Petroglyph Games

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Petroglyph Games

Type	Video game developer
Founded	April 1, 2003
Headquarters	Las Vegas, Nevada
Industry	Video games
Products	Star Wars: Empire at War & add-on
Employees	47 (6/06)
Website	Petroglyph Games

Petroglyph Games is a game studio based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was formed by a group of former Westwood Studios employees who had resigned when Electronic Arts merged Westwood Studios into the EA Pacific studios in Los Angeles. Other former Westwood employees initially accepted EA's relocation offer, but returned to Las Vegas.

Petroglyph is primarily known for their strong experience in RTS game development. The company's founding members have worked on seminal and influential games in the genre, most notably Command & Conquer and Dune II, which established the template for modern RTS games. Petroglyph Games' employees average more than 12 years of industry experience.

1 History
2 Games developed
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

The company was formed on April 1, 2003.
On June 25, 2004, the company moved into their own building.
On November 16, 2004, Petroglyph announced a project which they were working on, a new Star Wars real-time strategy (RTS) game called Star Wars: Empire at War, which was released on February 16, 2006.
On September 12, 2005, it was announced that they would be working on an original military/sci-fi RTS franchise with Sega.
On January 27, 2007, Petroglyph announced their second game, Universe at War: Earth Assault.