australia 2002 headquarters sydney australia key people steve wang ceo simon hayes cto number of employees 65 2013 parent wargaming.net website www.bigworldtech.com bigworld is an australian company formed in 2002 that develops and licenses a middleware development tool suite for the creation of massively multiplayer online games mmo and virtual worlds . in 2007 bigworld was recognized as the industry leader in uk s develop magazine 1 on 7 august 2012 wargaming.net acquired bigworld middleware firm for 45m . 2 by a statement of the development in january 2015 bigworld stopped the development and support of the indie edition . contents 1 technical overview 2 games 3 list of games built on bigworld technology 4 server load balancing 5 licenses 6 guinness record 7 awards 8 references 9 external links technical overview edit bigworld technology provides an underlying software architecture needed for game developers to build mmo s and online games . the 3d client technology is built for windows pc and browser and is available on ios xbox360 and playstation 3 via network api . the back end server solution is implemented under linux with a python api scripting environment . the tool suite includes content creation tools server monitoring tools and support . bigworld technology also integrates various 3rd party plugins such as umbra occlusion culling scaleform user interface creation speedtree foliage and vivox voip . games edit published games using bigworld technology include world of tanks wargaming.net realm of the titans aeria games vie virtual island of entertainment envie interactive llc hokuto no ken online gungho online entertainment meteor games 3 moego userjoy world of warplanes wargaming.net and secret kingdoms online globex studios . games currently being built on bigworld include world of warships wargaming.net and tian xia iii netease . list of games built on bigworld technology edit versalis currently in development switched to unity3d smartfox negaia vankenthor entertainment currently in development switched to unity3d smartfox origins of malu burning dog media currently in development switched to unreal engine world of tanks blitz wargaming.net 4 world of tanks wargaming.net 5 world of warplanes wargaming.net 6 world of warships wargaming.net realm of the titans aeria games 7 moego userjoy 8 kingdom heroes 2 online userjoy 9 vie virtual island of entertainment envie interactive llc heroes scions of phoenix userjoy 9 tian xia ii netease 10 tian xia iii netease 11 grandia online gung ho online 12 secret kingdoms online globex studios 13 states at war sunhome entertainment 14 kai xun zhejiang kai xun technology co. ltd. 15 twinity metaversum gmbh 16 genesis journey to the west netease 17 legendary champions aeria games 18 hokuto no ken online gung ho interactive 19 floral fire online tiancheng interactive house of flying daggers t2cn interzone futebol 20 kwari kwari ltd storm hawks mmo bitcasters inc. szone online 21 server load balancing edit bigworld server supports dynamic load balancing a feature that automatically and dynamically spreads user load across multiple cell apps on the same game server allowing for large numbers of concurrent users to inhabit the same game space . in 1999 bigworld ran a test simulating 900 entities on the same server . 22 in 2005 large scale tests were carried out at the ibm deep computing facility in poughkeepsie ny . bigworld successfully demonstrated the linear scalability of its load balancing technology by dynamically balancing 100 000 entities across various cell apps on a single server . 23 licenses edit bigworld technology is offered in the following licenses bigworld technology commercial edition bigworld technology indie edition development support sales stopped guinness record edit world of tanks is built on bigworld technology . on 23 january 2011 guinness stated that the world of tanks russian server broke the previous record for most players online simultaneously on one mmo server when they reached 91 311 concurrent users . 24 in november 2011 world of tanks reached a new concurrency level of 250 000 players . 25 awards edit bigworld technology has received a number of business and technology innovation related awards winner 2008 deloitte technology fast 500 asia pacific awards ranked 93 26 winner 2008 deloitte technology fast 50 australia award ranked 7 526 % growth 27 deloitte technology fast 500 28 asia pacific 2008 winner ranked 93 28 deloitte technology fast 50 australia 2008 program 7th fastest growing technology company in australia 28 2007 australian export awards austrade arts entertainment & design award finalist 28 2007 finalist of australian technology showcase patrons awards 28 2006 cool company awards 28 29 2006 finalist of the secrets of australian it innovation competition arts and entertainment category 28 30 2005 winner act chief minister s export award in art and entertainment award 28 31 red herring 100 private companies of asia 2005 28 32 2005 australian game developer awards award for outstanding innovation 28 33 34 2005 sumea awards for best engine technology 28 secrets of australian it innovation 2005 winner 2nd prize in entertainment category 28 2003 winner act chief ministers export award in the arts and entertainment 28 2003 winner of the secrets of australian it innovation competition in the arts and entertainment category 28 2003 australian game developers awards award for outstanding innovation 28 2003 national finalist of the austrade australian export award arts and entertainment 28 2003 territory winner in the panasonic australia business award category of the telstra and act government small business awards 28 2003 national winner in the panasonic australia business award category of the telstra and australian government small business awards 28 2002 national finalist of the austrade australian export award arts and entertainment 28 2002 winner act chief ministers export award in the arts and entertainment 28 2002 australian winner of the asia pacific ict award apicta creative digital industries category 28 references edit mmo engine round up . develop magazine . wargaming acquires bigworld middleware firm for 45m exclusive meteor games licenses bigworld technology suite for mmog . cite web url https wotblitz.eu % 7ctitle world of tanks blitz publisher wargaming.net world of tanks . wargaming.net . world of warplanes . wargaming.net . realm of the titans . aeria games . moego . userjoy . a b aeria acquires 2 new mmos . mmoculture.com . tian xia ii . netease . tian xia iii . netease . gung ho licenses bigworld for grandia online . gamesindustry.biz . secret kingdoms online game details revealed . mmoculture.com . states at war . sunhome entertainment . kai xun . zhejiang kai xun technology co. ltd. twinity . metaversum . genesis journey to the west . netease . legendary champions gameplay first look hd youtube . mmohut . hokuto no ken online online heroes 2009 youtube . mmohut . interzone futebol . interzone . cts games . cybertime system company . 1999 bigworld server 900 entity concurrency on vimeo . bigworld pty ltd. bigworld and ibm large scale testing for online games . ibm . dead link world of tanks sets guinness world record . joystiq . world of tanks sets a new guinness world record . mmosite.com . 2008 deloitte technology fast 500 asia pacific awards pdf . deloitte . 2008 deloitte technology fast 50 australia awards pdf . deloitte . a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u australia training & simulation industry capability directory bigworld pty ltd . australian government simulation australia . cool company awards 2006 . australian anthill magazine . aug sep 2006 . it secrets competition winners 2002 2005 pdf . department of broadband communications and the digital economy . 2005 . 2007 australian export awards . austrade . red herring s top 100 private firms in asia . red herring magazine . sep 2005 . australian game developers award 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