Force Field

Force Field Entertainment B.V.File:Force Field logo.jpg

Formerly|

* Woedend! Games (2005–07)
* W!Games (2007–10)
* Vanguard Games (2010–16)

Type| Private
Industry| Video game industry
Founded| February 2005; 19 years ago (2005-02)
Founder| Bas van Berkestijn
Headquarters|

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Key people

* Arthur Houtman (CEO)
* Maarten Elshove (CFO)
* Martin de Ronde (CCO)

Products|

* My Horse & Me
* Greed Corp
* Gatling Gears
* Halo
* Halo

Number of employees

| 50 (2016)
Website| forcefieldxr.com

Force Field Entertainment B.V. (formerly Woedend! Games, W!Games, and Vanguard Games) is a Dutch video game developer based in Amsterdam. Founded by Bas van Berkestijn in February 2005 as Woedend! Games, a division of Dutch media company Woedend! Communicatiedingen. In 2007, the company was renamed W!Games, and developed My Horse & Me and Greed Corp.

On 15 September 2010, the company merged with Karami, a game developer founded by Arthur Houtman and Martin de Ronde (also founders of Guerrilla Games) in 2010, and became Vanguard Games.[1][2][3][4] The new company went to develop Greed Corp successor Gatling Gears, mobile game Base Busters, and Halo spin-offs Halo and Halo.

On 14 April 2016, Vanguard Games merged with Force Field, a virtual reality game developer founded by Maarten Elshove and Michiel Mol in 2016, to become Force Field Entertainment B.V., a developer specializing in virtual reality and augmented reality experiences.[5][6]

## Games developed

* My Horse & Me (2007)
* Greed Corp (2010)
* Gatling Gears (2011)
* Halo (2013)
* Base Busters (2014)
* Halo (2015)
* Landfall (2017)
* Terminal (2017)
* Meeting Rembrandt (2017)
* Space Flight (2017)
* Coaster Combat (2017)
* Pet Lab (2018)
* Anne Frank House VR (2018)

## References

1. ↑ Martin, Matt (15 September 2010). "Guerrilla founders form Vanguard Entertainment". Gamer Network. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2010-09-15-guerrilla-founders-form-vanguard-entertainment. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
2. ↑ Nunneley, Stephany (16 September 2010). "Guerrilla co-founders de Ronde and Mol form Vanguard Entertainment". Videogaming247. https://www.vg247.com/2010/09/16/guerrilla-co-founders-de-ronde-and-mol-form-vanguard-entertainment/. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
3. ↑ Graft, Kris (15 September 2010). "Guerrilla Games Co-Founders Form Vanguard". UBM TechWeb. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/121188/Guerrilla_Games_CoFounders_Form_Vanguard.php. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
4. ↑ McElroy, Griffin (16 September 2010). "Guerrilla co-founders form Vanguard Entertainment". AOL Tech. https://www.engadget.com/2010/09/16/guerrilla-co-founders-form-vanguard-entertainment/. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
5. ↑ Carbotte, Kevin (14 April 2016). "Vanguard Games Merges With Force Field VR, Creates Studio Exclusively For VR And AR Games". Purch Group. http://www.tomshardware.com/news/vanguard-force-field-vr-merge,31605.html. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
6. ↑ Weber, Rachel (14 April 2016). "Force Field and Vanguard Games merge". Gamer Network. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-04-14-force-field-and-vanguard-games-merge. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

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