In November 1998, despite the team's success, Microsoft cancelled the Chromeffects project.Ĭhromeffects was an incredibly powerful idea. After persuading Kenyon to join him, they hired several programmers to work on the project. John left Microsoft to found WildTangent, a consulting organization, in order to assist Microsoft in developing Chromeffects, a multimedia project originally prototyped by St. However, it quickly turned into something much more. Originally established as a service organization to assist Microsoft in promoting Chromeffects. John and his partner Cambridge mathematician, Jeremy Kenyon. WildTangent was founded in July 1998 by former Microsoft Evangelist and DirectX creator Alex St.

WildTangent then acquired Eclipse Entertainment in January 2002. In 1999, WildTangent and Eclipse Entertainment negotiated a deal where WildTangent purchased most of the Genesis3D assets to create their Web Driver. WildTangent owns Genesis3D game engine, but the company do not handle responsibilities for Genesis3D games. WildTangent visualizers, screensavers, SDK, other demos, and other tools used to be available from the site. The games had online and offline versions, but the online versions no longer function. The antivirus software would have to be disabled in case it blocked them from running as well. Java would need to be uninstalled or disabled in case it blocked these games from running. In order to play WildTangent games, the user would have to install WildTangent Web Driver and Microsoft Java Virtual Machine.

15 Current Published Games Available (Supported).

14 Current Web Games Available (Supported).

Most of WildTangent games were all stored in GIT type system/source safe so no one needed personal copies, according to a former WildTangent employee. Somewhere in 2005, WildTangent has been since distributing other games from other companies and other developers. However, they were criticized because their games contain spyware, the company no longer distributes or develops Web Driver.

The reason they discontinued their games is unknown. Most of the WildTangent titles were discontinued and have become lost or missing. WildTangent used to develop their own original games, sometimes to advertise various companies, TV, and movies. The company is well known for its PC web/online games that were pre-installed for PC users who own HP, Dell, Toshiba, Gateway, Samsung, Acer, and Sony VAIO, like Polar Bowler, Final Drive Nitro, Blasterball series, and the Fate series.

WildTangent was a PC/web game company founded in 1998 by Alex St. Current WildTangent logo (possibly from 2010).

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