| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | February 1999[1] |
| Founder(s) | Ed Del Castillo, Mike Grayford[1] |
| Headquarters | Pasadena, California, United States |
| Key people | Ed Del Castillo, Holly Newman |
| Products | Battle Realms, LotR: War of the Ring, D&D: Dragonshard, Desperate Housewives: The Game, Rise of the Argonauts |
| Website | http://www.liquidentertainment.net |
Liquid Entertainment is a video game developer based in Pasadena, California. It was co-founded in February 1999 by Ed Del Castillo and Michael Grayford.[1]
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Ed Del Castillo and Michael Grayford worked on a number of high profile computer games prior to founding Liquid Entertainment. Aside from his work with Liquid, Del Castillo is best known as the producer for the Command & Conquer series. Michael Grayford's game credits include programming for Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate, Legend of Kyrandia: Malcom's Revenge, Monopoly: CD-ROM, Lands of Lore II, and Blade Runner.
Battle Realms, released by Crave and Ubisoft in November, 2001, is a real-time strategy PC game for Windows that features an unconventional approach to resource management and unit development. It was well received by reviewers,[2] many of whom praised its at-the-time state of the art 3D engine and East Asian-inspired setting and aesthetics.
A stand-alone expansion pack, Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf, followed in April, 2002. Winter of the Wolf was received with less enthusiasm than Battle Realms by the gaming community;[3] some reviewers compared it unfavorably to 2002's blockbuster real-time strategy titles such as Warcraft III and Age of Mythology.[4]
Since the release of Winter of the Wolf, Liquid has developed two real-time strategy PC games based on intellectual property licenses. In November, 2003, Sierra released The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, based on Vivendi Universal's license to Tolkien's literary works. Atari released the licensed Dungeons & Dragons PC game Dragonshard in October, 2005.
In October, 2006, Buena Vista Games released Desperate Housewives: The Game, Liquid's lifestyle simulation computer game adaptation of the popular television series Desperate Housewives.
Codemasters released Rise of the Argonauts, a Greek mythology-themed action role-playing game for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, in December 2008.[5]