategy games and wargames. They are based out of Staten Island, New York.
Their focus is primarily but not exclusively on war games
and turn-based strategy
. The product line-up also includes space sims (Starshatter: The Gathering Storm
) , sports management sims (Maximum-Football
), and real-time strategy
titles (Close Combat: Cross of Iron
). Matrix Games publishes games from a wide variety of developers, including SSG
, 2by3 Games, Panther Games, Koios Works, Destroyer Studios, and Western-Civilization.
In May 2010 Matrix Games and Slitherine announced a merger of the two company making it the largest wargaming specialist publisher. Matrix Games has been in business for over ten years and leads the way when it comes to the strategy / wargames sector of the video gameing market. Matrix Games also pioneered the move into digital delivery, minimising costs to customers and providing them with an interactive environment. The as signed some of the best know developers in the strategy / Wargaming market from established wargames developers like Gary Grigsby, John Tiller, Mark Walker, Don Gilman, Norm Korger, Panther Games, and Strategic Studies Group to innovators as well as classic titles from Talonsoft, Boku Strategy Games and the Close Combat series.
Matrix Games' involvement with the development of the products it publishes, they claim, is a key part of their philosophy, as stated on their website:
Computer Games
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, specifically strategy games and wargames. They are based out of Staten Island, New York.
Their focus is primarily but not exclusively on war games
Wargaming
A wargame is a strategy game that deals with military operations of various types, real or fictional. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which can also be called conflict simulations, or consims for short. When used professionally to study warfare, it is generally known as...
and turn-based strategy
Turn-based strategy
A turn-based strategy game is a strategy game where players take turns when playing...
. The product line-up also includes space sims (Starshatter: The Gathering Storm
Starshatter: The Gathering Storm
Starshatter: The Gathering Storm is a strategy-oriented space combat simulator. It is a remake of the original Starshatter, and the basic gameplay style is not much different, though both graphics and sound effects have been redone with full Direct X 9 support.The story takes place in the distant...
) , sports management sims (Maximum-Football
Maximum-Football
Maximum-Football is a gridiron and arena football computer game developed by Wintervalley Software and published by Matrix Games for Windows-based computers.-Gameplay:...
), and real-time strategy
Real-time strategy
Real-time strategy is a sub-genre of strategy video game which does not progress incrementally in turns. Brett Sperry is credited with coining the term to market Dune II....
titles (Close Combat: Cross of Iron
Close Combat: Cross of Iron
Close Combat: Cross of Iron is a remake of the third game of the Close Combat universe, Close Combat III: The Russian Front. Like the original it revolves around the Eastern Front during WWII, and takes players from the invasion of the Soviet Union to the final battle for Berlin in 1945.-External...
). Matrix Games publishes games from a wide variety of developers, including SSG
Strategic Studies Group
Strategic Studies Group, commonly known as SSG, is an Australian software development company that makes primarily strategy wargames.The company was founded by strategy game enthusiasts Ian Trout and Roger Keating. Ian was proprietor of a military books store and Roger had had several of his games...
, 2by3 Games, Panther Games, Koios Works, Destroyer Studios, and Western-Civilization.
Company history
Matrix Games was founded by David Heath in 1999 in Staten Island, New York. As of January 2010, Matrix Games has published over 75+ titles. Throughout its history, Matrix Games has often been referred to by wargame developers as the "Home Depot of Wargaming" because of its ability to provide a wide variety of game developer assistance to smaller developing firms. Matrix has in-house artists, programmers, and producers which all take active roles in projects of smaller wargame developers who lack the resources to hire full-time staff otherwise.In May 2010 Matrix Games and Slitherine announced a merger of the two company making it the largest wargaming specialist publisher. Matrix Games has been in business for over ten years and leads the way when it comes to the strategy / wargames sector of the video gameing market. Matrix Games also pioneered the move into digital delivery, minimising costs to customers and providing them with an interactive environment. The as signed some of the best know developers in the strategy / Wargaming market from established wargames developers like Gary Grigsby, John Tiller, Mark Walker, Don Gilman, Norm Korger, Panther Games, and Strategic Studies Group to innovators as well as classic titles from Talonsoft, Boku Strategy Games and the Close Combat series.
Matrix Games' involvement with the development of the products it publishes, they claim, is a key part of their philosophy, as stated on their website:
The most important philosophy of our company is we love what we make. We’re gamers first and then we take our love of games and put them into our products. The result has been a tremendous success.
Awards
A partial list of awards won for Matrix Games products include:- PC Gamers Editors' Choice Award 93% for Korsun Pocket November 2003
- Computer Games Magazine - Top 10 of 2005 for Star Chamber
- Computer Gaming World - Wargame of the Year for Korsun Pocket 2003
- Computer Gaming World - Wargame of the Year for Battles in Normandy 2004
- 32nd Annual Origins Awards 2006 Vanguard Award for World At War
- 32nd Annual Origins Awards 2006 Lock n' Load Band of Heroes
- Charles S. Roberts Award 2007 for Guns of August
- Charles S. Roberts Award 2007 for Empires in Arms
Complete product line-up
- Across the Dnepr: Korsun Pocket Add-on
- Across the Dnepr: Second Edition
- Advanced Tactics: World War II
- Armada 2526Armada 2526Armada 2526 is a 4X science fiction computer strategy game developed by Ntronium Games, released in North America on November 17, 2009. Armada 2526 is an example of the space opera genre, and is the spiritual successor of the game Armada 2525, which was released by Interstel in 1991...
- Banzai! : For Pacific Fighters
- BattlefrontBattlefront (disambiguation)Battlefront can refer to:*A military front in warfare .*Star Wars: Battlefront , a series of video games consisting of:**Star Wars: Battlefront, a video game based in the Star Wars universe....
- Battleground Europe - World War II Online
- Battlegrounds: American Civil War
- Battlegrounds: Napoleonic Wars
- Battles in Italy
- Battles In NormandyBattles in NormandyBattles in Normandy is a computer game and winner of the Best 20th Century+ PC Game Charles Roberts Award in 2004. It's release date was 15 September, 2004. It is a turn-based game set in World War II. It is part of the Strategic Studies Group's Decisive Battles series.-Critical Reception:GameSpot...
- Birth of AmericaBirth of AmericaBirth of America is a turn-based strategy computer game by SEP BOA, a development team at AGEOD.In Birth of America, the player controls one of the major contender of the French and Indian War or the American War of Independence, trying to achieve military and political victory.The scope of the...
- Blitzkrieg: War in Europe 1939-1945
- Campaign Series: Matrix Edition
- Campaigns On The Danube
- Carriers at WarCarriers at WarCarriers at War is a computer game developed by Strategic Studies Group in 1991 for the PC/MS-DOS.-Plot:Carriers at War is a strategic war game which features historic, fictional, and random scenarios featuring the naval and air forces in the Pacific in World War II. The player controls either the...
- Case Blue : For IL-2 or Forgotten Battles
- Chariots of WarChariots of WarChariots of War is an isometric 3-D strategy game, developed by Slitherine Software and Paradox Interactive, and published by Strategy First. It was released in the United States in 2003.-Gameplay:...
- Close Combat: Cross of IronClose Combat: Cross of IronClose Combat: Cross of Iron is a remake of the third game of the Close Combat universe, Close Combat III: The Russian Front. Like the original it revolves around the Eastern Front during WWII, and takes players from the invasion of the Soviet Union to the final battle for Berlin in 1945.-External...
- Close Combat: Modern TacticsClose Combat: Modern TacticsClose Combat: Modern Tactics is a real-time tactical video game developed by CSO Simtek and published by Matrix Games. The game was released on November 14, 2007....
- Close Combat: Wacht am RheinClose Combat: Wacht am RheinClose Combat: Wacht am Rhein, is a World War II real-time tactics game, developed by Strategy 3 Tactics, and released on October 28, 2008 . A remake of the fourth installment of the Close Combat series, the game is played on a two-dimensional map, between either one or two players.Based on the...
- Close Combat: The Longest Day
- Combined Arms: World War II
- Command Ops: Battles from the Bulge
- Commander - Europe at War Gold
- Conquest! Medieval Realms
- Conquest of the Aegean
- Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition
- Distant WorldsDistant WorldsDistant Worlds is a pausable real-time, space 4X game developed by Code Force and published by Matrix Games.Distant Worlds was released on March 25, 2010.- Gameplay :...
- Empire in Arms the Napoleonic Wars of 1805 - 1815
- Field of Glory
- Field of Glory - Rise of Rome
- Field of Glory - Storm of Arrows
- Flashpoint Germany
- For Liberty!
- Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War 1861-1865
- Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
- Gary Grigsby's War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945
- Gary Grigsby's World At War
- Gary Grigsby's World at War: A World Divided
- Gates of Troy
- Guns of AugustGuns of August- Game :Guns of August is a 2007 World War I strategy game developed by Adanac Command Studies and published by Matrix Games....
- Hannibal: Rome and Carthage in the Second Punic War designed by Forced March Games
- Harpoon 3 - Advanced Naval Warfare
- Highway to the ReichHighway to the ReichHighway to the Reich was a highly detailed simulation "monster" board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. in 1977, and reprinted by Decision Games in 2008. It was designed by Jay A. Nelson, Irad B...
- Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge
- Horse and Musket: Volume 1
- Korsun PocketDecisive Battles of WWII: Korsun PocketDecisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket is a turn-based strategy computer game developed by the Strategic Studies Group . The game is part of the Decisive Battles of World War II series and was released on August 25, 2003. The game depicts the historical World War II battle of the Korsun Pocket,...
- Legion Arena Gold
- Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes
- Massive AssaultMassive AssaultMassive Assault is a turn-based, computer wargame by Wargaming.net. Despite featuring 3D graphics, the game is similar to tabletop wargames in that its gameplay is governed by simple rules and takes place on a hexagonal grid. The game's opposing forces are made up of largely equivalent units...
- Maximum-FootballMaximum-FootballMaximum-Football is a gridiron and arena football computer game developed by Wintervalley Software and published by Matrix Games for Windows-based computers.-Gameplay:...
- Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War IIIThe Operational Art of WarThe Operational Art of War is a series of computer wargames noted for their scope, detail, and flexibility in recreating, at an operational level, the major land battles of the 20th century. A Norm Koger design, Talonsoft published the first of the series in 1998...
- Officers - The Matrix Edition
- Operation Barbarossa - The Struggle for Russia
- Pacific War: Matrix Edition
- Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm
- Panzercorps: Wehrmacht
- PureSim Baseball 2007PureSim Baseball 2007PureSim Baseball 2007 is a text-based computer baseball simulation published by Matrix Games. Originally developed by independent game developer Shaun Sullivan, the first Matrix version was published as PureSim 2005 on 5 October 2005....
- Reach for the Stars
- Smugglers IV - Doomsday
- Spartan
- Star Chamber: The Harbinger Saga
- Starshatter: The Gathering StormStarshatter: The Gathering StormStarshatter: The Gathering Storm is a strategy-oriented space combat simulator. It is a remake of the original Starshatter, and the basic gameplay style is not much different, though both graphics and sound effects have been redone with full Direct X 9 support.The story takes place in the distant...
- Starships Unlimited - Divided Galaxies
- Starships Unlimited v3
- Steel Panthers: World at War - Generals EditionSteel PanthersSteel Panthers is a series of computer wargames, developed and published by several different companies, with various games covering battles from 1930 to 2020. The first game was released in 1995, and the most recent was released in 2006 and is still updated regularly. Players control individual...
- Storm over the PacificStorm Over the Pacificis a 1960 color Japanese film directed by Shūe Matsubayashi.It is the first color widescreen war film from Toho Studios...
- Supremacy: Four Paths To Power
- The Last Days : For IL-2 Forgotten Battles
- Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great
- Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar
- Titans of Steel: Warring Suns
- UFO: ExtraterrestrialsUFO: ExtraterrestrialsUFO: Extraterrestrials is a Microsoft Windows game aimed to be a spiritual sequel to the highly acclaimed UFO: Enemy Unknown . Developed by Chaos Concept, the game incorporates a twist of the aliens defeating the humans on Earth...
- Uncommon Valor
- War in Russia: Matrix Edition
- War In The Pacific
- War In The Pacific - Admiral's Edition
- War Plan Orange: Dreadnoughts in the Pacific 1922 - 1930
- World War One - La Grande Guerra
- World War One Gold
- World War II: General Commander
- World War 2: Time of Wrath
In development
- Combined Arms: World War II
- Distant Worlds: Return of the Shakturi
- Mark H. Walker's Lock 'n Load: Heroes of Stalingrad
- World in FlamesWorld in FlamesWorld in Flames is a board wargame designed by Harry Rowland and released in 1985 by the Australian Design Group. It is currently in its 6th edition, World in Flames - Final Edition, each new edition featuring changes to the rules, maps and counters provided with the game. World in Flames won the...
External links
- Official site
- Matrix Games at MobyGamesMobyGames-Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...