Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore
Moby ID: 2032
- Wargaming West (from 2013-01-29 to 2014-01)
- Day:1:Studios, LLC (from 2001 to 2013-01-29)
- Meyer Glass Interactive Ltd. (from 1997 to 2001)
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Wargaming West is a US development studio originally founded as Meyer/Glass Interactive (sometimes abbreviated M/GI) in 1997 by Steven Meyer as a division of Meyer/Glass Design, one of the most prolific toy invention design firms in the industry. The division was created to develop games for the Xbox, Sony PlayStation, and PC gaming platforms and their two studios were located in Chicago, Illinois, and Hunt Valley, Maryland.
Mr. Meyer sold the M/GI division in 2001 to industry veterans Denny Thorley, Mike McDonald, and T. J. Wagner who renamed it Day 1 Studios. The new independent company kept the two existing studios and added another location in Seattle, Washington.
Day 1 Studios' first project was MechAssault, which became a successful franchise for the company, and proved useful to Microsoft in promoting their Xbox Live service as the game was bundled with subscriptions for some time.
In 2008, the company reported having 135+ engineers, designers and artists.
They announced in February 2012 to be working on a new mech game Reign of Thunder, which was presumably cancelled.
On 29th January 2013 Wargaming.net announced the acquisition of the company for $20 million. It was renamed Wargaming West.
Credited on 13 Games from 1998 to 2015
| World of Tanks (2015 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5) |
| World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition (2014 on Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series) |
| F.3.A.R. (2011 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...) |
| Fracture (2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) |
| F.E.A.R. Files (2007 on Xbox 360) |
| F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon (2005 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) |
| MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf (2004 on Xbox) |
| MechAssault (2002 on Xbox) |
| Atari Revival (2002 on Windows) |
| Battleship: Surface Thunder (2000 on Windows) |
| Missile Command (1999 on Windows, PlayStation, PSP...) |
| Avalon Hill's Diplomacy (1999 on Windows) |
| Axis & Allies (1998 on Windows) |
History +
- 2001
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Meyer/Glass Interactive sold and became Day:1:Studios
- 1997
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Meyer/Glass Interactive division founded
Trivia +
The Meyer/Glass Interactive website was formerly located at www.mgigames.com
Location and contact information (2008):
Day 1 Studios
651 West Washington Blvd, 6th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60661
Company phone: 312-258-0500
Company Fax: 312-258-0600
Contact: Tiffani Waters, Recruiter
Related Web Sites +
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Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore
official site -
Day:1:Studios, LLC
official website (archived) -
Wargaming West
official website (archived)
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 6 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 4 games with Havok
- 4 games with Atari Interactive, Inc.
- 4 games with Leader S.p.a.
- 3 games with Hasbro Interactive GmbH
- 3 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 3 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 2 games with Activision Blizzard Deutschland GmbH
- 2 games with Atari Europe S.A.S.U.
- 2 games with Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
- 9 games with Michael Springer
- 8 games with Ned Way
- 7 games with Roscoe Possidente
- 7 games with Alan Denham
- 6 games with Scott D. Ramsay
- 6 games with Kenneth W. Whitman
- 6 games with Denny Thorley
- 6 games with Daniel Broder
- 5 games with Destin Strader
- 5 games with Brian Whooley
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