DreamForge Intertainment, Inc. was an American computer game developer.

History

DreamForge was founded as Event Horizon Software, Inc. by the computer game developers Thomas Holmes, Christopher Straka and James Namestka in Greensburg. Until its dissolution the company produced several well-known and awarded computer games, most of them in the genre of

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. After producing several games, the team changed its name to DreamForge Intertainment after learning that its Event Horizon name was shared with a developer of pornographic software. The company was dissolved in 2001 after struggles with its publishers while working on several titles, including the never finished game '' Werewolf: The Apocalypse - The Heart of Gaia'', as well as ''

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'', with the latter being subsequently continued by a different studio.

List of games

* '' DarkSpyre'' * '' Dusk of the Gods'' * '' The Summoning'' * ''

Dungeon Hack ''Dungeon Hack'' is a 1993 role-playing video game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations for DOS and NEC PC-9801. The game is based in the ''Advanced Dungeons and Dragons'' world of Forgotten Realms. It bl ...

'' * '' Veil of Darkness'' * '' Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession'' * ''

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'' * ''

Anvil of Dawn ''Anvil of Dawn'' is a 1995 fantasy role-playing video game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by New World Computing. ''Anvil of Dawn'' was named the best role-playing game of 1995 by ''Computer Gaming World'' and '' Computer ...

'' * '' Ravenloft: Stone Prophet'' * '' Chronomaster'' * ''

War Wind ''War Wind'' is a science fantasy real-time strategy game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It was released in 1996 for Microsoft Windows and used DirectX 2.0. The game features four uni ...

'' * '' War Wind II: Human Onslaught'' * '' 101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor'' * '' Sanitarium'' * ''

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'' * '' Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War''

Unfinished

* ''Kehl: Fury Unbound'' (unfinished Xbox title) * ''

'' * '' Werewolf: The Apocalypse – The Heart of Gaia''

References

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