Nimble Giant Entertainment

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Nimble Giant Entertainment
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedCirca 2002
Headquarters
Buenos Aires
,
Argentina
OwnerEmbracer Group
Number of employees
86[1] (2021)
ParentSaber Interactive (2020–present)
Websitenimblegiant.com

Nimble Giant Entertainment (formerly known as NGD Studios) is an Argentine video game developer located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They started as a three group fusion and were the creators of an acclaimed game for a construction kit toy called , which is similar to Lego toys.

They later created a mobile gaming division, making games for known brands like Axe and doing development for the multinational GlobalFun. After some successful games, GlobalFun acquired the mobile division from NGD Studios.[2]

They are currently continuing development of a real-time, 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) which emphasizes flexible gameplay and dynamic content. The game is called Regnum Online, and it has been in development for more than five years before its release in the first quarter of 2007. The game was intended for the Spanish-speaking market at the beginning but then improved enough to be targeted for other zones as well, more recently the game has struggled to maintain a critical population and has scaled back some of its international servers.[3]

The game currently officially supports English, Spanish, German, French and Dutch but they have stated plans to open the translation tools so volunteers can incorporate other languages.

The game uses a proprietary engine called NG3D which was built from scratch with massive multiplayer games in mind. It supports a variety of features found in today's engines, such as hardware shaders support, continuous world loading, asynchronous resource management and a flexible gameplay system.

Regnum Online was officially released on May 24, 2007. Any information about future expansions and features have been not disclosed yet. With the update of the NG3D engine, Nimble Giant Entertainment made graphic updates on Regnum Online. In 2011, they released a game called Bunch of Heroes, made with the new NG3D 2.0. In this year, they also helped developing a game called Maldark: Conqueror of Worlds for Cartoon Network.

In 2019 the company was rebranded as Nimble Giant Entertainment with the hiring of former Rockstar Games executive Jeronimo Barrera as its vice president of product development.[4]

In November 2020, Embracer Group announced that they acquired the company through Saber Interactive, which will be the parent company.[5]

List of games[]

Year Title Platform(s) Publisher Notes
2003 Mis Ladrillos Interactivo Microsoft Windows Mis Ladrillos
2004 Absolute Puzzle J2ME GlobalFun
Clear Out
2006 Great Legends: Billy the Kid II
2007 Great Legends: Vikings
2011 Bunch of Heroes Microsoft Windows Nimble Giant Entertainment
Realms Online Macintosh, Microsoft Windows
2013 Champions of Regnum Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows
2014 Adventure Time: Finn & Jake's Epic Quest Microsoft Windows The Cartoon Network
2016 Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Wargaming
2020 Hellbound Microsoft Windows Nimble Giant Entertainment Developed by Saibot Studios
2021 Quantum League
TBA Drone Strike Force Odisi Games

References[]

  1. ^ "Embracer Group Annual Report & Sustainability Report 2020 / 2021" (PDF). Embracer Group. 25 August 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ "GlobalFun: News". Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 2006-11-28.
  3. ^ https://www.championsofregnum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111395
  4. ^ "Rockstar veteran Jeronimo Barrera joins Nimble Giant Entertainment".
  5. ^ Takahashi, Dean (November 17, 2020). "Embracer Group acquires 10 game studios and a PR firm". Venture Beat. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

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