Metropolis Software House
| Metropolis Software House | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1992 |
| resolution | 2009 |
| Reason for dissolution | closure |
| Seat | Warsaw , Poland |
| Branch | Software development |
| Website | metropolis-software.com |
The Metropolis Software House was a computer game developer based in Warsaw , Poland . The developer was taken over by the Polish publisher CD Projekt in 2008 and dissolved in 2009.
history
The development studio was founded in 1992. Metropolis developed its games with a view to international sales, mostly in cooperation with Interplay , Ubisoft , Jowood or Monolith Productions .
In 1996/97 the studio began work on an action adventure based on the Wiedźmin book series by the Polish fantasy author Andrzej Sapkowski , for which the studio was able to secure the author's license. At the same time, the fifteen-strong team also worked on the shoot 'em up Katharsis (which appeared in Germany under the name Blaster! ), The role-playing game Gorky 17 and the beat' em up Human Blood . Despite a publishing contract with Topware Interactive , the work increasingly faded into the background. Instead, the Polish publisher CD Projekt published the self-developed computer role-playing game The Witcher in 2007 on the basis of the same license.
In 2008, Metropolis Software was acquired by CD Projekt. In 2009 the new owner closed the studio and work on the shooter project They , which was last under development , was discontinued.
Products (selection)
- The Prince & The Coward
- This point & click adventure , published in 1998, was published in Germany under the title Galador .
- Gorky 17th
- Gorky 17 is a dark strategy game with RPG elements in the style of Jagged Alliance , released in 1999. TopWare Interactive took over sales in Germany.
- Archangel
- Archangel (Eng .: Archangel ) is an action adventure in pursuit perspective with light role play components. Michael, the main character of the game, wakes up after a car accident in a mysterious, medieval environment and learns that the fate of that world is in his hands. It was published in 2002 by Jowood in Germany.
- Gorky Zero - Beyond Honor
- Gorky Zero - Beyond Honor takes place in the same universe as Gorky 17 , but takes place before it. The player takes on the role ofCole Sullivan,already known from Gorky 17 , whocarries out secret missionsin the Ukraine to stop a dark sect .
- Aurora watching
- Aurora Watching takes place in the Gorky Universe again. The action takes place after Gorky 17 this time.
- Infernal
- The third-person shooter Infernal , released in spring 2007, is about Ryan Lennox, a former agent of the light who defected to the other side due to unfortunate circumstances.
Web links
- Metropolis Software House at MobyGames (English)
- Metropolis Software House on giantbomb.com (background information)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Witcher game that never was
- ↑ CD Projekt buys Metropolis Software
- ^ Thomas "Brother None" Beekers: CD Project Shuts Down Metropolis Software . In: GameBanshee . October 26, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2015.