Sigil Games Online

Sigil Games Online
IndustryVideo games
FoundedJanuary 2002
FounderBrad McQuaid
Jeff Butler
DefunctMay 15, 2007
FateAcquired by Sony Online Entertainment
HeadquartersCarlsbad, California, United States
ProductsVanguard: Saga of Heroes

Sigil Games Online, Inc. was a computer game developer based in Carlsbad, California founded in January 2002 by Brad McQuaid and Jeff Butler, key development team members who created EverQuest, the most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game before World of Warcraft.[1] McQuaid and Butler left Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), the publisher of EverQuest, and formed Sigil Games Online to develop "the next big thing".[2] McQuaid told to the video game website IGN at the time that he was happy to assemble a team of MMORPG developers and to focus on making similar project, as opposed to his work in SOE.[3] Sigil released their only game Vanguard: Saga of Heroes on January 30, 2007 after several well publicized delays[4] and a last minute switch from publishing with Microsoft[5] to publishing again with SOE.[6] In May 2007, SOE acquired key assets of Sigil Games Online. As a result, SOE now owns Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, described as Sigil's "tent pole property".[7]

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  2. ^ IGN
  3. ^ IGN
  4. ^ "Delay of Game from 1UP.com". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  5. ^ "Microsoft Game Studios Teams up with Sigil Games Online: Microsoft Signs Publishing Deal with Designers of "EverQuest"". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2008-10-03. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  6. ^ "Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Finds a New Home". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  7. ^ Sony Online Entertainment (May 15, 2007). Sony Online Entertainment Acquires Leading Online Games Studio -- Sigil Games Online Archived 2007-05-28 at archive.today. Press release.