TalonSoft

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TalonSoft was a Baltimore, Maryland-based computer game developer founded in 1995 by Jim Rose and John Davidson. The company specialized in wargames; many of its releases were acclaimed within the wargaming community.

TalonSoft was acquired by Take-Two Interactive in early 2000, and operated as a brand of Take-Two until it was shut down in 2002. The talonsoft.com domain currently redirects to the Gathering of Developers.

In October 2005, Matrix Games acquired the publication rights to most of the TalonSoft catalog, including the Battleground, Campaign, and Operational Art of War series.

[edit] Games published or developed by TalonSoft

Battleground series
- Battleground: Bulge-Ardennes (1995)
- Battleground 2: Gettysburg (1995)
- Battleground 3: Waterloo (1996)
- Battleground 4: Shiloh (1996)
- Battleground 5: Antietam (1996)
- Battleground 6: Napoleon in Russia (1997)
- Battleground 7: Bull Run (1997)
- Battleground 8: Prelude to Waterloo (1997)
- Battleground 9: Chickamauga (1999)
Age of Sail series
- Age of Sail (1996)
- Age of Sail II (2001)
Campaign series
- East Front (1997)
- West Front (1998)
- East Front II (1999)
- Rising Sun (2000)
- Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict (2001)
The Operational Art of War series
- The Operational Art of War Volume I (1998)
- The Operational Art of War II (1999)
Tribal Rage (1998)
12 O’Clock High: Bombing the Reich (1999)
Battle of Britain (1999)
Hidden & Dangerous (1999)
Jagged Alliance 2 (1999)
Jetfighter IV (2000)
Martian Gothic: Unification (2000)
Codename: Eagle (2000)
Dogs of War (2000)
Metal Fatigue (2000)
Spec Ops: Ranger Elite (2000)
Tzar: The Burden of the Crown (2000)
Merchant Prince II (2001)
StarLeader (2001)