Editing MicroProse (section)

{{short description|American video game company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name                = MicroProse
| logo                = MicroProse.svg
| image               = Old MicroProse headquarters.jpg
| image_caption       = The former MicroProse headquarters in Hunt Valley
| type                = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| former_name         = {{ubl|Infogrames Interactive Hunt Valley Studio (2001–2003)|Atari Interactive Hunt Valley Studio (2003)}}
| industry            = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| founded             = {{Start date and age|1982}}{{efn|The original company closed in 2003. The current MicroProse is founded by David Lagettie.}}
| founders            = {{Unbulleted list|[[Sid Meier]]|[[Bill Stealey]]|[[Andy Hollis]]<ref name="gspot_hollis">{{cite web |title=The Most Influential People in Computer Gaming of 1996 – Andy Hollis |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/15most/html/mi96_05.html |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405233824/http://www.gamespot.com/features/15most/html/mi96_05.html |archive-date=April 5, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
| defunct             =
| successor           =
| hq_location_city    = [[Hunt Valley, Maryland]]
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| parent              = {{Unbulleted list|[[Spectrum HoloByte]] (1993–1998)|[[Atari Interactive]] (1998–2003)|Interactive Game Group (2007–2010)|Cybergun (2010-2018)}}
| key_people          = David Lagettie, CEO (2019–present)
| website             = {{URL|www.microprose.com}}
}}

'''MicroProse''' is an American [[video game publisher]] and [[video game developer|developer]] founded by [[Bill Stealey]], [[Sid Meier]], and [[Andy Hollis]] in 1982.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Jahromi|first=Neima|date=September 22, 2021|title=Sid Meier and the Meaning of "Civilization"|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/sid-meier-and-the-meaning-of-civilization|access-date=October 2, 2021|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-US|archive-date=July 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719023623/https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/sid-meier-and-the-meaning-of-civilization|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="gspot_hollis"/> It developed and published numerous games, including starting the ''[[Civilization (series)|Civilization]]'' and ''[[X-COM]]'' series. Most of their internally developed titles were [[vehicle simulation game|vehicle simulation]] and [[strategy video game|strategy]] games.

In 1993, the company lost most of its UK-based personnel and became a subsidiary of [[Spectrum HoloByte]]. Subsequent cuts and corporate policies led to [[Sid Meier]], [[Jeff Briggs]] and [[Brian Reynolds (game designer)|Brian Reynolds]] leaving and forming [[Firaxis Games]] in 1996, as MicroProse closed its ex-[[Simtex]] development studio in [[Austin, Texas]]. In 1998, following an unsuccessful buyout attempt by [[GT Interactive]], the struggling MicroProse (Spectrum HoloByte) became a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Hasbro Interactive]] and its development studios in [[Alameda, California]], and [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], were closed the following year. In 2001, MicroProse ceased to exist as an entity and Hasbro Interactive sold the MicroProse [[intellectual property|intellectual properties]] to [[Infogrames Entertainment, SA]]. MicroProse UK's former main office in [[Chipping Sodbury]] was closed in 2002, followed by the company's former headquarters in [[Hunt Valley, Maryland]], in 2003.

The brand was revived in 2007 when Interactive Game Group acquired it from [[Atari Interactive]], formerly Infogrames. The MicroProse brand was licensed to the Legacy Engineering Group for consumer electronics. Cybergun owned the MicroProse brand from 2010 to 2018, which was then acquired by David Lagettie working with Stealey.