TalonSoft, Inc. was an American

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and

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based in

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History

TalonSoft was founded in March 1995, by

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s Jim Rose and John Davidson. On December 24, 1998,

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announced that it had acquired TalonSoft, stating that they planned to push their capabilities in the

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video game market. The deal comprised 1,033,336 shares accounted as a pooling-of-interest.

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represented TalonSoft in the purchase. By early 1999, TalonSoft's most successful game was '' East Front'', with sales near 90,000 units. TalonSoft ceased all operations in 2002. In October 2005,

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acquired the rights to publish all games developed by TalonSoft.

List of games

References

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