ArenaNet, LLC
Moby ID: 6354
- Triforge, Inc. (from 2000-03-07 to 2000-03-31)
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ArenaNet, located in Bellevue, Washington, and originally established as Triforge, Inc. in March, 2000, is a game development company founded by ex-Blizzard employees Pat Wyatt, Mike O'Brien and Jeff Strain. They developed the prestigious game network Battle.net as well as hit games like StarCraft, Diablo and Warcraft. The name was changed to ArenaNet in August, 2000 and NCsoft Corporation acquired the company in December 2002. ArenaNet is a wholly-owned subsidary of NCsoft.
Credited on 8 Games from 2005 to 2023
| Guild Wars 2 (2012 on Windows, Macintosh) |
| Guild Wars: PvP Access Kit (2008 on Windows) |
| Guild Wars: Nightfall (2006 on Windows) |
| Guild Wars: Nightfall (PvP Edition) (2006 on Windows) |
| Guild Wars: Factions (PvP Edition) (2006 on Windows) |
| Guild Wars: Prophecies (PvP Edition) (2006 on Windows) |
| Guild Wars: Factions (2006 on Windows) |
| Guild Wars (2005 on Windows) |
History +
- September 10, 2008
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NCsoft Corporation announces to consolidate ArenaNet, along with the US and European NCsoft subsidiaries NCsoft Austin, NC Interactive, and NCsoft Europe under a single label, NCsoft West. Lay-offs from the US office are expected.
- December 11, 2002
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Company acquired by NCsoft Corporation.
- August 1, 2000
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The company name is changed from Triforge, Inc. to ArenaNet to reflect the focus on multiplayer games for the internet.
- March 7, 2000
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Company founded as Triforge, Inc. by ex-Blizzard Pat Wyatt, Mike O'Brien and Jeff Strain.
Trivia +
In issue 01/2013 of the German magazine PC Games, the company received the award "#2 Developer of the Year 2012" through reader vote.
Company address (2009):
ArenaNet, LLC
227 Bellevue Way NE #75
Bellevue, WA 98004
USA
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ArenaNet, LLC
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Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 6 games with NCsoft Europe Ltd.
- 6 games with NCsoft Corporation
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- 5 games with NCSOFT West
- 5 games with Omni Interactive Audio, LLC
- 4 games with Blindlight LLC
- 4 games with Valve Corporation
- 4 games with Studio Mühl
- 3 games with Computer Games Distribution, s.r.o.
- 3 games with ESDigital Games
- 5 games with Josh Foreman
- 5 games with Heron Prior
- 5 games with James Phinney
- 5 games with Jeff Strain
- 5 games with Patrick Wyatt
- 5 games with Barry Sundt
- 5 games with Daniel Dociu
- 5 games with Stephen Hwang
- 5 games with Mike O'Brien
- 5 games with Shawn Sharp
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