please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article s lead section may not adequately summarize key points of its contents . please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article . please discuss this issue on the article s talk page . august 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message positech games type private industry video games founded 1997 in uk founder cliff harris products democracy gratuitous space battles kudos website www.positech.co.uk positech games is a video game developer based in the united kingdom . the company was founded in 1997 and belongs to the former lionhead studios programmer cliff harris . the company has published a number of pc games . one of the most notable publications by positech is the strategy game of policy shift democracy . positech is known for making complex simulation games . harris has been and remains an outspoken critic of the labour practices of the principal of the games industry triple a particularly for its culture of long hours and lack of contact between developers and players . in august 2008 harris wrote an entry on his blog aimed at pirates asking them why they used unlicensed games . 1 the response was overwhelming resulting in thousands of posts on sites like facebook slashdot and reddit . by way of response harris promised to reduce the prices of their games not to use any drm and take care of the concerns of the responders on the weight of the demos and quality of gaming . games edit democracy democracy 2 democracy 3 asteroid miner also known as star miner kombat kars kudos minefield kudos rock legend saucer attack battle space 3001 starship tycoon also known as starlines inc. kudos 2 2 oval office commander in chief rocky racers gratuitous space battles gratuitous space battles 2 gratuitous tank battles big pharma references edit harris cliff 2011 . talking to pirates . positech games . retrieved 2016 02 08 . positech games . gamespot . retrieved 2 october 2016 . external links edit official website interview with casualgamedesign interview with gamasutra interview with gibbage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title positech games & oldid 742342788 categories video game companies of the united kingdomhidden categories use dmy dates from august 2013articles needing additional references from august 2013all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia introduction cleanup from august 2013all pages needing cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify from august 2013all articles covered by wikiproject wikify navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 04 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view