| Cyberlore Studios, Inc. | |
| Foundation: | October 1992[1] |
| Defunct: | 2005 |
| Location City: | Northampton, Massachusetts |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Key People: | Lester Humphreys Ken Grey Herb Perez |
| Industry: | Video games |
| Products: | |
| Num Employees: | 28 (1998)[2] |
| Homepage: | cyberlore.com |
Cyberlore Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Northampton, Massachusetts.[3]
The company was founded in 1992 by Lester Humphreys, Ken Grey, and Herb Perez.[4] Since 1992, they produced expansion packs for MechWarrior 4, Heroes of Might and Magic II, and . They also produced (2005), a simulation game based on the life of Hugh Hefner and Playboy, and a PlayStation 2 version of the classic board game Risk. Their most notable game is , whose original concept was created by Jim DuBois, who worked for the company as a senior designer.
The company grew from six employees in 1992 to thirty employees in 2000.[5]
In 2005, Cyberlore ceased development of general entertainment games after the collapse of their publisher, Hip Games, and the subsequent layoff of two-thirds of their staff. The company refocused on the serious game corporate training market, under the new company name of Minerva.