Petroglyph Games - History

History

  • Petroglyph was formed on April 1, 2003.
  • On June 25, 2004, the company moved into their own building.
  • On November 16, 2004, Petroglyph announced a project which they were working on, a new Star Wars real-time strategy (RTS) game called Star Wars: Empire at War, which was released on February 16, 2006.
  • On September 12, 2005, it was announced that they would be working on an original military/sci-fi RTS franchise with Sega.
  • On January 27, 2007, Petroglyph announced their second game, Universe at War: Earth Assault. Universe at War was released on December 10, 2007.
  • On April 15, 2008, Petroglyph announced that they would be working in partnership with True Games Interactive on a Free-to-Play micro-transaction based online game for the PC.
  • On December 4, 2008, True Games Interactive/Petroglyph revealed their new game is called Mytheon, to be released in 2010.
  • On April 27, 2009, it was announced that Petroglyph would be working on a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game (MMORTS) with Trion World Network.
  • On December 11, 2009, Petroglyph launched their redesigned website, which was designed by Anthem Design Group.
  • On March 29, 2010, Petroglyph announced Guardians of Graxia PC & Board Games.
  • On April 26, 2010, Trion/Petroglyph revealed that their MMORTS is called End of Nations.
  • On June 17, 2010, Trion/Petroglyph for their End of Nations MMORTS won multiple E3 2010 Awards for Best Booth, Best MMO, Best RTS, and others.
  • On August 2, 2010, Petroglyph announced availability of all their 2010 produced board game products.
  • On October 20, 2010, Petroglyph announced availability of Guardians of Graxia for the PC, direct on STEAM, GamersGate and Impulse.
  • On February 22, 2011, Petroglyph announced their free to play multiplayer online battle arena game title, Rise of Immortals.
  • On August 10, 2012, Petroglyph announced development of Battle for Graxia, a free to play multiplayer online battle arena game title.

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