Gathering of Developers
Gathering, formerly known as Gathering of Developers or the short form GodGames, was a subsidiary of Take 2 Interactive, based in New York, USA. Gathering was founded in the year 1997/98 by Mike Wilson and Harry A. Miller in Dallas, Texas. The goal: to develop without pressure from a publisher's games. Among the founding studios include 3D Realms, Edge of Reality, Epic MegaGames, PopTop Software, Ritual Entertainment and Terminal Reality.
From 1999, they take 2 served as distribution label for computer games, first in the United States, and later the world. 2000 Gathering was completely taken over by Take 2. Part of this acquisition was also the corporate takeover of PopTop Software. The other founder studios remained independent and signed, if at all, only publishing contracts with Take 2
In 2004, the inclusion gatherings in the sister company Global Star Software was announced, so that Gathering for a while, although no longer existed as a label, but still a subsidiary of Take 2. The quasi- successor represents the label 2K Games, as many games, which should previously published by Gathering, later published by 2K Games (eg, Close Combat: First to Fight ). Also some series were continued at 2K Games (eg with Stronghold 2, Serious Sam II or Vietcong 2).
Known products
- 4x4 Evolution series ( Terminal Reality )
- Age of Wonders Series ( Triumph Studios)
- Arena Wars ( Ascaron / exDream )
- Fly! Series ( Terminal Reality )
- Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. ² ( Ritual Entertainment )
- Hidden & Dangerous - series ( Illusion Softworks )
- Mafia ( Illusion Softworks )
- Max Payne ( Remedy Entertainment )
- Oni ( Bungie Studios)
- Railroad Tycoon II and Railroad Tycoon 3 ( PopTop Software )
- Rune (Human Head Studios )
- Serious Sam: The First Encounter and The Second Encounter ( Croteam )
- Space Colony ( Firefly Studios)
- Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader ( Firefly Studios)
- Tropico ( PopTop Software )
- Vietcong (plus add-on Fist Alpha; Illusion Softworks / Pterodon )