game industry founded february 1999 1 founder ed del castillo headquarters pasadena california united states key people ed del castillo holly newman products battle realms lotr war of the ring d & d dragonshard desperate housewives the game rise of the argonauts thor god of thunder dungeons and dragons heroes of neverwinter deadline hollywood the game instant jam paper galaxy website http www.goliquid.us liquid entertainment is a small american independent video game developer based in pasadena california . the studio was co founded in 1999 by ed del castillo and michael grayford 1 and is led by president del castillo and ceo holly newman . contents 1 overview 2 games developed 3 references 4 external links overview edit liquid s first game was battle realms published by crave entertainment and ubisoft in november 2001 to critical acclaim . 2 battle realms is a real time strategy pc game for windows that features an unconventional approach to resource management and unit development . it was well received by reviewers 3 many of whom praised its at the time state of the art 3d engine and east asian inspired setting and aesthetics but sale numbers were disappointing . it was nominated in the best pc strategy game of 2002 by the academy of interactive arts & sciences 4 but did not win and was chosen for computer gaming world s top 10 games of e3 2001 . 5 battle realms was followed up with a stand alone expansion pack battle realms winter of the wolf in april 2002 . winter of the wolf was received with less enthusiasm than battle realms by the gaming community ; 6 some reviewers compared it unfavorably to 2002 s blockbuster real time strategy titles warcraft iii and age of mythology . 7 8 since the release of winter of the wolf liquid has developed two real time strategy pc games based on intellectual property licenses in november 2003 sierra released the lord of the rings war of the ring based on vivendi universal s license to tolkien s literary works and in october 2005 atari published the dungeons & dragons pc game dragonshard . dragonshard has since been re released on gog.com . in october 2006 buena vista games released desperate housewives the game a life simulation computer game adaptation of the popular television series desperate housewives . desperate housewives the game won pc gamer adventure game of the year for 2007 . many reviewers praised it as a well written and faithful adaption of the television series although it did not do well commercially . 9 liquid s next game rise of the argonauts released in december 2008 and published by codemasters is a greek mythology themed action role playing game for windows playstation 3 and xbox 360 that was very poorly received for its technical problems derivative art direction and repetitive gameplay . 10 in 2011 sega published liquid s second console game for xbox 360 and ps3 thor god of thunder that coincided with marvel studios s release of the film thor in may 2011 . liquid has also released three casual games for facebook . they are instantjam a music rhythm game for facebook deadline hollywood game based on the popular hollywood news blog deadline.com by nikki finke and paramount digital entertainment for facebook and ios and dungeons and dragons heroes of neverwinter a turn based strategy game published by atari on facebook . on 2014 liquid entertainment s president ed del castillo announced on youtube the development of a new trading card game set in battle realms universe . the project was unveiled by the name of battle realms legends but after a failed funding campaign on the global crowdfunding platform kickstarter and after receiving a bad reception by the gaming community the project was finally put on hold . the game s purpose according to liquid entertainment s announcement was to make battle realms known and to attract new public while at the same time introducing new insights on the game series lore . unfortunately the game has been put on hold for the moment . it s a great game that should get made but the fans didn t come out for it in big enough quantities so its future is uncertain at the moment . ed del castillo liquid entertainment s executive president on battle realms legends games developed edit battle realms 2001 published by crave entertainment and ubisoft battle realms winter of the wolf 2002 published by crave entertainment and ubisoft the lord of the rings war of the ring 2003 published by sierra entertainment dungeons & dragons dragonshard 2005 published by atari desperate housewives the game 2006 published by buena vista games rise of the argonauts 2008 published by codemasters thor god of thunder 2011 published by sega deadline hollywood the game 2012 published by paramount digital entertainment dungeons and dragons heroes of neverwinter 2012 published by atari karateka 2012 published by d3 publisher paper galaxy 2012 published by liquid entertainment battle realms legends 2014 its development has been halted and put on hold after a failed funding campaign and a bad general public reception battle realms 2 lair of the lotus announced in 2014 by liquid entertainment s former president ed del castillo references edit a b gamespy liquid entertainment company profile battle realms reviews . metacritic . battle realms reviews . game rankings . retrieved 2006 11 05 . 2002 interactive achievement awards . interactive.org . battle realms winter of the wolf announced . gamershell.com . battle realms winter of the wolf reviews . game rankings . retrieved 2006 11 05 . kasavin greg nov 21 2002 . battle realms winter of the wolf review . gamespot . retrieved 2006 11 05 . battle realms winter of the wolf review . 1up . com . january 1 2000 . retrieved 2006 11 05 . desperate housewives . metacritic . retrieved 2007 02 03 . rise of the argonauts review . external links edit liquid entertainment s website liquid entertainment on mobygames liquid entertainment on giantbomb retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w 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