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Wargaming acquires Gas Powered Games

On February 14, 2013 by Ash Meehan
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Wargaming, free to play mmo developer and publisher, has today announced that they acquired developer Gas Powered Games, the company behind the Supreme Commander and Dungeon Siege series.

The new of the acquisition comes just under a month after Gas Powered Games were forced to laid off about 40 employees.

After the agreement between the two companies Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming said

“Gas Powered Games’ heritage and development pedigree shows us just how valuable an addition Chris and his company will make to the Wargaming family,”

“Gas Powered Games has a long track record of providing incredibly engaging AAA gaming experiences and we can’t wait to start working with them.”

Chris Taylor, CEO of Gas Powered Games also had the following to say on the agreement.

“Wargaming growth in recent years has been tremendous, and we’re looking forward to joining one of the fastest growing gaming companies in the world,”

“I’m sure our experience and expertise will help us contribute even more to Wargaming’s global success.”

Wargaming are most well known for their team based free to play mmo, World of Tanks, which was launched in April 2011 and according to Wargaming has 50 million players worldwide. Wargaming is also currently developing two other free to play mmos, World of Warplanes and World of Warships.

Author: Ash Meehan

Hi, I’m the creator of SG Gaming Info. When I’m not working on my writing or creating content for this site’s YouTube channel, I like to relax and enjoy character driven story games.


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