{{Short description|British video game developer and publisher}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox company | name = Slitherine Software UK Limited | logo = Slitherine Software.jpg | type = Private | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2000|07|04}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=http://www.fieldofglory.com/who-we-are.html |website=fieldofglory.com |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004234108/http://www.fieldofglory.com/who-we-are.html |archive-date=4 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Happy Birthday Slitherine! |url=https://www.slitherine.com/news/happy-birthday-slitherine |website=Slitherine Software |access-date=23 February 2023 |date=4 July 2022}}</ref> | founder = Iain McNeil | defunct = | location_city = Epsom | location_country = United Kingdom | location = | locations = | area_served = International | key_people = | industry = Video games | products = Historical strategy games | services = | market cap = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|www.slitherine.com}} | footnotes = | intl = }}
'''Slitherine Software UK Limited''' (also known as '''Slitherine Strategies''') is a British video game developer and publisher founded on 25 June 2000. It is responsible for the production of a range of over 200 strategy and war video games.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.matrixgames.com/store/?a=2&pt=1|title=All Slitherine/ Matrix Games A-Z |website=Matrix Games |access-date=6 March 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107112059/http://www.matrixgames.com/store/?a=2&pt=1 |archivedate=7 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Slitherine developed and/or published a number of licensed games with brands including ''Battlestar Galactica'', ''Warhammer 40,000'', ''Starship Troopers'', ''Horrible Histories'' and The History Channel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.slitherine.com/products/406/details/HISTORY.Great.Battles.Medieval|title=Slitherine - HISTORY Great Battles Medieval|website=www.slitherine.com|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> It also produces rules for a series of tabletop wargames called ''Field of Glory''.
==History== Slitherine merged with Matrix Games in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/slitherine-and-matrix-games-complete-merger|title=Slitherine and Matrix Games complete merger|work=GamesIndustry.biz|access-date=2018-03-16|language=en}}</ref> Slitherine works with the US military and defense contractors to supply simulation software. The primary simulation is a professional version of the commercial game Command Modern Air & Naval Operations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.warfaresims.com/?page_id=3822|title=Professional, Academic & Student Edition|website=Warfaresims|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> In 2014, Slitherine Group acquired Shenandoah Studio, American developer of ''Battle of the Bulge'' and ''Drive on Moscow''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Slitherine Group acquires Shenandoah Studio |url=http://www.thelordzgamesstudio.com/site/2014/09/slitherine-group-acquires-shenandoah-studio/ |website=The Lordz Games Studio |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012074250/http://www.thelordzgamesstudio.com/site/2014/09/slitherine-group-acquires-shenandoah-studio/ |archive-date=12 October 2014 |date=12 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Games == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Platform(s) |- ! scope="row" | 2002 | ''Legion'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2003 | ''Chariots of War'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2004 | ''Spartan'' | Windows |- ! scope="row"| 2005 | ''Legion Arena'' | Windows, Mac OS X |- ! scope="row"| 2007 | ''Commander: Europe at War'' | Windows, Mac OS X, DS, PSP |- ! scope="row"| 2007 | ''The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome'' | Windows, PS2, PSP |- ! scope="row"| 2008 | ''Commander: Napoleon at War''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Butts |first1=Steve |title=Commander: Napoleon at War Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/04/commander-napoleon-at-war-review |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=2 March 2023 |date=4 November 2008}}</ref> | Windows, Mac OS X |- ! scope="row"| 2009 | ''History: Great Empires – Rome''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Naser |first1=Bodo |title=Test: Great Empires: Rome |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/NDS/Test/17493/64178/0/Great_Empires_Rome.html |website=4Players |access-date=3 March 2023 |language=German |date=19 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Lucas M. |title=History's Great Empires: Rome Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/01/historys-great-empires-rome-review |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=3 March 2023 |date=1 July 2009}}</ref> | Nintendo DS |- ! scope="row" | 2009 | ''Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans'' | Windows, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS |- ! scope="row" | 2009 | ''Conquest! Medieval Realms''<ref>{{cite web |title=Conquest! Medieval Realms Now Available From Matrix Games |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/08/20/conquest-medieval-realms-now-available-from-matrix-games |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=3 March 2023 |date=20 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Luibl |first1=Jörg |title=Test: Conquest! Medieval Realms |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/Allgemein/Test/32082/76947/0/Conquest_Medieval_Realms.html |website=4Players |access-date=3 March 2023 |language=German |date=27 July 2012}}</ref> | Windows, iOS, Android |- ! scope="row" | 2009 | ''Field of Glory'' | Windows, Mac OS X |- ! scope="row"| 2010 | ''History: Ice Road Truckers''<ref>{{cite web |title=HISTORY Ice Road Truckers |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/history-ice-road-truckers-psp-minis-release-involving-taking-18-wheelers-into-the-arctic-circle |website=GamesIndustry.biz |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=5 March 2023 |date=11 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History -- Ice Road Truckers |url=http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/history-ice-road-truckers/ |website=GameSpy |publisher=IGN Entertainment |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910004142/http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/history-ice-road-truckers/ |archive-date=10 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> | PSP |- ! scope="row"| 2010 | ''History: Egypt – Engineering an Empire''<ref>{{cite web |last1=McFerran |first1=Damien |title=HISTORY Egypt: Engineering an Empire |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/history-egypt-engineering-an-empire/history-egypt-engineering-an-empire/ |website=Pocket Gamer |publisher=Steel Media |access-date=5 March 2023 |date=25 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=HISTORY™ Egypt : Engineering an Empire |url=http://www.slitherine.com/games/EEaE_ipad |website=Slitherine Software |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412001357/http://www.slitherine.com/games/EEaE_ipad |archive-date=12 April 2011}}</ref> | Windows, iOS, DS, PSP |- ! scope="row"| 2010 | ''Battlefield Academy''<ref>{{cite web |title=Battlefield Academy Released |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/08/05/battlefield-academy-released |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=5 August 2010}}</ref> | Windows, Mac OS X,<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: Battle Academy (PC/ Mac) |url=https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2011/09/review-battle-academy-pc-mac.html |website=Digitally Downloaded |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=16 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125202548/https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2011/09/review-battle-academy-pc-mac.html |archive-date=25 November 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> iOS,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cobb |first1=Jim |title=Battle Academy on iPad – Mobile Game Review |url=http://armchairgeneral.com/battle-academy-on-ipad-mobile-game-review.htm |website=Armchair General |publisher=Weider History Group |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=10 July 2012}}</ref> Xbox 360 |- ! scope="row" | 2010 | ''History: Great Battles – Medieval''<ref>{{cite web |title=History Great Battles Medieval Gets a New Partner and an October UK Release Date |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/09/17/history-great-battles-medieval-gets-a-new-partner-and-an-october-uk-release-date |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=17 September 2010}}</ref> | Windows, PS3, Xbox 360, Android,<ref>{{cite web |title=History Great Battles Medieval is Headed to Android |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/04/25/history-great-battles-medieval-is-headed-to-android |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=25 April 2011}}</ref> iOS<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schilling |first1=Chris |title=Great Battles Medieval |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/great-battles-medieval/great-battles-medieval/ |website=Pocket Gamer |publisher=Steel Media |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=3 July 2013}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | 2010 | ''Gary Grigsby's War in the East''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wiinholt |first1=Martin |title=Anmeldelser - Gary Grigsby's War in The East |url=http://www.eurogamer.dk/articles/2011-02-28-gary-grigsbys-war-in-the-east-anmeldelse |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809082612/http://www.eurogamer.dk/articles/2011-02-28-gary-grigsbys-war-in-the-east-anmeldelse |archive-date=9 August 2017 |date=28 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2011 | ''Panzer Corps'' | Windows, iPadOS, macOS |- ! scope="row" | 2011 | ''Advanced Tactics Gold''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beck |first1=Christopher |title=Advanced Tactics Gold – PC Game Review |url=http://armchairgeneral.com/advanced-tactics-gold-pc-game-review.htm |website=Armchair General |publisher=Weider History Group |access-date=19 June 2023 |date=28 July 2011}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2011 | ''Time of Fury''<ref>{{cite web |title=Time of Fury PC |url=https://www.gamepressure.com/games/time-of-fury/za2897 |website=Gamepressure |publisher=Gry-Online |access-date=26 March 2023}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2012 | ''Commander: The Great War''<ref>{{cite web |title=Slitherine Opens A New Front For Commander |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/26/slitherine-opens-a-new-front-for-commander |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=28 March 2023 |date=26 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Commander - The Great War |url=https://www.slitherine.com/game/commander-the-great-war |website=Slitherine Software |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> | Windows, iOS<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thrower |first1=Matt |title=Commander: the Great War |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/commander-the-great-war/commander-the-great-war/ |website=Pocket Gamer |publisher=Steel Media |access-date=28 March 2023 |date=29 July 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | 2013 | ''Pandora: First Contact'' | Windows, macOS, Linux |- ! scope="row" | 2014 | ''Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front'' | Windows, iOS, macOS |- ! scope="row" | 2014 | ''Pike and Shot''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=Patrick |title=Pike and Shot – PC Game Review |url=http://armchairgeneral.com/pike-and-shot-pc-game-review.htm |website=Armchair General |publisher=Weider History Group |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=27 October 2014}}</ref> | Windows, iOS<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fretz |first1=Andrew |title='Pike and Shot' Review – Historical Strategy Hits the Mark |url=https://toucharcade.com/2015/02/09/pike-and-shot-review/ |website=TouchArcade |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=9 February 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | 2014 | ''Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon'' | Windows, iOS, macOS |- ! scope="row" | 2015 | ''Order of Battle: Pacific''<ref>{{cite web |last1=González |first1=Emmanuel |title=Order of Battle: Pacific - Análisis |url=https://es.ign.com/order-of-battle-pacific/93362/review/order-of-battle-pacific-analisis-para-pc |website=IGN España |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=14 May 2015 |language=Spanish}}</ref> | Windows, macOS, Xbox One, PS4 |- ! scope="row" | 2015 | ''Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy'' | Windows, macOS, iOS, Xbox One, PS4 |- ! scope="row" | 2015 | ''Battle of the Bulge'' | Windows, macOS |- ! scope="row" | 2015 | ''Scourge of War: Waterloo''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=Patrick |title=Scourge of War: Waterloo – PC Game Review |url=http://armchairgeneral.com/scourge-of-war-waterloo-pc-game-review.htm |website=Armchair General |publisher=Weider History Group |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=25 June 2015}}</ref> | Windows, iOS<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fretz |first1=Andrew |title='Pike and Shot' Review – Historical Strategy Hits the Mark |url=https://toucharcade.com/2015/02/09/pike-and-shot-review/ |website=TouchArcade |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=9 February 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | 2015 | ''Thirty Years' War''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cobb |first1=Jim |title=Thirty Years' War – PC Game Review |url=http://armchairgeneral.com/thirty-years-war-pc-game-review.htm |website=Armchair General |publisher=Weider History Group |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=3 December 2015}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2016 | ''Victory and Glory: Napoleon''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stone |first1=Tim |title=The Flare Path: Black Berets, Red Bearskins |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-flare-path-black-berets-red-bearskins |website=Rock Paper Shotgun |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=23 February 2023 |date=25 March 2016}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2016 | ''Last Days of Old Earth''<ref>{{cite web |last1=H. |first1=Nick |title=Review: Last Days of Old Earth (PC) |url=https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2016/06/review-last-days-of-old-earth-pc.html |website=Digitally Downloaded |access-date=23 February 2023 |date=16 June 2016}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2016 | ''Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maderna |first1=Andrea |title=Indiegram - Recensione |url=https://it.ign.com/indiegram/114118/review/indiegram-17 |website=IGN Italia |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=28 July 2016 |language=Italian}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2016 | ''Drive on Moscow'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2017 | ''Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2017 | ''Afghanistan '11'' | Windows, Android |- ! scope="row" | 2017 | ''Gettysburg: The Tide Turns''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Luibl |first1=Jörg |title=Test: Gettysburg: The Tide Turns |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/694/82688/0/Gettysburg_The_Tide_Turns.html |website=4Players |access-date=2 March 2023 |language=German |date=3 August 2017}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2017 | ''Battlestar Galactica Deadlock'' | Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Switch |- ! scope="row" | 2017 | ''Field of Glory II'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2018 | ''Empires Apart'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2018 | ''Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War'' | Windows, Linux |- ! scope="row" | 2019 | ''Field of Glory: Empires'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2020 | ''Panzer Corps 2'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2020 | ''Shadow Empire'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2020 | ''ICBM''<ref>{{Cite web |title=ICBM on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1178220/ICBM/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2021 | ''Field of Glory II: Medieval'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2021 | ''Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector'' | Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |- ! scope="row" | 2022 | ''Distant Worlds 2'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2022 | ''Starship Troopers: Terran Command'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2022 | ''Master of Magic'' | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2024 | ''ICBM: Escalation''<ref>{{Cite web |title=ICBM: Escalation on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2647680/ICBM_Escalation/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2024 | ''Stargate: Timekeepers''<ref>{{Citation |title=Stargate: Timekeepers - 30 Minutes of Mission Gameplay (HOW Live 2022) - IGN |date=2022-05-11 |url=https://www.ign.com/videos/stargate-timekeepers-30-minutes-of-mission-gameplay-how-live-2022 |access-date=2023-10-27 |language=en}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2024 |''Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance''<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 November 2023 |title=Update: Release Date for Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance |url=https://www.slitherine.com/news/update-release-date-for-terminator-dark-fate-defiance |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Slitherine}}</ref> |Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2024 | ''Headquarters: World War II''<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 April 2024 |title=Headquarters: World War II is out now |url=https://www.slitherine.com/news/headquarters-world-war-ii-is-out-now |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Slitherine}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2024 | ''Field of Glory: Kingdoms''<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2024 |title=Field of Glory: Kingdoms is out now |url=https://www.slitherine.com/news/field-of-glory-kingdoms-is-out-now |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Slitherine}}</ref> | Windows |- ! scope="row" | 2025 | ''Broken Arrow''<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 April 2025 |title=RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED |url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1604270/view/537726178354528747 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Steam}}</ref> |Windows |}
== Other media ==
Alongside their video games, Slitherine publishes a series of manuals for their tabletop wargame ''Field of Glory''. The game is primarily set in the Ancient and Medieval time periods of European and Middle Eastern History. There are also plans to expand the game to include the Renaissance and Napoleonic Wars. Each new setting will have its own rules system and set of companion books.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 March 2008 |title=HUGE COMPETION LAUNCHED, WITH THOUSANDS OF PRIZES TO BE WON |url=https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=46770 |access-date=27 April 2025 |website=Slitherine}}</ref>
A game engine built by Slitherine was used on the TV series ''Deadliest Warrior''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McElroy |first1=Griffin |title=GDC hands-on: Deadliest Warrior (XBLA) |url=https://www.engadget.com/2010-03-12-deadliest-warrior-xbla-prevew.html |website=Engadget |publisher=Yahoo! Inc. |access-date=20 March 2023 |date=12 March 2010}}</ref>
== Military Applications == A number of Slitherine's games have been used for the purposes of military application. Matrix Games the arm of Slitherine who specialise in such applications lists, The US Air Force, [[Defence Science and Technology Laboratory|[dstl]]], US Marine Corps, US Navy, Luftwaffe, Boeing, BAE Systems, and Lockheed Martin as the organisations Slitherine works with to develop wargames.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MatrixProSims |url=https://pro.matrixgames.com/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=pro.matrixgames.com}}</ref> In 2015 Slitherine collaborated with BAE Systems for Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations to be used for their purposes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-01 |title=Wargame publisher Slitherine and BAE Systems, the defence contractor, join forces |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/wargame-publisher-slitherine-and-bae-systems-the-defence-contractor-join-forces |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=PCGamesN |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2016 Slitherine's developers were invited to the Pentagon to demonstrate how their Command series could be used to simulate a number of potential scenarios.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=Gareth |last2=White |first2=Megan |date=2016-09-23 |title=Meet the video gamers helping in the fight against ISIS |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/british-father-son-video-game-8896764 |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=Daily Mirror |language=en}}</ref> In an interview with People Make Games, a representative of the company claimed that the Pentagon was getting greater utility from Slitherine's games than their own internally produced wargames.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYaDXZ2MI-k |title=The Games Behind Your Government's Next War |date=2024-09-05 |last=People Make Games |access-date=2025-09-03 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.slitherine.com}} *[https://www.mobygames.com/company/3775/slitherine-ltd/ Slitherine Ltd.] at MobyGames
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