Strategy First

Canadian video game publisher headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1988 by Don McFatridge, Steve Wall and Dave Hill (per en-wiki), shortly thereafter joined by Richard Therrien (per MobyGames) — one of the pillars of the classic Canadian PC game industry alongside Behaviour, Ubisoft Montreal, A2M and later Gameloft Montreal (per Wikipedia's history of Montreal's video game ecosystem, cited for its 'quality of local specialised labour and tax credits'). Best known for publishing/distributing classic PC strategy and simulation titles: Disciples, Jagged Alliance (with Cypron Studios on Jagged Alliance DS), Galactic Civilizations, Tropico legacy distribution and many others. Corporate history: taken over by Silverstar Holdings in 2005 (en-wiki: 'Parent: Silverstar Holdings (2005–present)'; per 2006 SEC 10-K filings: 'We are the parent company of Strategy First Inc., a leading developer and worldwide publisher of entertainment software for the Personal Computer'); company director: Emanuel Wall. The Strategy First brand has continued to operate as a small catalog and selective new-release PC publisher into the modern era ('For 30 years, a worldwide publisher of entertainment software for PC and Mobile' per gamecompanies.com). Active as recently as 2023 (per Nintendo of Europe's third-party copyright register). Independent for Atlas purposes (Silverstar Holdings not represented in Atlas). One of the highest-volume publishers in Atlas with 197 'Published by' MobyGames credits across 35+ years of catalog. Legal entity: Strategy First, Inc.

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