WB Games New York

Warner Bros. Games New York
Formerly	Agora Games, Inc.; (2005–2017)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	2005; 19 years ago
Founder	Michael DelPrete
Headquarters	Troy, New York, U.S.
Products	Catapult Framework
Number of employees	23 (2017)
Parent	Major League Gaming; (2009–2017); Warner Bros. Games; (2017–present);
Website	careers.wbgames.com/studios/albany/

Short description: Video game development company

WB Games New York (formerly Agora Games, Inc.), is a video game development company based in Troy, New York that works with game developers to build online features and web-based communities for video games.^[1] The company was founded by Michael DelPrete as Agora Studios Inc. and grew out of an RPI project.^[2] Their software game-play statistics for games including Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, and numerous other franchises.^[2]

Major League Gaming acquired Agora Games on August 18, 2009. The studio was later sold to become a development studio within Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (now Warner Bros. Games) in 2017, expanding its team, also rebranding to WB Games New York within the following year.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Chelsea, Diana (5 September 2019). "How WB Games New York sells people on Troy, over LA and Seattle". Albany Business Journal. https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2019/09/05/wb-games-new-york-jobs-troy-recruiting.html.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Agora Games acquired". Albany Business Review. 18 August 2009. https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/08/17/daily14.html.
↑ Eric Anderson (2017-03-12). "Troy's software cluster part of downtown vibe". https://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-business/article/Troy-s-software-cluster-part-of-downtown-vibe-10995478.php.
↑ "Warner Bros. opens New York office to support games like Injustice 2" (in en-US). 2017-06-22. https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/22/warner-bros-opens-new-york-office-to-support-games-like-injustice-2/.
↑ "Major League Gaming acquires Agora Games" (in en). 21 August 2009. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/major-league-gaming-acquires-agora-games.

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[choo-1] Chelsea, Diana (5 September 2019). "How WB Games New York sells people on Troy, over LA and Seattle". Albany Business Journal. https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2019/09/05/wb-games-new-york-jobs-troy-recruiting.html.

[abn-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Agora Games acquired". Albany Business Review. 18 August 2009. https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/08/17/daily14.html.

[3] Eric Anderson (2017-03-12). "Troy's software cluster part of downtown vibe". https://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-business/article/Troy-s-software-cluster-part-of-downtown-vibe-10995478.php.

[4] "Warner Bros. opens New York office to support games like Injustice 2" (in en-US). 2017-06-22. https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/22/warner-bros-opens-new-york-office-to-support-games-like-injustice-2/.

[5] "Major League Gaming acquires Agora Games" (in en). 21 August 2009. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/major-league-gaming-acquires-agora-games.

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Formerly	Agora Games, Inc. (2005–2017)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Founder	Michael DelPrete
Headquarters	Troy, New York, U.S.
Products	Catapult Framework
Number of employees	23 (2017)
Parent	Major League Gaming (2009–2017) Warner Bros. Games (2017–present)
Website	careers.wbgames.com/studios/albany/

WB Games New York

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