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Strategy First is a video game publisher, based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1988, the company has published numerous well-known games, such as the ''Disciples'' series, ''Jagged Alliance'' series, ''O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base'', and ''Space Empires'' series. ==Conflicts== Strategy First has had conflict with Introversion Software. The company was distributing copies of Introversion's title ''Uplink'' entitled ''Uplink: Hacker Elite''. However, after filing for bankruptcy, Strategy First suspended paying royalties to Introversion, already owing them tens of thousands of dollars.〔Introversion Software Forums: (Strategy First in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection )〕 Introversion severed its ties with the company. Former Strategy First developer Legend Studios also reported a conflict culminating in a press release issued February 11, 2005 where they claimed the publisher "breached the Software Publishing and Distribution Agreement", and that "we have not receive a single sales report, payments for royalties and they practically have not fulfilled a single point in our agreement."〔As of early 2007 Legend Studios' web site is no longer active, but a cached version can be found at (archive.org )〕 In a postmortem article about the development of ''Galactic Civilizations II'', Stardock founder Brad Wardell stated, regarding the original title, that "Publisher Strategy First filed for bankruptcy without paying a significant portion of the royalties we were owed."〔http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060405/wardell_01.shtml Gamasutra 'Postmortem' April 5, 2006〕 Gaming news sites have also reported conflicts involving Strategy First, such as a news item by gaming industry site Gamasutra that reported developer BattleGoat Studios co-founder George Geczy stating that "We had to give them 50 cents off the dollar just to get our money out of them."〔(Gamasutra Industry News September 5, 2006 )〕 The strategy developer Pollux Gamelabs also reported a conflict with Strategy First and the release of the 4X strategy game ''Lost Empire''. According to the ''Lost Empire'' forums, Pollux Gamelabs cancelled all cooperation with Strategy First due to some disagreements between the two companies, details of which were not specified.〔http://polluxgamelabs.com/lostempire/forum/ Lost Empire forums〕 An openly published accusation from i-Deal Games Studio, who were responsible for the sanctioned mod Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire, states: ''"Due Methodical breach of software distribution agreement by Strategy First side i-Deal Games has terminated its agreement with Strategy First inc."'' 〔http://www.ideal-games.com/news/20041108.aspx iDG's explanation for breaking with SF〕 In a post on the Steam community forum on June 14, 2009, Technetium Games, publishers of "SlamIt Pinball", also posted claims that Strategy First was not paying royalties or making reports of sales. "Strategy First is still not paying us any money. They are not sending us any report on sales. They are telling us stories and giving explanations."〔(Steam Forums )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Strategy First」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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