Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore Explained

Wargaming West Corporation
Type:	Privately held company
Location:	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Industry:	Video games
Num Employees:	~160

Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore (formerly Meyer/Glass Interactive, L.L.C., Day 1 Studios, LLC and Wargaming West Corporation) is an American game developer that operates in Chicago, Illinois and Hunt Valley, Maryland.

History

They worked in tandem with developer FASA Interactive to create their first two games MechAssault, which Microsoft used to promote their Xbox Live service, and . They worked with Monolith Productions to make the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 console ports of F.E.A.R..

In 2006, they signed a deal with LucasArts to develop the science fiction video game Fracture. It had mixed reviews by the gaming press. In 2010, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that they would be developing the third instalment in the F.E.A.R. franchise entitled F.E.A.R. 3, first announced using the title F.3.A.R., which was later confirmed as just for advertising. When their subsequent project with Konami was canceled, however, around 100 employees (the vast majority of the team working on that project) were laid off.^[1] The remaining team members moved forward with development on the free-to-play mech game Reign of Thunder.^[2]

On January 29, 2013, it was announced that Wargaming, the creator of World of Tanks, acquired Day 1 Studios for $20 million^[3] and rebranded it Wargaming West.^[4] The acquisition included the rights to Reign of Thunder, with it since having been put aside, and subsequently canceled. ^[5]

Games developed

As Meyer/Glass Interactive

Year	Title	Platform(s)
		Win	PlayStation
1998	Axis & Allies
1999	Axis & Allies: Iron Blitz
1999	Avalon Hill's Diplomacy
1999	Missile Command
2000

As Day 1 Studios

Year	Title	Platform(s)
		PS3	Win	Xbox	X360
2002	MechAssault
2004
2006	F.E.A.R.
2008	Fracture
2011	F.E.A.R. 3
TBA	Reign of Thunder

As Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore

Canceled video games

• Batman: Gotham by Gaslight^[6]
• TR2N: Liberation^[7]
• Reign of Thunder ^[8]

External links

• Interview with company president Denny Thorley

Notes and References

1. Web site: Day 1 Studios loses Konami publishing deal . GameSpot.com . December 2, 2011 . June 22, 2013.
2. Web site: Day 1 Studios Announces Mech Combat Game Reign of Thunder . Gametestlab.com . June 22, 2013.
3. Web site: News – Wargaming's surprise acquisition: F.E.A.R. 3's dev Day 1 for $20M . January 29, 2013 . Gamasutra . June 22, 2013.
4. Web site: Wargaming West . Wargaming West . June 10, 2013 . June 22, 2013.
5. Web site: 2020-09-28 . Reign Of Thunder (Day 1 Studios) [PC - Cancelled] - Unseen64 ]. 2024-03-01 . Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames! . en-US.
6. Web site: Video from Abandoned Batman Game Surfaces. February 27, 2012.
7. Web site: Disney's Failed TRON Sequel Game - Unseen64. YouTube.
8. Web site: 2020-09-28 . Reign Of Thunder (Day 1 Studios) [PC - Cancelled] - Unseen64 ]. 2024-03-01 . Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames! . en-US.