Cyberlore

2025-10-25T01:14:34Z

86.30.50.142: Removing link to the wrong Minerva Software, this was a UK stock management company, not the US corporate trainng company. The Minerva Software linked on cyberlores page website went down in 2007 from looking at the internet archive, so I don't think theres a link to replace it with.

{{Short description|American video game developer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Cyberlore Studios, Inc.
| logo = Cyberlore.jpg
| type =
| fate =
| successor =
| foundation = October 1992<ref>{{cite web|first=Angela|last=Norman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-hampshire-gazette/129826379/|title=Computer game released by Northampton company|newspaper=[[Daily Hampshire Gazette]]|page=20|date=June 13, 1994|accessdate=August 11, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| defunct = 2005
| founder =
| location_city = [[Northampton, Massachusetts]]
| location_country = United States
| key_people = Lester Humphreys<br/> Ken Grey<br/>Herb Perez
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| products = ''[[Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim]]''
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 28 (1998)<ref>{{cite web|first=Mark|last=Cybulski|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-hampshire-gazette/129826888/|title=Computer game firm creates Majesty|newspaper=[[Daily Hampshire Gazette]]|page=7|date=July 28, 1998|accessdate=August 11, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| parent =
| homepage = [http://www.cyberlore.com/about.html cyberlore.com]
}}

'''Cyberlore Studios, Inc.''' was an American [[video game developer]] based in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.primagames.com/news/interview/1030/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010716193317/http://www.primagames.com/news/interview/1030/|title=Interview with Joe Minton of Majesty, from Cyberlore Studios|website=[[Prima Games]]|archivedate=July 16, 2001|date=March 2, 2000|accessdate=August 11, 2023}}</ref>

== History ==
The company was founded in 1992 by Lester Humphreys, Ken Grey, and Herb Perez.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespy.com/articles/697/697083p11.html |title=GameSpy Retro: Developer Origins, Page 11 of 19 |first=John |last=Keefer |date=March 31, 2006 |website=[[GameSpy]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609133138/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/697/697083p11.html |archive-date=June 9, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Since 1992, they produced [[expansion pack]]s for ''[[MechWarrior 4]]'', ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic II]]'', and ''[[Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness]]''. They also produced ''[[Playboy: The Mansion]]'' (2005), a simulation game based on the life of [[Hugh Hefner]] and ''[[Playboy]]'', and a [[PlayStation 2]] version of the classic board game ''[[Risk (game)|Risk]]''. Their most notable game is ''[[Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim]]'', whose original concept was created by [[Jim DuBois]], who worked for the company as a senior designer.

The company grew from six employees in 1992 to thirty employees in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|first=Victoria|last=Groves|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-hampshire-gazette/129986220/|title=Cyberlore preps launch of Majesty|newspaper=[[Daily Hampshire Gazette]]|page=39|date=February 28, 2000|accessdate=August 14, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

In 2005, Cyberlore ceased development of general entertainment games after the collapse of their publisher, [[Hip Games]], and the subsequent layoff of two-thirds of their staff. The company refocused on the [[serious game]] corporate training market, under the new company name of Minerva Software.

==Published games==
*''[[Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse]]'' (1994)
*''[[Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall]]'' (1995)
*''[[Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal]]'' (1996)
*''[[Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Price of Loyalty]]'' (1997)
*''[[Deadlock II: Shrine Wars]]'' (1998)
*''[[Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim]]'' (2000)
*''[[Majesty: The Northern Expansion]]'' (2001)
*''[[MechWarrior 4: Black Knight]]'' (2001)
*''[[MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries]]'' (2002)
*''[[Risk: Global Domination]]'' (2003)
*''[[Playboy: The Mansion]]'' (2005)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cyberlore.com/ Cyberlore Studios]

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[[Category:Video game development companies]]
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[[Category:Video game companies disestablished in 2005]]
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[[Category:Defunct companies based in Massachusetts]]

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