Riot Sydney
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| Formerly | BigWorld Technology (2002-2012) Wargaming Sydney (2012-2022) |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
Key people | Steve Wang (CEO) Simon Hayes (CTO) |
Number of employees | ~65 (2013) |
| Parent | Wargaming (2012-2022) Riot Games (2022-present) |
Riot Sydney (formerly BigWorld Technology and Wargaming Sydney) is an Australian software company, formed in 2002 by John De Margheriti. It was the developer of BigWorld, a middleware development tool suite for creating massively multiplayer online games (MMO) and virtual worlds. It was the first company that developed a middleware platform for the MMO market. In 2007, BigWorld was recognised by the UK's Develop magazine as an industry leader.[1]
On 7 August 2012, Wargaming — which had used BigWorld as part of the infrastructure for games such as World of Tanks — acquired BigWorld Technology for $45 million. Wargaming stated that it would continue to license and support BigWorld, and foresaw the possibility that it could offer its technologies with BigWorld for third-party licensors.[2][3] The studio was operated as Wargaming Sydney. On 17 October 2022, Wargaming sold the studio to Riot Games for an undisclosed amount, renaming it to Riot Sydney; the sale excluded the BigWorld technology itself and the studio's publishing arm, which will be retained by Wargaming.[4]
Awards
[edit]BigWorld Technology has received a number of business and technology innovation related awards:
- 2007 Australian Export Awards – Austrade Arts, Entertainment & Design Award Finalist[5]
- 2007 Finalist of Australian Technology Showcase Patrons Awards[5]
- 2006 Cool Company Awards[5][6]
- 2006 Finalist of the Secrets of Australian IT Innovation competition, Arts and Entertainment category[5][7]
- 2005 Winner ACT Chief Minister's Export Award in Art and Entertainment Award[5][8]
- 2005 Australian Game Developer Awards – Award for Outstanding Innovation[9]
- 2005 Sumea Awards for Best Engine Technology[5]
- Secrets of Australian IT Innovation 2005 Winner – 2nd Prize in Entertainment Category[5]
- 2003 Winner ACT Chief Ministers Export Award in the Arts and Entertainment[5]
- 2003 Winner of the Secrets of Australian IT Innovation competition in the Arts and entertainment category[5]
- 2003 Australian Game Developers Awards – Award for Outstanding Innovation[5]
- 2003 National Finalist of the Austrade Australian Export Award – Arts and Entertainment[5]
- 2003 National Winner in the Panasonic Australia Business Award Category of the Telstra and Australian Government Small Business Awards[5]
- 2002 National Finalist of the Austrade Australian Export Award – Arts and Entertainment[5]
- 2002 Winner ACT Chief Ministers Export Award in the Arts and Entertainment[5]
- 2002 Australian Winner of The Asia Pacific ICT Award (APICTA), Creative Digital Industries category[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "MMO Engine Round-Up". Develop Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (7 August 2012). "Wargaming acquires BigWorld middleware firm for $45M (exclusive)". VentureBeat. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Wargaming acquires BigWorld for $45 million". Engadget. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Riot games acquires Wargaming Sydney Studio". GamesIndustry.biz. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Australia Training & Simulation Industry Capability Directory: BigWorld Pty Ltd". Australian Government/Simulation Australia. Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "Cool Company Awards 2006". Australian Anthill Magazine. August–September 2006. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
- ^ "IT Secrets Competition Winners 2002-2005" (PDF). Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
- ^ "2007 Australian Export Awards". Austrade.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Australian Game Developers Conference 2005 Award winners". AGDC. 2005.