Slitherine Software UK Limited
Slitherine Software UK Limited (also known as Slitherine Strategies) is a British video game developer and publisher founded on 25 June 2000. It is responsible for the production of a range of over 200 strategy and war video games. Slitherine developed and/or published a number of licensed games with brands including Battlestar Galactica, Warhammer 40,000, Starship Troopers, Horrible Histories and The History Channel.
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Slitherine Software UK Limited
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- Slitherine Software UK Limited
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- 2000
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- Epsom
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- video game industry
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Slitherine Software UK Limited (also known as Slitherine Strategies) is a British video game developer and publisher founded on 25 June 2000. It is responsible for the production of a range of over 200 strategy and war video games. Slitherine developed and/or published a number of licensed games with brands including Battlestar Galactica, Warhammer 40,000, Starship Troopers, Horrible Histories and The History Channel.
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Overview
Overview
It also produces rules for a series of tabletop wargames called Field of Glory.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Slitherine Software UK Limited • Type — Private • Founder — Iain McNeil • Hq Location City — Epsom • Hq Location Country — United Kingdom • Area Served — International • Industry — Video games • Products — Historical strategy games • Website — www.slitherine.com
History
History
Slitherine merged with Matrix Games in 2010. Slitherine works with the US military and defense contractors to supply simulation software. The primary simulation is a professional version of the commercial game Command Modern Air & Naval Operations. In 2014, Slitherine Group acquired Shenandoah Studio, American developer of Battle of the Bulge and Drive on Moscow.
Games
Games
• Year — Title — Platform(s) • 2002 — Legion — Windows • 2003 — Chariots of War — Windows • 2004 — Spartan — Windows • 2005 — Legion Arena — Windows, Mac OS X • 2007 — Commander: Europe at War — Windows, Mac OS X, DS, PSP • 2007 — The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome — Windows, PS2, PSP • 2008 — Commander: Napoleon at War — Windows, Mac OS X • 2009 — History: Great Empires – Rome — Nintendo DS • 2009 — Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans — Windows, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS • 2009 — Conquest! Medieval Realms — Windows, iOS, Android • 2009 — Field of Glory — Windows, Mac OS X • 2010 — History: Ice Road Truckers — PSP • 2010 — History: Egypt – Engineering an Empire — Windows, iOS, DS, PSP • 2010 — Battlefield Academy — Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Xbox 360 • 2010 — History: Great Battles – Medieval — Windows, PS3, Xbox 360, Android, iOS • 2010 — Gary Grigsby's War in the East — Windows • 2011 — Panzer Corps — Windows, iPadOS, macOS • 2011 — Advanced Tactics Gold — Windows • 2011 — Time of Fury — Windows • 2012 — Commander: The Great War — Windows, iOS • 2013 — Pandora: First Contact — Windows, macOS, Linux • 2014 — Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front — Windows, iOS, macOS • 2014 — Pike and Shot — Windows, iOS • 2014 — Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon — Windows, iOS, macOS • 2015 — Order of Battle: Pacific — Windows, macOS, Xbox One, PS4 • 2015 — Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy — Windows, macOS, iOS, Xbox One, PS4 • 2015 — Battle of the Bulge — Windows, macOS • 2015 — Scourge of War: Waterloo — Windows, iOS • 2015 — Thirty Years' War — Windows • 2016 — Victory and Glory: Napoleon — Windows • 2016 — Last Days of Old Earth — Windows • 2016 — Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun — Windows • 2016 — Drive on Moscow — Windows • 2017 — Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach — Windows • 2017 — Afghanistan '11 — Windows, Android • 2017 — Gettysburg: The Tide Turns — Windows • 2017 — Battlestar Galactica Deadlock — Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Switch • 2017 — Field of Glory II — Windows • 2018 — Empires Apart — Windows • 2018 — Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War — Windows, Linux • 2019 — Field of Glory: Empires — Windows • 2020 — Panzer Corps 2 — Windows • 2020 — Shadow Empire — Windows • 2020 — ICBM — Windows • 2021 — Field of Glory II: Medieval — Windows • 2021 — Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector — Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S • 2022 — Distant Worlds 2 — Windows • 2022 — Starship Troopers: Terran Command — Windows • 2022 — Master of Magic — Windows • 2024 — ICBM: Escalation — Windows • 2024 — Stargate: Timekeepers — Windows • 2024 — Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance — Windows • 2024 — Headquarters: World War II — Windows • 2024 — Field of Glory: Kingdoms — Windows • 2025 — Broken Arrow — Windows
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Other media
Alongside their video games, Slitherine publishes a series of manuals for their tabletop wargame Field of Glory. The game is primarily set in the Ancient and Medieval time periods of European and Middle Eastern History. There are also plans to expand the game to include the Renaissance and Napoleonic Wars. Each new setting will have its own rules system and set of companion books. A game engine built by Slitherine was used on the TV series Deadliest Warrior.
Military Applications
Military Applications
A number of Slitherine's games have been used for the purposes of military application. Matrix Games the arm of Slitherine who specialise in such applications lists, The US Air Force, [[Defence Science and Technology Laboratory|[dstl]]], US Marine Corps, US Navy, Luftwaffe, Boeing, BAE Systems, and Lockheed Martin as the organisations Slitherine works with to develop wargames. In 2015 Slitherine collaborated with BAE Systems for Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations to be used for their purposes. In 2016 Slitherine's developers were invited to the Pentagon to demonstrate how their Command series could be used to simulate a number of potential scenarios. In an interview with People Make Games, a representative of the company claimed that the Pentagon was getting greater utility from Slitherine's games than their own internally produced wargames.
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- 1.Who We Are. fieldofglory.com.
- 2.Happy Birthday Slitherine!. Slitherine Software. 4 July 2022.
- 3.All Slitherine/ Matrix Games A-Z. Matrix Games.
- 4.Slitherine - HISTORY Great Battles Medieval. www.slitherine.com.
- 5.Slitherine and Matrix Games complete merger. GamesIndustry.biz.
- 6.Professional, Academic & Student Edition. Warfaresims.
- 7.Slitherine Group acquires Shenandoah Studio. The Lordz Games Studio. 12 September 2014.
- 8.Butts, Steve. Commander: Napoleon at War Review. IGN. Ziff Davis. 4 November 2008.
- 9.Naser, Bodo. Test: Great Empires: Rome. 4Players. 19 June 2009.
- 10.Thomas, Lucas M. History's Great Empires: Rome Review. IGN. Ziff Davis. 1 July 2009.
- 11.Ziff Davis. Conquest! Medieval Realms Now Available From Matrix Games. IGN. 20 August 2009.
- 12.Luibl, Jörg. Test: Conquest! Medieval Realms. 4Players. 27 July 2012.
- 13.Gamer Network. HISTORY Ice Road Truckers. GamesIndustry.biz. 11 March 2010.
- 14.IGN Entertainment. History -- Ice Road Truckers. GameSpy.
- 15.McFerran, Damien. HISTORY Egypt: Engineering an Empire. Pocket Gamer. Steel Media. 25 May 2010.
- 16.HISTORY™ Egypt : Engineering an Empire. Slitherine Software.
- 17.Ziff Davis. Battlefield Academy Released. IGN. 5 August 2010.
- 18.Review: Battle Academy (PC/ Mac). Digitally Downloaded. 16 September 2011.
- 19.Cobb, Jim. Battle Academy on iPad – Mobile Game Review. Armchair General. Weider History Group. 10 July 2012.
- 20.Ziff Davis. History Great Battles Medieval Gets a New Partner and an October UK Release Date. IGN. 17 September 2010.
- 21.Ziff Davis. History Great Battles Medieval is Headed to Android. IGN. 25 April 2011.
- 22.Schilling, Chris. Great Battles Medieval. Pocket Gamer. Steel Media. 3 July 2013.
- 23.Wiinholt, Martin. Anmeldelser - Gary Grigsby's War in The East. Eurogamer. Gamer Network. 28 February 2011.
- 24.Beck, Christopher. Advanced Tactics Gold – PC Game Review. Armchair General. Weider History Group. 28 July 2011.
- 25.Gry-Online. Time of Fury PC. Gamepressure.
- 26.Ziff Davis. Slitherine Opens A New Front For Commander. IGN. 26 May 2010.
- 27.Commander - The Great War. Slitherine Software.
- 28.Thrower, Matt. Commander: the Great War. Pocket Gamer. Steel Media. 29 July 2014.
- 29.Baker, Patrick. Pike and Shot – PC Game Review. Armchair General. Weider History Group. 27 October 2014.
- 30.Fretz, Andrew. 'Pike and Shot' Review – Historical Strategy Hits the Mark. TouchArcade. 9 February 2015.
- 31.González, Emmanuel. Order of Battle: Pacific - Análisis. IGN España. Ziff Davis. 14 May 2015.
- 32.Baker, Patrick. Scourge of War: Waterloo – PC Game Review. Armchair General. Weider History Group. 25 June 2015.
- 33.Fretz, Andrew. 'Pike and Shot' Review – Historical Strategy Hits the Mark. TouchArcade. 9 February 2015.
- 34.Cobb, Jim. Thirty Years' War – PC Game Review. Armchair General. Weider History Group. 3 December 2015.
- 35.Stone, Tim. The Flare Path: Black Berets, Red Bearskins. Rock Paper Shotgun. Gamer Network. 25 March 2016.
- 36.H., Nick. Review: Last Days of Old Earth (PC). Digitally Downloaded. 16 June 2016.
- 37.Maderna, Andrea. Indiegram - Recensione. IGN Italia. Ziff Davis. 28 July 2016.
- 38.Luibl, Jörg. Test: Gettysburg: The Tide Turns. 4Players. 3 August 2017.
- 39.ICBM on Steam. store.steampowered.com.
- 40.ICBM: Escalation on Steam. store.steampowered.com.
- 41.Stargate: Timekeepers - 30 Minutes of Mission Gameplay (HOW Live 2022) - IGN. 2022-05-11.
- 42.Update: Release Date for Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance. Slitherine. 30 November 2023.
- 43.Headquarters: World War II is out now. Slitherine. 10 April 2024.
- 44.Field of Glory: Kingdoms is out now. Slitherine. 4 June 2024.
- 45.RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED. Steam. 28 April 2025.
- 46.HUGE COMPETION LAUNCHED, WITH THOUSANDS OF PRIZES TO BE WON. Slitherine. 28 March 2008.
- 47.McElroy, Griffin. GDC hands-on: Deadliest Warrior (XBLA). Engadget. Yahoo! Inc. 12 March 2010.
- 48.MatrixProSims. pro.matrixgames.com.
- 49.Wargame publisher Slitherine and BAE Systems, the defence contractor, join forces. PCGamesN. 2015-07-01.
- 50.Browne, Gareth. Meet the video gamers helping in the fight against ISIS. Daily Mirror. 2016-09-23.
- 51.People Make Games. The Games Behind Your Government's Next War. 2024-09-05.
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