Armor Games
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| Type | Free online flash game publisher |
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| Founded | fl. March 1990 (as Games Of Gondor)[1] October 2005 (under current name)[2] |
| Founder(s) | Daniel McNeely |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California, United States |
| Key people | Daniel McNeely (Founder) John Cooney ("John" jmtb02, Head of Game Development) "Carlie" (Community Manager) [3][4] |
| Industry | Computer and video games |
| Website | armorgames.com |
| Alexa rank | 906 |
| Type of site | Host for Flash-based browser games |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available in | English |
| Current status | Active |
Armor Games, formerly Games Of Gondor, is a website based in Irvine, California, that hosts free Flash-based browser games. Armor Games was founded by Daniel McNeely.[3][5] Under its former name, it hosted The Lord of the Rings-themed content, such as the games "Hob the Hobbit", "Battle for Gondor", and "Orc Slayer".[1][2][4] The site has since hosted a variety of games across many genres, such as puzzles, shooters, action/adventure games, and strategy games.
In addition to hosting other developers' games, the site's staff creates free Flash games in-house. User John Cooney ("John") is its Head of Game Development. ConArtists is another popular game designer with games such as Warfare 1917 and The Last Stand. Game developers can create Flash games and get them sponsored by the site.
[edit] List of notable games published or sponsored by Armor Games
- Raze 2
- Corporation Inc.
- The Fancy Pants Adventures World 1
- The Fancy Pants Adventures World 2
- GemCraft
- GemCraft Chapter 0
- GemCraft Labyrinth
- Aether
- Crush the Castle
- Warfare 1917
- Shift
- Karoshi
- A flash version of the game Portal
- Kingdom Rush
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Games of Gondor". GamesofGondor.com. Archived from the original on 2004-03-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20040326033329/http://www.gamesofgondor.com/. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ a b "GamesofGondor.com". Games Of Gondor. Archived from the original on 2005-10-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20051013063828/http://gamesofgondor.com/. Retrieved 2010-03-19. "GamesofGondor.com will be changing to ArmorGames.com in 3 days. Please bookmark the new site. Thank you for visiting!"
- ^ a b "About Armor Games". Armor Games. http://armorgames.com/about. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ a b McElroy, Justin. "The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Armor Games". Joystiq. http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/11/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-armor-games/. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ "Armor Games". IGN. http://games.ign.com/objects/143/14302078.html. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
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