industry software & programming founded san rafael california 1988 defunct 2008 headquarters san rafael california key people don daglow president & ceo products the spiderwick chronicles sierra the lord of the rings the two towers ea blood wake microsoft nascar racing series ea sports madden football ea sports neverwinter nights mmorpg on aol tony la russa baseball ssi gold box dungeons and dragons games ssi various interactive television demos revenue n a number of employees 33 2008 website http www.stormfront.com stormfront studios was a video game developer based in san rafael california which had one of the longest creative histories in the industry . in 2007 the company had over 50 developers working on two teams and owned all its proprietary engines tools and technology . as of the end of 2007 over fourteen million copies of stormfront developed games had been sold . stormfront closed on march 31 2008 due to the closure of their publisher at the time sierra entertainment . 1 the company received major awards and award nominations from the academy of interactive arts & sciences g4 television bafta the igda game developers choice awards the emma awards scea the software publishers association and many magazines and websites . in 2008 neverwinter nights was honored along with everquest and world of warcraft at the 59th annual technology & engineering emmy awards for advancing the art form of mmorpg games . don daglow accepted the award for project partners stormfront studios aol and wizards of the coast . contents 1 history 1.1 highlights 1988 1993 1.2 highlights 1993 1999 1.3 highlights 2000 2005 1.4 highlights 2006 2008 1.5 interactive television 2 games developed 3 references 4 external links history edit stormfront was founded in 1988 by don daglow who had worked as a game programmer and then as director of game development at mattel intellivision as a producer at electronic arts and as a production executive at broderbund . stormfront s management includes veterans of disney electronic arts ensemble studios lucasarts origin systems thx vivendi universal and warner bros. . stormfront was originally founded as beyond software but changed its name in 1991 when the trademark for beyond proved difficult to enforce . highlights 1988 1993 edit neverwinter nights . daglow had worked on game projects with kathi mchugh and steve case of aol then called quantum computer services since early in aol s history . apart from baseball stormfront s initial projects were a series of online titles for aol including the first original play by email game quantum space 1989 and later the first graphical mmorpg the original neverwinter nights 1991 1997 . neverwinter nights held the all time record as the top revenue producing online rpg for almost ten years until the success of ultima online in the late 1990s . bioware subsequently purchased the rights to the name and built a new generation of award winning multiplayer rpg s set in the neverwinter universe . tony la russa baseball . upon its founding in 1988 stormfront s first project was a baseball title which over the following eight years was to become the tony la russa baseball series of games working closely with baseball manager tony la russa . la russa remains a member of the company s board of directors today . daglow had previously designed or co designed a number of baseball games including baseball intellivision world series baseball and earl weaver baseball the latter two with programmer eddie dombrower . gold box d & d games . in 1990 the company began working with ssi on a series of gold box dungeons and dragons rpg games . this led to the company s first 1 hit gateway to the savage frontier 1991 and the first game where an ai character might fall in love with the player depending on how they reacted to situations in the game treasures of the savage frontier 1992 . stronghold 1993 . the first rts game to use a 3d perspective stronghold also featured a gui interface in an era when most games continued to use text menus . highlights 1993 1999 edit nascar racing the original versions of the top selling american auto racing game series of all time created by stormfront for ea sports . john madden football game designer scott orr who produced a long series of games with stormfront championed the development of andretti racing which led in turn to the creation of nascar . madden nfl . stormfront created the original pc versions of madden for ea sports . byzantine although the game earned limited distribution in the united states stormfront s 1997 discovery channel game byzantine swept the european emma awards at the frankfurt book fair winning honors as best adventure game game of the year and cd of the year . tiger woods pga tour golf ea sports . tony la russa baseball 3 and old time baseball . in 1994 1995 the company self published these two baseball games both distributed by ea . the baseball strike of 1994 severely hampered sales and stormfront returned to being solely a developer . stormfront was the first video game developer to use motion control photography in a video game in the electronic arts game eagle eye mysteries 1993 . highlights 2000 2005 edit the lord of the rings the two towers 2002 . published by electronic arts for ps2 gamecube . and xbox and based on the peter jackson film from new line cinema . one of the top selling games of both 2002 and 2003 the two towers allows players to join frodo and the fellowship of the ring in their quest to save middle earth from sauron . players can fight as aragorn legolas or gimli in this epic adventure that features scenes and music from the first two movies in the the lord of the rings film trilogy battling orcs including the uruk hai ringwraiths and more . players play a pivotal role in the defense of helm s deep . the game features extensive unlockable content including exclusive interviews with the stars of the films . winner academy of interactive arts & sciences award for outstanding achievement in visual engineering . blood wake for xbox 2001 . a featured title in microsoft s launch of the xbox blood wake is a fast action naval combat game with real wakes and waves and the most striking water effects created on a video game console . the game later became part of the xbox platinum line of classic hits . demon stone 2004 . published by atari for ps2 xbox and pc . players can switch which of the three main characters they control on the fly at any moment to battle an onslaught of enemies . the game was nominated for multiple academy of interactive arts & sciences interactive achievement awards and bafta awards . highlights 2006 2008 edit the spiderwick chronicles 2008 wii xbox 360 ps2 and pc published by sierra based on the paramount film adapted from the illustrated children s fantasy books written by holly black and illustrated by tony diterlizzi . eragon 2006 . published by vivendi universal games for xbox 360 ps2 xbox and pc based on the twentieth century fox movie eragon adapted from the best selling christopher paolini fantasy novel . 2008 stormfront closed its doors on march 31 2008 . 1 interactive television edit stormfront had an ongoing involvement in the development of games for interactive television since its first experiments on florida cable systems in 1990 and produced demos for companies including opentv . games developed edit year title publisher platform s 1997 andretti racing 98 ea sports pc 1996 andretti racing ea sports pc 2001 blood wake microsoft game studios xbox 1997 byzantine the betrayal discovery channel pc 1994 eagle eye mysteries in london creative wonders ea kids pc and mac 1993 eagle eye mysteries creative wonders ea kids pc and mac 2006 eragon vivendi universal games xbox 360 xbox pc and ps2 1994 espn baseball tonight sony pc 1995 espn national hockey night sony pc 2004 forgotten realms demon stone atari xbox pc and ps2 1991 gateway to the savage frontier ssi pc c64 and amiga 1999 hot wheels turbo racing ea playstation and nintendo 64 2001 legend of alon d ar ubisoft ps2 2000 lego my style kindergarten lego media pc and mac 2000 lego my style preschool lego media pc and mac 1996 madden nfl 97 ea sports pc 1997 madden nfl 98 ea sports pc 1994 mario andretti racing ea sports sega genesis 1997 nascar 98 ea sports playstation nintendo 64 and pc 1998 nascar 99 ea sports playstation nintendo 64 and pc 1999 nascar 2000 ea sports pc 1991 neverwinter nights online aol ssi pc 1995 old time baseball self published pc 2001 pool of radiance ruins of myth drannor ssi pc 1993 rebel space online play by email available on the prodigy online service pc and mac 1996 star trek deep space nine harbinger viacom new media pc and mac 1998 starfire soccer challenge purple moon pc and mac 1993 stronghold ssi pc 2002 the lord of the rings the two towers ea ps2 xbox gba 2 2008 the spiderwick chronicles sierra wii xbox 360 and pc 2000 tiger woods pga tour golf 2001 ea sports playstation 1991 tony la russa ultimate baseball ssi pc 1993 tony la russa ultimate baseball ea sports sega genesis 1994 tony la russa baseball 95 ea sports sega genesis 1994 tony la russa baseball ii ssi pc 1995 tony la russa baseball 3 self published pc 1996 tony la russa baseball 96 self published pc 1997 tony la russa baseball 4 maxis pc 1992 treasures of the savage frontier ssi pc and amiga 1989 quantum space online play by email aol pc mac apple ii and c64 1988 the quantumlink serial applelink serial and pc link serial online aol pc mac apple ii and c64 references edit a b stormfront studios closing edge magazine april 1 2008 the lord of the rings the two towers gba . metacritic . archived from the original on september 13 2008 . retrieved november 5 2014 . 1up . com feature on stormfront gamebanshee feature on stormfront game informer article on daglow underdogs company listing mobygames company summary external links edit official website the original neverwinter nights retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org 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