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Big Huge Games

United States Founded 2000 Website

Big Huge Games was an American game development studio based in Timonium, Maryland. Founded in 2000 by a quartet of veteran developers, the studio has been known best over the years for the Rise of Nations real-time strategy franchise (2003-2006); the action-RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (2012); and more recently for the mobile strategy-MMO DomiNations (2015). Originally-independent, the studio experienced financial troubles and was bought and sold several times over the ensuing years, having been owned by THQ, 38 Studios, and Epic Games, before going defunct for a short time. It was being reformed again as an independent studio by some of the original founders along with new ones, and operated for a few years under that status. The studio was acquired by Nexon in 2016 and currently remains a subsidiary, with its development focus on mobile strategy games.

Big Huge Games at a Glance

Big Huge Games has been active in the gaming industry from 2003 to 2020, with 6 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Adventure, with additional titles in Role-playing (RPG) and Fighting. The studio carries a solid 78.8/100 average rating across their catalog, with 4 titles rated favorably by the community. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Rise of Nations (87.2/100). Games from Big Huge Games are available across 8 platforms, most notably PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One.

6
Total Games
78.8
Avg Rating
2003
First Release
2020
Latest Release

Genre Breakdown

Strategy
23%
Real Time Strategy (RTS)
23%
Adventure
15%
Role-playing (RPG)
15%
Fighting
8%

Platform Spread

PC (Microsoft Windows)
4
PlayStation 4
2
Xbox One
2
Nintendo Switch
2
Mac
1

Release Timeline

2000s
3
2010s
1
2020s
2

Rating Distribution

1
80-100
3
60-79
0
40-59
0
0-39