Slitherine Software

{{Short description|British video game developer and publisher}}

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| name = Slitherine Software UK Limited

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| type = Private

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| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2000|07|04}}{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=http://www.fieldofglory.com/who-we-are.html |website=fieldofglory.com |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004234108/http://www.fieldofglory.com/who-we-are.html |archive-date=4 October 2008}}{{cite web |title=Happy Birthday Slitherine! |url=https://www.slitherine.com/news/happy-birthday-slitherine |website=Slitherine Software |access-date=23 February 2023 |date=4 July 2022}}

| founder = Iain McNeil

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| location_city = Epsom

| location_country = United Kingdom

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| industry = Video games

| products = Historical strategy games

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Slitherine Software UK Limited (also known as Slitherine Strategies) is a British video game developer and publisher founded on 25 June 2000. It is responsible for the production of a range of over 200 strategy and war video games.{{Cite web |url=http://www.matrixgames.com/store/?a=2&pt=1|title=All Slitherine/ Matrix Games A-Z |website=Matrix Games |access-date=6 March 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107112059/http://www.matrixgames.com/store/?a=2&pt=1 |archivedate=7 January 2018 |url-status=dead}} Slitherine developed and/or published a number of licensed games with brands including Battlestar Galactica, Warhammer 40,000, Starship Troopers, Horrible Histories and The History Channel.{{Cite web|url=http://www.slitherine.com/products/406/details/HISTORY.Great.Battles.Medieval|title=Slitherine - HISTORY Great Battles Medieval|website=www.slitherine.com|access-date=2018-03-16}} It also produces rules for a series of tabletop wargames called Field of Glory.

History

Slitherine merged with Matrix Games in 2010.{{Cite news|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/slitherine-and-matrix-games-complete-merger|title=Slitherine and Matrix Games complete merger|work=GamesIndustry.biz|access-date=2018-03-16|language=en}} Slitherine works with the US military and defense contractors to supply simulation software. The primary simulation is a professional version of the commercial game Command Modern Air & Naval Operations.{{Cite web|url=http://www.warfaresims.com/?page_id=3822|title=Professional, Academic & Student Edition|website=Warfaresims|access-date=2018-03-16}} In 2014, Slitherine Group acquired Shenandoah Studio, American developer of Battle of the Bulge and Drive on Moscow.{{cite web |title=Slitherine Group acquires Shenandoah Studio |url=http://www.thelordzgamesstudio.com/site/2014/09/slitherine-group-acquires-shenandoah-studio/ |website=The Lordz Games Studio |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012074250/http://www.thelordzgamesstudio.com/site/2014/09/slitherine-group-acquires-shenandoah-studio/ |archive-date=12 October 2014 |date=12 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}

Games

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Platform(s)

scope="row" | 2002

| Legion

| Windows

scope="row" | 2003

| Chariots of War

| Windows

scope="row" | 2004

| Spartan

| Windows

scope="row"| 2005

| Legion Arena

| Windows, Mac OS X

scope="row"| 2007

| Commander: Europe at War

| Windows, Mac OS X, DS, PSP

scope="row"| 2007

| The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome

| Windows, PS2, PSP

scope="row"| 2008

| Commander: Napoleon at War{{cite web |last1=Butts |first1=Steve |title=Commander: Napoleon at War Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/04/commander-napoleon-at-war-review |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=2 March 2023 |date=4 November 2008}}

| Windows, Mac OS X

scope="row"| 2009

| History: Great Empires – Rome{{cite web |last1=Naser |first1=Bodo |title=Test: Great Empires: Rome |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/NDS/Test/17493/64178/0/Great_Empires_Rome.html |website=4Players |access-date=3 March 2023 |language=German |date=19 June 2009}}{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Lucas M. |title=History's Great Empires: Rome Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/01/historys-great-empires-rome-review |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=3 March 2023 |date=1 July 2009}}

| Nintendo DS

scope="row" | 2009

| Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans

| Windows, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS

scope="row" | 2009

| Conquest! Medieval Realms{{cite web |title=Conquest! Medieval Realms Now Available From Matrix Games |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/08/20/conquest-medieval-realms-now-available-from-matrix-games |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=3 March 2023 |date=20 August 2009}}{{cite web |last1=Luibl |first1=Jörg |title=Test: Conquest! Medieval Realms |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/Allgemein/Test/32082/76947/0/Conquest_Medieval_Realms.html |website=4Players |access-date=3 March 2023 |language=German |date=27 July 2012}}

| Windows, iOS, Android

scope="row" | 2009

| Field of Glory

| Windows, Mac OS X

scope="row"| 2010

| History: Ice Road Truckers{{cite web |title=HISTORY Ice Road Truckers |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/history-ice-road-truckers-psp-minis-release-involving-taking-18-wheelers-into-the-arctic-circle |website=GamesIndustry.biz |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=5 March 2023 |date=11 March 2010}}{{cite web |title=History -- Ice Road Truckers |url=http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/history-ice-road-truckers/ |website=GameSpy |publisher=IGN Entertainment |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910004142/http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/history-ice-road-truckers/ |archive-date=10 September 2015 |url-status=live}}

| PSP

scope="row"| 2010

| History: Egypt – Engineering an Empire{{cite web |last1=McFerran |first1=Damien |title=HISTORY Egypt: Engineering an Empire |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/history-egypt-engineering-an-empire/history-egypt-engineering-an-empire/ |website=Pocket Gamer |publisher=Steel Media |access-date=5 March 2023 |date=25 May 2010}}{{cite web |title=HISTORY™ Egypt : Engineering an Empire |url=http://www.slitherine.com/games/EEaE_ipad |website=Slitherine Software |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412001357/http://www.slitherine.com/games/EEaE_ipad |archive-date=12 April 2011}}

| Windows, iOS, DS, PSP

scope="row"| 2010

| Battlefield Academy{{cite web |title=Battlefield Academy Released |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/08/05/battlefield-academy-released |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=5 August 2010}}

| Windows, Mac OS X,{{cite web |title=Review: Battle Academy (PC/ Mac) |url=https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2011/09/review-battle-academy-pc-mac.html |website=Digitally Downloaded |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=16 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125202548/https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2011/09/review-battle-academy-pc-mac.html |archive-date=25 November 2011 |url-status=dead}} iOS,{{cite web |last1=Cobb |first1=Jim |title=Battle Academy on iPad – Mobile Game Review |url=http://armchairgeneral.com/battle-academy-on-ipad-mobile-game-review.htm |website=Armchair General |publisher=Weider History Group |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=10 July 2012}} Xbox 360

scope="row" | 2010

| History: Great Battles – Medieval{{cite web |title=History Great Battles Medieval Gets a New Partner and an October UK Release Date |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/09/17/history-great-battles-medieval-gets-a-new-partner-and-an-october-uk-release-date |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=17 September 2010}}

| Windows, PS3, Xbox 360, Android,{{cite web |title=History Great Battles Medieval is Headed to Android |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/04/25/history-great-battles-medieval-is-headed-to-android |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=25 April 2011}} iOS{{cite web |last1=Schilling |first1=Chris |title=Great Battles Medieval |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/great-battles-medieval/great-battles-medieval/ |website=Pocket Gamer |publisher=Steel Media |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=3 July 2013}}

scope="row" | 2010

| Gary Grigsby's War in the East{{cite web |last1=Wiinholt |first1=Martin |title=Anmeldelser - Gary Grigsby's War in The East |url=http://www.eurogamer.dk/articles/2011-02-28-gary-grigsbys-war-in-the-east-anmeldelse |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809082612/http://www.eurogamer.dk/articles/2011-02-28-gary-grigsbys-war-in-the-east-anmeldelse |archive-date=9 August 2017 |date=28 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}

| Windows

scope="row" | 2011

| Panzer Corps

| Windows, iPadOS, macOS

scope="row" | 2011

| Advanced Tactics Gold{{cite web |last1=Beck |first1=Christopher |title=Advanced Tactics Gold – PC Game Review |url=http://armchairgeneral.com/advanced-tactics-gold-pc-game-review.htm |website=Armchair General |publisher=Weider History Group |access-date=19 June 2023 |date=28 July 2011}}

| Windows

scope="row" | 2011

| Time of Fury{{cite web |title=Time of Fury PC |url=https://www.gamepressure.com/games/time-of-fury/za2897 |website=Gamepressure |publisher=Gry-Online |access-date=26 March 2023}}

| Windows

scope="row" | 2012

| Commander: The Great War{{cite web |title=Slitherine Opens A New Front For Commander |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/26/slitherine-opens-a-new-front-for-commander |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=28 March 2023 |date=26 May 2010}}{{cite web |title=Commander - The Great War |url=https://www.slitherine.com/game/commander-the-great-war |website=Slitherine Software |access-date=28 March 2023}}

| Windows, iOS{{cite web |last1=Thrower |first1=Matt |title=Commander: the Great War |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/commander-the-great-war/commander-the-great-war/ |website=Pocket Gamer |publisher=Steel Media |access-date=28 March 2023 |date=29 July 2014}}

scope="row" | 2013

| Pandora: First Contact

| Windows, macOS, Linux

scope="row" | 2014

| Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front

| Windows, iOS, macOS

scope="row" | 2014

| Pike and Shot{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=Patrick |title=Pike and Shot – PC Game Review |url=http://armchairgeneral.com/pike-and-shot-pc-game-review.htm |website=Armchair General |publisher=Weider History Group |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=27 October 2014}}

| Windows, iOS{{cite web |last1=Fretz |first1=Andrew |title='Pike and Shot' Review – Historical Strategy Hits the Mark |url=https://toucharcade.com/2015/02/09/pike-and-shot-review/ |website=TouchArcade |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=9 February 2015}}

scope="row" | 2014

| Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon

| Windows, iOS, macOS

scope="row" | 2015

| Order of Battle: Pacific{{cite web |last1=González |first1=Emmanuel |title=Order of Battle: Pacific - Análisis |url=https://es.ign.com/order-of-battle-pacific/93362/review/order-of-battle-pacific-analisis-para-pc |website=IGN España |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=14 May 2015 |language=Spanish}}

| Windows, macOS, Xbox One, PS4

scope="row" | 2015

| Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy

| Windows, macOS, iOS, Xbox One, PS4

scope="row" | 2015

| Battle of the Bulge

| Windows, macOS

scope="row" | 2015

| Scourge of War: Waterloo{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=Patrick |title=Scourge of War: Waterloo – PC Game Review |url=http://armchairgeneral.com/scourge-of-war-waterloo-pc-game-review.htm |website=Armchair General |publisher=Weider History Group |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=25 June 2015}}

| Windows, iOS{{cite web |last1=Fretz |first1=Andrew |title='Pike and Shot' Review – Historical Strategy Hits the Mark |url=https://toucharcade.com/2015/02/09/pike-and-shot-review/ |website=TouchArcade |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=9 February 2015}}

scope="row" | 2015

| Thirty Years' War{{cite web |last1=Cobb |first1=Jim |title=Thirty Years' War – PC Game Review |url=http://armchairgeneral.com/thirty-years-war-pc-game-review.htm |website=Armchair General |publisher=Weider History Group |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=3 December 2015}}

| Windows

scope="row" | 2016

| Victory and Glory: Napoleon{{cite web |last1=Stone |first1=Tim |title=The Flare Path: Black Berets, Red Bearskins |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-flare-path-black-berets-red-bearskins |website=Rock Paper Shotgun |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=23 February 2023 |date=25 March 2016}}

| Windows

scope="row" | 2016

| Last Days of Old Earth{{cite web |last1=H. |first1=Nick |title=Review: Last Days of Old Earth (PC) |url=https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2016/06/review-last-days-of-old-earth-pc.html |website=Digitally Downloaded |access-date=23 February 2023 |date=16 June 2016}}

| Windows

scope="row" | 2016

| Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun{{cite web |last1=Maderna |first1=Andrea |title=Indiegram - Recensione |url=https://it.ign.com/indiegram/114118/review/indiegram-17 |website=IGN Italia |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=28 July 2016 |language=Italian}}

| Windows

scope="row" | 2016

| Drive on Moscow

| Windows

scope="row" | 2017

| Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach

| Windows

scope="row" | 2017

| Afghanistan '11

| Windows, Android

scope="row" | 2017

| Gettysburg: The Tide Turns{{cite web |last1=Luibl |first1=Jörg |title=Test: Gettysburg: The Tide Turns |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/694/82688/0/Gettysburg_The_Tide_Turns.html |website=4Players |access-date=2 March 2023 |language=German |date=3 August 2017}}

| Windows

scope="row" | 2017

| Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

| Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Switch

scope="row" | 2017

| Field of Glory II

| Windows

scope="row" | 2018

| Empires Apart

| Windows

scope="row" | 2018

| Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War

| Windows, Linux

scope="row" | 2019

| Field of Glory: Empires

| Windows

scope="row" | 2020

| Panzer Corps 2

| Windows

scope="row" | 2020

| Shadow Empire

| Windows

scope="row" | 2020

| ICBM game

| Windows

scope="row" | 2021

| Field of Glory II: Medieval

| Windows

scope="row" | 2021

| Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector

| Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

scope="row" | 2022

| Distant Worlds 2

| Windows

scope="row" | 2022

| Starship Troopers: Terran Command

| Windows

scope="row" | 2022

| Master of Magic

| Windows

scope="row" | 2024

| Stargate: Timekeepers{{Citation |title=Stargate: Timekeepers - 30 Minutes of Mission Gameplay (HOW Live 2022) - IGN |date=2022-05-11 |url=https://www.ign.com/videos/stargate-timekeepers-30-minutes-of-mission-gameplay-how-live-2022 |access-date=2023-10-27 |language=en}}

| Windows

scope="row" | 2024

|Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance{{Cite web |date=30 November 2023 |title=Update: Release Date for Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance |url=https://www.slitherine.com/news/update-release-date-for-terminator-dark-fate-defiance |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Slitherine}}

|Windows

scope="row" | 2024

| Headquarters: World War II{{Cite web |date=10 April 2024 |title=Headquarters: World War II is out now |url=https://www.slitherine.com/news/headquarters-world-war-ii-is-out-now |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Slitherine}}

| Windows

scope="row" | 2024

| Field of Glory: Kingdoms{{Cite web |date=4 June 2024 |title=Field of Glory: Kingdoms is out now |url=https://www.slitherine.com/news/field-of-glory-kingdoms-is-out-now |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Slitherine}}

| Windows

Other media

Alongside their video games, Slitherine publishes a series of manuals for their tabletop wargame Field of Glory. The game is primarily set in the Ancient and Medieval time periods of European and Middle Eastern History. There are also plans to expand the game to include the Renaissance and Napoleonic Wars. Each new setting will have its own rules system and set of companion books.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}

A game engine built by Slitherine was used on the TV series Deadliest Warrior.{{cite web |last1=McElroy |first1=Griffin |title=GDC hands-on: Deadliest Warrior (XBLA) |url=https://www.engadget.com/2010-03-12-deadliest-warrior-xbla-prevew.html |website=Engadget |publisher=Yahoo! Inc. |access-date=20 March 2023 |date=12 March 2010}}

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