Riot Sydney Explained

Riot Sydney
Foundation:2002
Location:Sydney, Australia
Key People:Steve Wang (CEO)
Simon Hayes (CTO)
Num Employees:~65 (2013)
Former Name:BigWorld Technology (2002-2012)
Wargaming Sydney (2012-2022)
Industry:Video games
Parent:Wargaming (2012-2022)
Riot Games (2022-present)

Riot Sydney (formerly BigWorld Technology and Wargaming Sydney) is an Australian software company, formed in 2002 by John De Margheriti. It was the developer of BigWorld, a middleware development tool suite for creating massively multiplayer online games (MMO) and virtual worlds. It was the first company that developed a middleware platform for the MMO market. In 2007, BigWorld was recognised by the UK's Develop magazine as an industry leader.[1]

On 7 August 2012, Wargaming — which had used BigWorld as part of the infrastructure for games such as World of Tanks — acquired BigWorld Technology for $45 million. Wargaming stated that it would continue to license and support BigWorld, and foresaw the possibility that it could offer its technologies with BigWorld for third-party licensors.[2] [3] The studio was operated as Wargaming Sydney. On 17 October 2022, Wargaming sold the studio to Riot Games for an undisclosed amount, renaming it to Riot Sydney; the sale excluded the BigWorld technology itself and the studio's publishing arm, which will be retained by Wargaming.[4]

Technical overview

BigWorld Technology provides an underlying software architecture that can be used by game developers to build MMOs and online games. The 3D client technology is built for Windows PCs and browsers and is available on iOS, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 via a network API. The back-end server solution was implemented on Linux with a Python API scripting environment. The tool suite includes content creation tools, server monitoring tools, and support. BigWorld Technology also integrates various third-party plugins such as Umbra (occlusion culling), Scaleform (user interface creation), Speedtree (foliage), and Vivox (VOIP).

Server load balancing

BigWorld Server supports dynamic load balancing, a feature that automatically and dynamically spreads user load across multiple cell apps on the same game server, allowing for large numbers of concurrent users to inhabit the same game space. In 1999, BigWorld ran a test simulating 900 entities on the same server.[5] In 2005, large-scale tests were carried out at the IBM Deep Computing facility in Poughkeepsie, NY. BigWorld successfully demonstrated the linear scalability of its load-balancing technology by dynamically balancing 100,000 entities across various cell apps on a single server.[6]

List of games made with BigWorld technology

Reception

Guinness World Record

World of Tanks is built on BigWorld Technology. On 23 January 2011, Guinness stated that the World of Tanks Russian server broke the previous record for Most Players Online Simultaneously on One MMO Server when they reached 91,311 concurrent users.[26] In November 2011 World of Tanks reached a new concurrency level of 250,000 players.[27]

Awards

BigWorld Technology has received a number of business and technology innovation related awards:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MMO Engine Round-Up . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130206152120/http://www.develop-online.net/features/63/MMO-Engine-Round-Up . 6 February 2013 . 9 July 2008 . Develop Magazine.
  2. Web site: Takahashi . Dean . 2012-08-07 . Wargaming acquires BigWorld middleware firm for $45M (exclusive) . 2022-10-17 . VentureBeat . en-US.
  3. Web site: Wargaming acquires BigWorld for $45 million . 2022-10-17 . Engadget . 15 July 2016 . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2022-10-17 . Riot games acquires Wargaming Sydney Studio . 2022-10-17 . GamesIndustry.biz . en.
  5. Web site: [1999] BigWorld Server 900 Entity Concurrency on Vimeo ]. BigWorld Pty Ltd.
  6. Web site: BigWorld and IBM: Large-scale testing for online games . dead . https://archive.today/20130125205452/http://www-01.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/CS/MCAG-6HQMGM?OpenDocument&Site=default&cty=en_us . 25 January 2013 . IBM.
  7. Web site: World of Tanks Blitz . . 6 April 2021.
  8. Web site: World of Tanks. Wargaming.
  9. Web site: World of Warplanes. Wargaming.
  10. Web site: World of Warships. Wargaming.
  11. Web site: Realm of the Titans. https://web.archive.org/web/20130416003856/http://www.onrpg.com/games/realm-of-the-titans/. dead. 16 April 2013. Aeria Games.
  12. Web site: Moego. Userjoy. 27 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120208000351/http://www.moego.com.tw/index.aspx?suid=&flag=N. 8 February 2012. dead.
  13. Web site: Aeria Acquires 2 new MMOS. MMOCulture.com.
  14. Web site: Tian Xia II. Netease.
  15. Web site: Tian Xia III. Netease. 27 January 2012. 13 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120113090221/http://en.178.com/201108/107736856149.html. dead.
  16. Web site: Gung Ho Licenses BigWorld for Grandia Online. 10 June 2009 . Gamesindustry.biz.
  17. Web site: Secret Kingdoms Online Game Details Revealed. MMOCulture.com.
  18. Web site: States at War. Sunhome Entertainment. 27 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120203043313/http://www.lieguo.com/. 3 February 2012. dead.
  19. Web site: Kai Xun. Zhejiang Kai Xun Technology Co., Ltd.. 27 January 2012. https://archive.today/20120207092008/http://indie.bigworldtech.com/index.php/kai-xun-fairy-world. 7 February 2012. dead.
  20. Web site: Twinity. Metaversum. 27 January 2012. 8 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120208064740/http://www.twinity.com/en/choose-your-free-avatar. dead.
  21. Web site: Genesis: Journey to the West. Netease. 27 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120118084750/http://csxy.163.com/. 18 January 2012. dead.
  22. Web site: Legendary Champions Gameplay - First Look HD - YouTube . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ESz1ixA0ZJ0 . 2021-12-21 . live. MMOHut.
  23. Web site: Hokuto no ken Online / 北斗の拳ONLINE HEROES - 2009 - YouTube. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_FlwGEc4x7w . 2021-12-21 . live. MMOHut.
  24. Web site: Interzone Futebol. Interzone. 27 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315095735/http://www.interzoneentertainment.com/games/. 15 March 2016. dead.
  25. Web site: CTS-Games. Cybertime System Company.
  26. Web site: World of Tanks sets Guinness World Record . Joystiq . 27 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225023606/http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/02/24/world-of-tanks-sets-guinness-world-record/ . 25 December 2013 . dead .
  27. Web site: World of Tanks Sets a New Guinness World Record . MMOSite.com . 27 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103115223/http://news.mmosite.com/content/q/2011-12-09/world_of_tanks_sets_a_new_guinness_world_record.shtml . 3 January 2014 . dead .
  28. Web site: Australia Training & Simulation Industry Capability Directory: BigWorld Pty Ltd . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130107111613/http://directory.simulationaustralia.org.au/company/bigworld-pty-ltd-2/ . 7 January 2013 . 27 January 2012 . Australian Government/Simulation Australia.
  29. Web site: Cool Company Awards 2006. Australian Anthill Magazine. Aug–Sep 2006. 9 July 2008. https://archive.today/20120718220649/http://www.anthillonline.com/article_detail.php?id=141. 18 July 2012. dead.
  30. Web site: IT Secrets Competition Winners 2002-2005. Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. 2005. 9 July 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110523233110/http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/50718/IT_Secrets_winners_2002_to_2005.pdf. 23 May 2011. dead.
  31. Web site: 2007 Australian Export Awards. Austrade.
  32. Web site: Australian Game Developers Conference 2005 Award winners. AGDC. 2005.

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