Gameforge is a German video game developer and publisher, specialising in browser-based multiplayer games.[1]
Gameforge's catalog includes several free-to-play web browser based games, including Ikariam (a civilization-building strategy game set in Ancient Greece), Kingsage (a game similar to TribalWars), Gladiatus (a Web-Based massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the gladiator days of Ancient Rome), Katsuro (a Web-Based massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the Samurai days of a fictional Feudal Japan like land of Katsuro), OGame (a text-based space warfare game),[2] and Bitefight (a role playing game pitting vampires against werewolves). Gameforge also published several PC titles such as The Saga of Ryzom, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game which the company acquired when its took over the French game studio Nevrax.[3] Ryzom has since changed hands again to another company.[4]
In December 2008, the company was named as one of 34 Technology Pioneers for 2009 by the World Economic Forum for technological innovations that impact business and society.[5]