Mike Leg, CEO of Petroglyph Games spoke to the Technical Business Alliance of Nevada (TBAN) meeting on Wednesday, September 19th, 2007. Petroglyph Games is a developer of computer games that was formed when Westwood Studios, developer of the best selling “Command & Conquer” games, was sold to Electronic Arts and moved to Los Angeles. A core group of programmers decided to stay in Las Vegas. Mike Leg was part of that group. Mike told TBAN that he had lived in Las Vegas since he was four and liked living in Las Vegas.
Mike and two partners decided to start their own game development company, primarily focusing on real-time strategy (RTS) games on April 1, 2003. Since then, they have moved into their own building, released a number of games such as “Star Wars Empire at War” series and the “Universe at War” series. In 2006 the "Star Wars Empire at War" was named Game of the Year and sold 1.5 million copies. In September 2007, the company has 62 employees. Their gaming focus has been to develop strategy games that can be played with others on the internet. Their latest game, part of the “Universe at War” series is currently being tested on-line by 5,000 players. They hope to the have the product ready in October 2007 for the Christmas season. The company is also working on projects with Sega and Microsoft Online. Mike was an enthusiastic speaker who has a real passion for his company, his people and game development. Although it sounds like the company works hard and takes on impossible projects, Mike’s has created a culture that is fun. They take their work seriously but have fun while they are doing it. Petroglyph Games is a company to watch and is proud to make Las Vegas their home.
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