MetaArcade
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| Company type | Video game developer |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Founder | David Reid |
| Defunct | 2020 |
| Headquarters | Mercer Island, Washington , The United States of America |
Key people | David Reid |
| Products | Adventure Creator, Cthulhu Chronicles, Tunnels & Trolls Adventures |
Number of employees | 12 (2018) |
| Website | www |
MetaArcade was a Seattle, Washington area-based independent game production company founded in 2016 by David Reid, focused on interactive fiction adventures for mobile platforms.
They produced Adventure Creator, a platform which allows users to easily create interactive fiction adventures for mobile devices.[1]
In 2016, MetaArcade released Tunnels & Trolls Adventures based on the Tunnels & Trolls tabletop role-playing game.[2] The game won the MMORPG.com "Best Mobile MMO or RPG" award at PAX West 2016.[3]
In 2018, MetaArcade released the Cthulhu Chronicles, a campaign of several interactive adventures based on Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game).[4]
In late 2019, MetaArcade sold the Tunnels & Trolls Adventures and Adventure Creator assets to Trollhalla Press Unlimited, a print and digital publishing company owned by Ken St. Andre, but the sale was not widely announced until early 2020.[5][6][7] MetaArcade sold the Cthulhu Chronicles assets to Chaosium.[8][9]
In 2020, MetaArcade shut their doors.
References
- ^ "Industry veteran David Reid unveils MetaArcade Adventures platform". 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Video Game Review: Tunnels & Trolls Adventures – Black Gate". 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ "PAX West 2016 – Best of Show Awards - MMORPG.com". MMORPG.com. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
- ^ "MetaArcade launches Cthulhu Chronicles horror game on iOS". 10 July 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ Jon Hancock [@BigJackBrass] (5 January 2020). "It looked like this game was going to fade away when MetaArcade disappeared, but @Trollgodfather's Trollhalla Press Unlimited has saved the day. Well worth playing" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Tunnels & Trolls Adventures on the App Store". App Store. Apple. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Tunnels & Trolls Adventures on the Play Store". Play Store. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Cthulhu Chronicles on the App Store". App Store. Apple. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Cthulhu Chronicles on the Play Store". Play Store. Retrieved November 19, 2020.