Talk:MicroProse

message: Prior to Microprose opening its UK office in Chipping Sodbury, the company was based for several years in the town of Tetbury, in Gloucestershire. Microprose occupied Unit 1 of the Hampton Road Industrial Estate.
:Okay, but I don't think that is article-worthy. — Frecklefoot | Talk 00:30, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Tetbury

message: The company seems to also have used the name MicroPlay in some jurisdictions.
TMLutas 19:50, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added a chapter about MicroStyle/MicroPlay. That is what I know about them. They could be development studios in their own rights, but I don't know for sure. --Frodet 08:55, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: MicroStyle/MicroPlay

message: While I'm sure the intentions of Frodet were good, we shouldn't remove wikilinks to games without articles.  Broken wikilinks is how new articles get created.  Almost all articles on Wikipedia are the result of broken links.  So removing games simply because they don't have articles really detracts from the article: including them creates a springboard for new development and contributes to the completeness of the article.
But I agree with Frodet that the list is getting rather long.  Another way to fix this problem would be to create a seperate list, say called List of MicroProse games, that contains the full list of games they published.  The article could then link to it as a "See also" item.  However, the list as it is is organized chronologically.  The new list article should have the games listed alphabetically, to be coherent with other similar lists (such as List of Electronic Arts games, List of Apple II games, etc.). So, if you feel so inclined, go right ahead. :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 20:13, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Selected games is turning into a full list of MicroProse games.  Is this a trend that should continue and Selected games would transform into the MicroProse catalog? -- Death666 14:13, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As I suggested above, we could create a list of all their games, and just keep really big hits in the "selected list."  I can take care of this over the next few days if no one else steps up to the plate. — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of games without articles

message: Why isn't Pizza Tycoon mentioned in here even once?!
Microprose made it around 1994 or 1996, not sure which year exactly...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.70.54.211 (talk) 23:23, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not in the small list in this article, but it is in full list and we also have an article on the game.  Not really a MicroProse game, though.  They just published it abroad. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 19:16, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:   Missing Blockbuster game! 

message: *Game: "Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009" 
*http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/jillian-michaels--fitness-ultimatum-2009-another-use-for-that-wii-balance-board
"Interactive Game Group (I2G) is a company producing and acquiring video games and other interactive entertainment properties, whether packaged media, online or wireless. Created by Frederic Chesnais, former Chief Executive Officer of Atari Interactive, Inc. with a decade-long experience in acquiring, financing and licensing intellectual property rights in the video game industry, I2G is developing and financing a portfolio of video game properties, joining forces with the best studios, publishers and distributors for each project on a worldwide scale."
Interactive Game Group Logo 
EconomistBR 04:22, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I2G has been releasing games under I2G before, during , and after the Microprose acquisition.  I'm not sure what you're getting at. As it states, they are "a company producing and acquiring video games and other interactive entertainment properties".  Microprose aren't the only properties or licensing they have acquired or worked with.  It operates similar to Riverwest Brands, who owns Coleco among other brands and properties. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 04:33, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As you correctly stated in that article, Microprose was acquired by "by a team of video game industry veterans", but IMO what this game launch brings to the table is the question of whether I2G is going to use the Microprose brand for releases or just stick with I2G. EconomistBR 14:58, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Interactive Game Group releasing games under the I2G label not Microprose

message: I propose to merge Microprose Software into MicroProse. The header at "Microprose Software" article states that "MicroProse" is intended for the brand but vastly overlapping info between the two articles makes it clearly the same company/subsidiary/brand. If consensus is against merge, then the articles should be rewritten with a clear focus and no or minor overlap. -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 14:37, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Adraeus (talk) 06:10, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

text: I would disagree.  They were split off to begin with, with one covering the brand and another covering a specific corporate entity.  No different than how Atari and the related corporate entities have their own articles.  I think at most there should be a rewrite to eliminate overlap.  --Marty Goldberg (talk) 06:38, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The two articles should be merged, and then, if the length of the article exceeds the recommended limit, the section on the brand should be separated and the main article transformed into a summary, like your example. Currently, there isn't sufficient content to justify the split and the resulting greater burden on editors. Adraeus (talk) 09:01, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal 2 

message: MPS Labs redirects to this article but is not mentioned at all. Anyone care to clarify the issue? --Enmoku (talk) 06:12, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  MPS Labs redirect 

message: I'm not sure how to handle this: http://microprose.com/ (basically, a publisher for crap games). --Niemti (talk) 15:28, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It's the same person that was behind the previous attempt at using the name, Frederic Chesnais of I2G. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 03:35, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The current MicroProse ("Microprose") 

message: :"The rights to the X-COM series were also acquired by Take-Two Interactive and 2K Games."
Can't find a primary source for this anywhere, in fact this is the only reference to it I can find. I mean, one would assume they had given they made a remake. But then again there's another mob making a prequel type thing at the same time, isn't there? There are 18,000 websites saying Xcom is abandonware / the IP wasn't picked up. There are 15,000 websites giving the game away for free. Yet it's being sold on Steam citing the publisher as 2K not Take Two, anyone got sauce on this acquisition? BaSH PR0MPT (talk) 20:13, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Take Two obtained Xcom? 

message: * Microprose.com & cybergungames.com are dead links (view-source on microprose.com has just dead link to cybergungames.com/microprose).  I attempted to remove the dead links from the article, but microprose.com is still showing in the infobox.  If anyone knows how to remove this, please do, thanks!  Nicole Sharp (talk) 07:40, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  expired homepage 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I was browsing through Steam and I wondered if MicroProse had any of their games on Steam, then I found this.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/736590/Operation_Harsh_Doorstop/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/793560/Warfare_1944/
May be relevant to update the page to reflect this new information.
:Also publishing Second Front as well.198.161.4.41 (talk) 17:59, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  MicroProse recently publishing two games that are currently in development.