American video game developer
Guild Software is a small independent computer game developer located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA ) founded in 1998. Guild Software is best known for creating Vendetta Online ,[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] a first-person MMORPG that uses their in-house NAOS[ 5] game engine . In 2009, the studio was voted a Reader's Choice Award for Favorite Company by MMOsite.com.[ 6]
In 2013, Guild Software's Vendetta Online was widely reported as the first MMORPG to support the Oculus Rift ,[ 7] [ 8] making it potentially the first persistent online world with native support for a consumer Virtual reality headset.
Beyond game development, the company also created and maintains the free and popular[ 9] Android app Barometer HD , allowing simple measurement and graphing of barometric pressure on devices equipped with pressure sensors.[ 10]
Management
John Bergman — CEO, game design, artwork
Ray Ratelis — VP of engineering
References
^ "Small Milwaukee studio's big game on small phones" . JSOnline . January 5, 2012.
^ "The Fab Four Behind Vendetta" . MMHell . November 4, 2004. Archived from the original on February 13, 2005.
^ "Vendetta Online Team Q&A" . IGN . October 28, 2004. Archived from the original on September 22, 2006.
^ "Nintendo Community Fangame Convention 2008, Guild Software Q&A" . NCFC . October 25, 2008. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009.
^ "Guild Software Announces NAOS Engine" . Inside Mac Games . March 8, 2010.
^ "MMOsite Readers Choice Award 2008 Winners Announced" . MMOsite.com . February 19, 2009.
^ "Vendetta Online is the first MMO to get Oculus Rift support" . PCGamer . July 23, 2013.
^ "Vendetta Online takes its digital galaxies to the Oculus Rift" . Polygon . July 24, 2013.
^ "Barometer HD on the Android Market" . Guild Software, Inc . 2012.
^ Max Lee (February 9, 2012). "Barometer HD App for Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Note!" . HighOnAndroid.com .
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