Force Field (company)

Force Field Entertainment B.V.
Formerly
  • Woedend! Games (2005–07)
  • W!Games (2007–10)
  • Vanguard Games (2010–16)
Private
Industry Video game industry
Founded February 2005 (2005-02)
Founder Bas van Berkestijn
Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands
Key people
  • Arthur Houtman (CEO)
  • Maarten Elshove (CFO)
  • Martin de Ronde (CCO)
Products
Number of employees
 50 (2016)
Website forcefieldxr.com

Force Field Entertainment B.V. (formerly Woedend! Games, W!Games, and Vanguard Games) is a Dutch video game developer based in Amsterdam. Founded by Bas van Berkestijn in February 2005 as Woedend! Games, a division of Dutch media company Woedend! Communicatiedingen. In 2007, the company was renamed W!Games, and developed My Horse & Me and Greed Corp.

On 15 September 2010, the company merged with Karami, a game developer founded by Arthur Houtman and Martin de Ronde (also founders of Guerrilla Games) in 2010, and became Vanguard Games.[1][2][3][4] The new company went to develop Greed Corp successor Gatling Gears, mobile game Base Busters, and Halo spin-offs Halo: Spartan Assault and Halo: Spartan Strike.

On 14 April 2016, Vanguard Games merged with Force Field, a virtual reality game developer founded by Maarten Elshove and Michiel Mol in 2016, to become Force Field Entertainment B.V., a developer specializing in virtual reality and augmented reality experiences.[5][6]

Games developed

References

  1. ↑ Martin, Matt (15 September 2010). "Guerrilla founders form Vanguard Entertainment". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Nunneley, Stephany (16 September 2010). "Guerrilla co-founders de Ronde and Mol form Vanguard Entertainment". VG247. Videogaming247. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Graft, Kris (15 September 2010). "Guerrilla Games Co-Founders Form Vanguard". Gamasutra. UBM TechWeb. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. ↑ McElroy, Griffin (16 September 2010). "Guerrilla co-founders form Vanguard Entertainment". Engadget. AOL Tech. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Carbotte, Kevin (14 April 2016). "Vanguard Games Merges With Force Field VR, Creates Studio Exclusively For VR And AR Games". Tom's Hardware. Purch Group. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Weber, Rachel (14 April 2016). "Force Field and Vanguard Games merge". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. Retrieved 11 December 2016.


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