TalonSoft

• Name — TalonSoft, Inc. • Type — Subsidiary • Industry — Video games • Fate — Dissolved • Founders — * Jim Rose • John Davidson • Defunct — 2002 • Hq Location City — Baltimore • Hq Location Country — US • Key People — * Jim Rose (president, CCO) • Chris Mate (general manager) • Parent — Take-Two Interactive (1998–2002)

TalonSoft was founded in March 1995, by video game producers Jim Rose and John Davidson. On December 24, 1998, Take-Two Interactive announced that it had acquired TalonSoft, stating that they planned to push their capabilities in the personal computer video game market. The deal comprised 1,033,336 shares accounted as a pooling-of-interest. Bengur Bryan represented TalonSoft in the purchase. By early 1999, TalonSoft's most successful game was East Front, with sales near 90,000 units. TalonSoft ceased all operations in 2002. In October 2005, Matrix Games acquired the rights to publish all games developed by TalonSoft.

• Title — Platform(s) — Release date — Developer • Battleground: Ardennes — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Battleground 2: Gettysburg — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Battleground 4: Shiloh — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Battleground 3: Waterloo — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Battleground 5: Antietam — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Age of Sail — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Battleground 6: Napoleon in Russia — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • East Front — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Battleground 7: Bull Run — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Battleground 8: Prelude to Waterloo — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Tribal Rage — Microsoft Windows — Disintegrator • West Front — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Battleground 9: Chickamauga — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • East Front: Campaign CD 1 — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • The Operational Art of War Vol. 1: 1939–1955 – Battle Pack I Scenario Add-on Disk — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • West Front: Battle Pack 1 — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Battle of Britain — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • East Front II — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • The Operational Art of War II: Modern Battles 1956–2000 — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Jagged Alliance 2 — Microsoft Windows — Sirtech Canada • ' — Microsoft Windows — Illusion Softworks • West Front: Operation Sea Lion — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • ' — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • JetFighter IV: Fortress America — Microsoft Windows — Mission Studios • 12 O'Clock High: Bombing the Reich — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • Rising Sun — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • ' — Microsoft Windows — Illusion Softworks • Tzar: The Burden of the Crown — Microsoft Windows — Haemimont Games • Codename Eagle — Microsoft Windows — Refraction Games • Martian Gothic: Unification — Microsoft Windows — Creative Reality • Dogs of War — Microsoft Windows — Silicon Dreams Studio • ' — Dreamcast — Illusion Softworks • Rising Sun: Imperial Strike — Microsoft Windows — Mission Studios • Metal Fatigue — Microsoft Windows — Zono • Age of Sail II — Microsoft Windows — Akella • ' — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft • ' — Microsoft Windows — Holistic Design • Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948–1973 — Microsoft Windows — TalonSoft