Philos Laboratories
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Industry | Video games |
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Founded | 1995 |
Defunct | 2004 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | John (Zsolt) Vamosi (CEO) and Antal Ruttmayer (Game Designer) |
Products | Theocracy |
Philos Laboratories (also known as Philos Laboratories Software Developer Ltd. or Philos Labs and later Philos Entertainment, Inc) was a Hungarian computer software development company known for working with producer Ubisoft and CDV Software Entertainment.[1]
The company was founded in 1995 by John (Zsolt) Vamosi, working mostly on making graphics for advertisements. In 1997, several developers of the game Perihelion: The Prophecy were hired, and they started making their first title, what would become Theocracy.[2]
It was eventually disbanded in 2004, amid lawsuits of software piracy and much debated financial ventures;[3] Vámosi served a year in prison.[4]
Released titles[]
- Theocracy (2000)
- (2001)
- (2003)
References[]
- ^ "Philos Labs Company Profile - GamingExcellence". www.gamingexcellence.com.
- ^ "Zsolt Vamosi of Philos Labs". March 24, 2000.
- ^ Hanula, Zsolt (January 22, 2009). "Válságban a magyar játékfejlesztés?". index.hu.
- ^ "Egy év letöltendő börtön szoftverkalózkodásért". index.hu. January 13, 2003.
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Categories:
- Companies disestablished in 2004
- Defunct video game companies of Hungary
- Software companies established in 1995
- Video game development companies
- European video game company stubs