Jump to content

PopTop Software

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Cydebot (talk | contribs) at 14:18, 10 October 2016 (Robot - Moving category Companies based in St. Louis, Missouri to Category:Companies based in St. Louis per CFD at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 September 6.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

PopTop Software was an American video game developer. It was known as the publisher of several strategy games including Railroad Tycoon II (1998) and the Caribbean island simulation Tropico (2001).

History

PopTop Software was founded in 1993 by Phil Steinmeyer. It was based in Fenton, St. Louis, Missouri. Their last game, Shattered Union, a near-future military strategy game, was released in October 2005.

In March 2006 it was announced that Take-Two Interactive would consolidate the studio with Sid Meier's Firaxis Games. Meier will head the combined studio.

Selected games