TalonSoft, Inc.

Moby ID: 238

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TalonSoft was a developer and publisher of PC strategy, simulation, and action games. The company was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, USA in 1995 by Jim Rose, producer of board and computer games for Avalon Hill, and John Davidson, the former Vice-President of MIS for Alexander & Alexander. In 1997, the company signed Norm Koger, Gary Grigsby, and Keith Brors as game designers.

The company's own intellectual properties included the Battleground series, Age of Sail series, Campaign franchise, The Operational Art of War series and others.

In early 1999, the company was acquired by Take-Two Interactive Software. They would start publishing third-party titles such as Hidden and Dangerous and Jagged Alliance 2, as well as titles from other Take-Two subsidiaries like JetFighter IV: Fortress America.

In the early 2000s, some staff including Davidson would leave and form Freedom Games.

TalonSoft was closed in 2005. Most of its assets were sold to Matrix Games. The game Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War III would be finished in 2006 by the latter.

Credited on 49 Games from 1995 to 2006

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Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War III (2006 on Windows)
G.I. Combat: Episode 1 - Battle of Normandy (2002 on Windows)
TalonSoft's Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948-1973 (2001 on Windows)
TalonSoft's World at War (2001 on Windows)
Merchant Prince II (2001 on Windows)
Serious Sam: The First Encounter (2001 on Windows)
Age of Sail II (2001 on Windows)
Age of Sail II: Privateer's Bounty (2001 on Windows)
Metal Fatigue (2000 on Windows)
Martian Gothic: Unification (2000 on Windows, PlayStation)
Europe in Flames (2000 on Windows)
Dogs of War (2000 on Windows)
TalonSoft's Rising Sun (2000 on Windows)
Tzar: The Burden of the Crown (2000 on Windows)
Hidden & Dangerous: Action Pack (2000 on Windows)
JetFighter IV: Fortress America (2000 on Windows)
TalonSoft's Rising Sun: Gold (2000 on Windows)
The Operational Art of War II: Elite Edition (2000 on Windows)
The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 - Elite★Edition (2000 on Windows)
The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 - Wargame of the Year Edition (2000 on Windows)

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History +

2005

Company is closed and sold, largely to Matrix Games.

1999

Company acquired by Take-Two Interactive Software.

1995

The company is founded.

Trivia +

Company address & contact information (ca. 1995):

TalonSoft

Post Office Box 632

Forest Hill, Maryland 21050

United States

Tech Support: +1-800-524-3388

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