Wildfire Games

{{Short description|Video game developer}}

{{Infobox company

|name=Wildfire Games

|logo=WildfireGames.png

|type=

|predecessor=Wildfire Studios

|foundation=Early 2002

|industry=Video games

|products={{ubl|0 A.D.|Rome at War|The Last Alliance}}

|key_people={{ubl|Jason Bishop|Ken Wood|Erik Johansson}}

|members=18

|members_year=2021

}}

Wildfire Games is an independent free software video game developer, originally founded as a modding team in 2001. The logo is the Chinese character "" (fire). Wildfire Games is currently developing 0 A.D., a real-time strategy game. In addition to game development, Wildfire Games has developed the Pyrogenesis game engine{{cite web |last=Shinsel |first=Alexandra Marie |date=2019-05-06 |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/identifying-the-frame-rate-bottleneck-in-0-ad.html |title=Identifying the Frame Rate Bottleneck in 0 A.D. |department=Developer Zone |publisher=Intel |accessdate=2022-10-07}}{{cite web |url=https://moddb.com/engines/pyrogenesis |title=Pyrogenesis game engine |publisher=Mod DB |accessdate=2009-02-13}} used in 0 A.D. and separate mods.

History

Wildfire Games began as a game modding studio for Age of Empires II. An idea for a mod, 0 A.D., became an independent game due to the limitations of Age of Empires.

Awards

  • Top 100 Best Mods and Indies of 2008{{cite web|url=https://moddb.com/events/2008-mod-of-the-year-awards/top100|title=2008 Mod of the Year Awards event - Mod DB|publisher=Moddb.com|accessdate=2019-06-16}}

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