WB Games New York

Warner Bros. Games New York
FormerlyAgora Games, Inc.
(2005–2017)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005)
FounderMichael DelPrete
HeadquartersTroy, New York,
US
ProductsCatapult Framework
Number of employees
23 (2017)
Parent
Websitecareers.wbgames.com/studios/albany/

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: World at War, 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]

  1. ^ Chelsea, Diana (5 September 2019). "How WB Games New York sells people on Troy, over LA and Seattle". Albany Business Journal. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Agora Games acquired". Albany Business Review. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. ^ Eric Anderson (2017-03-12). "Troy's software cluster part of downtown vibe". Times Union. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  4. ^ "Warner Bros. opens New York office to support games like Injustice 2". VentureBeat. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  5. ^ "Major League Gaming acquires Agora Games". GamesIndustry.biz. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 2019-01-27.