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55-646: MiST Land South was chosen by Game Factory Interactive (GFI) to develop the next two installments in the Jagged Alliance series : Jagged Alliance 3 and Jagged Alliance 3D . The developer MiST Land South hasn't completed the development because of Strategy First (the owners of the Jagged Alliance intellectual property), which had withdrawn the license from GFI. MiST Land South released three strategy games since its inception: This European video game corporation or company-related article

110-537: A 3D combat engine. On July 20, 2006, Game Factory Interactive announced that MiST Land South was being dissolved, as of August 1, 2006. In August 2006, SFI withdrew the rights to JA3D as well. GFI claimed that the game simply did not fit within SFI's plans. SFI, on the other hand, stated that JA3D was in an incomplete state and not ready for the scheduled release date. It was obvious that SFI, having faced years of development without any progress, had finally given up on

165-545: A Danish markswoman, hates "Fox", a medic with centerfold looks. In contrast, "Fox" loves working with "Grizzly," on whom she has something of a crush. The mercenaries may be out on various assignments, determined randomly, so that the available pool of characters is never the same for each game. The player has to maintain a level of reputation in the Jagged Alliance games. If the player gets their troops killed often, regularly hires and dismisses members or generally

220-638: A custom mercenary as well. Mercs can talk to one another during missions, usually spouting one-liners and other comments to each other. In June 2005, Pocket PC Studios and Strategy First announced a conversion of Jagged Alliance 2 Gold for the Nintendo DS . This was never released. JA2 has been extensively modded by fans of the series. Most notable include, but are not limited to: v1.13 , Urban Chaos , Deidranna Lives , Renegade Republic . and JA2-Stracciatella . Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business , alternatively known as Jagged Alliance 2.5 ,

275-406: A hospital, surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites, a swamp and a junkyard. The weapons arsenal has grown considerably to include a variety of weapons based on real-life counterparts (such as automatic weapons , shotguns , rocket launchers ) and also fictional weapons like an auto firing rocket rifle. There are some more role-playing elements like specialty professions and the possibility to create

330-510: A mercenary-themed plot, turn-based gameplay, and a familiar game interface. Strategy First intended to produce Jagged Alliance 3 internally, with head developer Thiessen promising a much more open experience than any other Jagged Alliance game. There were expected to be five separate factions to fight in JA3 , instead of a single enemy. Characters were said to have their own agendas and allegiances in addition to randomization of various settings of

385-435: A missile base in the nearby country of Tracona, demanding the mines are returned to them. They destroy Arulco's now-empty Tixa prison as an example of what happens if their demands are not met. The player must put a team of mercenaries together to infiltrate Tracona and disable the missile base. Jagged Alliance 2: Gold Pack was published by Strategy First on August 6, 2002 and adds the improvements of Unfinished Business to

440-656: A mod. The focus was instead directed into designing revamped environments, new items and stronger enemies. This presents players with a more challenging campaign, however the goals and progression remain the same. In terms of gameplay features, the game remains almost unchanged. Soon after release, i-Deal Games terminated relations with Strategy First stating "...SF fulfilled none of it's [ sic ] obligation of contract and paid no single cent to i-Deal Games..." . Consequently, WF5 remains largely unpatched, only minor hotfixes were published. I-Deal Games also stated that buggy version were released by Strategy First. After

495-568: A one-time fee rather than the time-based pay of the original. Conversation trees with NPCs have been replaced with linear "talk or stop talking" dialogue. Humorous cut-scenes featuring the exploits of the Queen have also been removed. NASDAQ The Nasdaq Stock Market ( / ˈ n æ z d æ k / ; National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American stock exchange based in New York City . It

550-411: A part of the publisher for the first game, Sir-Tech Software, Inc. , along with a transfer of IP. The second game, Jagged Alliance 2 , was also started by Sir-Tech. When Sir-Tech's publishing arm went bankrupt, the game rights were transferred to its development house Sir-Tech Canada and published by TalonSoft . By the time Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business was released, Sir-Tech's publishing arm

605-734: A tactical-strategy game published by SFI in North America. The two companies already had a relationship, and it was felt the JA3D project could be mutually beneficial. From statements made by both Strategy First and Game Factory Interactive, it is apparent that GFI assumed the costs for the development, with SFI providing the intellectual property and the overall vision for the project. This arrangement proved to be very cumbersome, and prone to misunderstandings and confusion. SFI, naturally enough, had very ambitious goals for JA3D while GFI sought to control development costs and time. The initial plan

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660-521: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jagged Alliance (series) Jagged Alliance is a series of turn-based tactics video games . The first games in the series were released for DOS . From Jagged Alliance 2 on, the games were developed using DirectX for native Windows operation. Jagged Alliance 2 was also released for Linux and is available on Steam and on GOG.com for Windows. The Jagged Alliance games center on strategically controlling mercenary squads, on and off

715-466: Is a DOS sequel to the original game. It features a different format, however, and is considered by some to be more of a spin-off than a sequel. This game features the same engine and top-down perspective as the original game. This game was released in 1999 for Windows and was later ported to Linux by Tribsoft . The mission of this second official game of the series is to free the country of Arulco from its evil dictator Queen Deidranna. Deidranna married

770-556: Is a short, mission-based standalone sequel released by Sir-Tech in 2000. This release adds some tweaks to the combat engine, as well as a scenario editor, yet the gameplay remains largely unchanged. It allows importing of the character created for JA2 with his or her final stats; the improved stats of other mercenaries will then be imported too. A new plot is introduced in Unfinished Business . The original owners of Arulco's lucrative mines have returned and established

825-563: Is insensitive (such as not paying for deceased merc body shipments back home), their reputation will lower. Bad player's reputation affects all mercenaries. Mercs may demand a significant pay raise to consider working for the player. Hired mercenaries may quit unless the player discreetly pays them a bonus. And only desperate-for-work mercs will agree to work for really notorious players. The intellectual property (IP) for Jagged Alliance has been exchanged between many companies. The series and IP were created by Mad Labs Software, who later became

880-649: Is made up of both American and foreign firms, with China and Israel being the largest foreign sources. "Nasdaq" was initially an acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. It was founded in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), now known as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority . On February 8, 1971, the Nasdaq stock market began operations as

935-469: Is more problematic than v6, the version released through Zuxxez and others by the developer since the incident. Strategy First and Game Factory Interactive announced in June 2004 that Russian developer MiST Land South would develop the next two games in the Jagged Alliance series: Jagged Alliance 3D (JA3D) and Jagged Alliance 3 (JA3). Jagged Alliance 3D was envisioned as "JA2 in 3D", or basically

990-666: Is the most active stock trading venue in the U.S. by volume, and ranked second on the list of stock exchanges by market capitalization of shares traded, behind the New York Stock Exchange . The exchange platform is owned by Nasdaq, Inc. , which also owns the Nasdaq Nordic stock market network and several U.S.-based stock and options exchanges . Although it trades stock of healthcare, financial, media, entertainment, retail, hospitality, and food businesses, it focuses more on technology stocks . The exchange

1045-543: The London Stock Exchange to form the first intercontinental linkage of capital markets . In 1996, the SEC issued a report alleging that Nasdaq market makers fixed prices by avoiding "odd-eighths" quotes (at the time, stock prices were quoted in increments of an eighth of a dollar) to artificially widen spreads. The report was followed by a new set of rules for how Nasdaq handled orders. In 1998, it became

1100-603: The NASDAQ Financial-100 Index, which tracks the largest 100 companies in terms of market capitalization . On March 10, 2000, the NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaked at 5,132.52, but fell to 3,227 by April 17, and, in the following 30 months, fell 78% from its peak. In a series of sales in 2000 and 2001, FINRA sold its stake in the Nasdaq. On July 2, 2002, Nasdaq Inc. became a public company via an initial public offering . In 2006,

1155-666: The EMiniCME. Below are the contract specifications for the Nasdaq 100 and derivatives. Nasdaq quotes are available at three levels: The Nasdaq Stock Market sessions, with times in the Eastern Time Zone are: 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.: extended-hours trading session (premarket) 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.: normal trading session 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.: extended-hours trading session (postmarket) The Nasdaq Stock Market averages about 253 trading days per year. The Nasdaq Stock Market has three different market tiers: After

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1210-405: The battleground. The terrain has two height levels (ground and rooftops) for player / enemy sprites and a basic physics engine for thrown objects and ballistics. It also features "destructible terrain" in that players are able to blow open walls and buildings with explosives. The game also takes place across diverse and rather imaginative locations, including a multi-level prison facility, a school,

1265-447: The changes GFI planned to make to JA3D was the introduction of a strategic layer. In November 2007 Game Factory Interactive released Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge . The game does not have any storyline or characters in common with JA2 , as GFI lost the rights to use any of the intellectual property of Strategy First. Still, it is seen as a spiritual successor ; the game is structurally similar to Jagged Alliance series and features

1320-646: The continued price increases when selling market data . In December 2020, NASDAQ announced that it would strip its indexes of four Chinese companies in response to Executive Order 13959 . In September 2024, the European Commission said it had carried out an unannounced inspection at the offices of Nasdaq over potential anti-competitive practices. Nasdaq 100 futures are traded on the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) while its derivatives, E-Mini Nasdaq 100 and Micro E-Mini Nasdaq 100 futures are traded on

1375-418: The democratically elected King of Arulco, then launched a coup d'état eight years ago, deposing her husband and taking power for herself. The player is "hired" by the exiled king, Enrico Chivaldori, to free his homeland of Deidranna's dictatorial regime. Gameplay is similar to the original grand adventure style of Jagged Alliance , but features higher-resolution graphics and an isometric pseudo-3D view of

1430-543: The eve of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). In November 2016, chief operating officer Adena Friedman was promoted to chief executive officer , becoming the first woman to run a major exchange in the U.S. In 2016, Nasdaq earned $ 272 million in listings-related revenues. In October 2018, the SEC ruled that the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq did not justify

1485-643: The falling out with Strategy First, i-Deal Games developed another version of Wildfire , identified as "version 6", with Zuxxez Entertainment (now TopWare Interactive AG) as distributor. WF6 contains changed source code , a tweaked graphics engine that allows for a higher resolution, introduces new mercenaries and increases squad size from 6 to 10. It can be patched up to version 6.04 (for English version), up to 6.06 (for German version), or up to 6.08 (for Russian version). WF5 can not be upgraded to WF6 and patches for WF6 can not be applied. See Digital distribution for further details. Jagged Alliance 2 Wildfire (v5)

1540-406: The field, who complete various missions such as freeing countries from oppressive dictators . The games feature a mix of turn-based battle simulation, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) elements and role-playing . Humour via spoken character comments is a trademark of the series. The personalities of the individual mercenaries range from mildly eccentric to disturbed. This contrasts

1595-462: The final release of Jagged Alliance 2 . Unfinished Business and a scenario editor are also included in the package. Gold Pack introduces notable changes to the difficulty setting. The player choosing an advanced difficulty level may also decide to make the player turns timed and whether to disallow saving during combat, as opposed to the original Jagged Alliance 2 , which set these settings automatically. Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire , version 5,

1650-468: The first stock market in the United States to trade online, using the slogan "the stock market for the next hundred years". The Nasdaq Stock Market attracted many companies during the dot-com bubble . Its main index is the NASDAQ Composite , which has been published since its inception. The QQQ exchange-traded fund tracks the large-cap NASDAQ-100 index, which was introduced in 1985 alongside

1705-467: The game has been delayed again, and Akella's website was displaying a release date of Q1 2010. This delay was likely due to publishers demand to improve graphics. On December 21, 2009, a German language game site reported that Akella had stopped development on Jagged Alliance 3 . Strategy First had made no statement on the future of the Jagged Alliance series. On March 9, 2010, German outfit bitComposer Games (now bitComposer Interactive ) picked up

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1760-475: The game upon startup in order to make it less predictable; a character who was allied with the player in one game could be their enemy in the next. Player actions were also said to influence how the characters of the world react to them. In December 2006, Strategy First outsourced Jagged Alliance 3 again. The publisher, along with Russian developers Akella and F3games, were to create the game, setting an approximate release date of late 2008. As of October 2008

1815-457: The games' setting which is otherwise closely linked to such subjects as war and death . Each mercenary is an individual with their own traits. Part of the strategy was the player's freedom to select a multi-faceted team to win the game in different ways. Not all teams would work; for example, Ivan and his nephew Igor, who work well together, are hated by Steroid, the Polish bodybuilder. "Buns",

1870-470: The monthly Stock Guides (stock guides and procedures) issued by Standard & Poor's Corporation. Over the years, it became more of a stock market by adding trade and volume reporting and automated trading systems. In 1981, Nasdaq traded 37% of the U.S. securities markets' total of 21 billion shares. By 1991, Nasdaq's share had grown to 46%. In 1992, the Nasdaq Stock Market joined with

1925-428: The offensive and clear more sectors of enemies. This game features a top-down perspective of the game field for battles, with character portraits framing the view on the left and right sides. A separate map view shows the entire country broken up into distinct conquerable sectors. In May 2009, a Nintendo DS Jagged Alliance game was released, based on the original Jagged Alliance . Released in 1996 , Deadly Games

1980-418: The player made strategic movement decisions, and initiated attacks on a map. Instead, the game would be structured like Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games , with a series of missions, which were essentially combat-only levels. SFI was resistant to the idea, but agreed to it, feeling this would shorten the development time. Besides, JA3D was always intended as a bridge between JA2 and JA3, so it was acceptable that it

2035-430: The project. This left GFI with no rights to use any of the intellectual property of JA3D , including characters and story line. GFI announced plans to rework the characters and story to remove Jagged Alliance -specific details and publish the game under a different name. In a September 3, 2006 post on its discussion boards, GFI claimed that SFI owed it money, but this was denied by SFI without further elaboration. One of

2090-506: The rights to the PC strategy series, and started "preliminary development" on the third full game for release in 2011. In August 2015, Nordic Games (now THQ Nordic ) acquired the rights from bitComposer. “The decision to acquire Jagged Alliance was an absolute no-brainer for us”, commented Reinhard Pollice, Business & Product Development Director at Nordic Games, although no immediate announcement has been made regarding their specific plans for

2145-414: The same game as Jagged Alliance 2 but using a 3D engine. Jagged Alliance 3 would be the "true sequel" to JA2, a full-fledged game in the same spirit as JA2, and using the engine developed for JA3D. JA3D would come out quickly, within a year or two of the release of the generally successful Wildfire mod, and be followed by Jagged Alliance 3 . SFI choose GFI because GFI had already released Cops 2170 ,

2200-493: The series tasks the player with freeing the fictional island of Metavira from the greedy Santino. The player must recruit mercenaries as they explore, capture, and hold new territory. The natives harvest the valuable trees from which a revolutionary medicine can be extracted; a result of the island having been used as a nuclear testing ground in 1952. The more trees the player holds, the more income they make. Income can be used to hire native guards and hire more mercenaries to take

2255-519: The series. On September 17, 2021, during the THQ Nordic 10th Anniversary Digital Showcase Jagged Alliance 3 was announced for PC, now in development by Haemimont Games . It was released on July 14, 2023. On August 20, 2010, bitComposer Games announced Jagged Alliance: Back in Action , a full-scale remake of Jagged Alliance 2 . It was originally titled Jagged Alliance: Reloaded . The game

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2310-834: The status of the Nasdaq Stock Market was changed from a stock market to a licensed national securities exchange. In 2007, it merged with OMX, a leading exchange operator in the Nordic countries, expanded its global footprint, and changed its name to the NASDAQ OMX Group. To qualify for listing on the exchange, a company must be registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), must have at least three market makers (financial firms that act as brokers or dealers for specific securities) and must meet minimum requirements for assets, capital, public shares, and shareholders. In February 2011, in

2365-485: The wake of an announced merger of NYSE Euronext with Deutsche Börse , speculation developed that NASDAQ OMX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) could mount a counter-bid of their own for NYSE. NASDAQ OMX could be looking to acquire the American exchange's cash equities business, ICE the derivatives business. At the time, "NYSE Euronext's market value was $ 9.75 billion. Nasdaq was valued at $ 5.78 billion, while ICE

2420-460: The world's first electronic stock market. At first, it was merely a "quotation system" and did not provide a way to perform electronic trades. The NASDAQ Stock Market eventually assumed the majority of major trades that had been executed by the over-the-counter (OTC) system of trading, but there are still many securities traded in this fashion. As late as 1987, the Nasdaq exchange was still commonly referred to as "OTC" in media reports and also in

2475-589: Was a major reason why most fans stayed with the game. This announcement was a surprise to Strategy First, and was very quickly vetoed by Richard Therrien, VP product development of SFI. In September 2005, SFI withdrew the rights for Jagged Alliance 3 from GFI, leaving them with the JA3D license only. A pre-beta version of JA3D was shown at the 2006 E3 convention, and received a generally favorable reception. The gameplay appeared to be very similar to Jagged Alliance 2 , with updated and improved graphics, as well as

2530-537: Was delisted by NASDAQ . It is unclear what effect this will have on future games using the Jagged Alliance IP, though in the final SEC filing before being delisted Silverstar stated that it had reached a settlement of some issues with Russia-based Akella : "Akella and 3A Entertainment have the option to acquire certain intellectual property rights for the Jagged Alliance and Disciples franchises for an additional $ 100,000". The first Jagged Alliance game

2585-409: Was demonstrated at GDC 2011 and released on February 9, 2012. The stated goal of the remake was to improve the original game concept as well as the visual weaknesses of the original. The story and content are noticeably different from the original as well, with key strategic elements such as boardable vehicles and training of militia removed. Mercenaries are easier to train and permanently hired for

2640-523: Was developed by MadLab Software, Montreal. Qc, the following three games were developed by Sir-Tech Development based in Ottawa, Ontario. Ian Currie, Shaun Lyng and Linda Currie were the lead designers on the Jagged Alliance series. MadLab was absorbed by Sir-Tech Canada but the company shut down in late 2003. Nordic Games acquired the rights for Jagged Alliance in 2015 after bitComposer 's bankruptcy. Released in 1995 for MS-DOS , this first game of

2695-408: Was distributed electronically by Strategy First. Jagged Alliance 2 Wildfire (v6) was distributed electronically by Zuxxez Entertainment . Two versions of the same game ( Wildfire ) exist due to the game's publisher Strategy First, Inc. falling out after a disagreement with the game's developer, I-Deal Games Studios concerning expenses. Version 5 is the version published by SF before this spat and so

2750-573: Was for GFI to use a modified Cops 2170 engine to quickly produce JA3D. However, GFI already had a second strategy game in production, ALFA: Anti-terror , and they made the decision to use this engine for both games. GFI planned to set the game in Africa, which was fine with SFI. However, GFI ran into trouble with the strategic layer for Jagged Alliance. They proposed a mission-based structure for JA3D instead. There would be no free-flowing strategic layer, as in Jagged Alliance and Jagged Alliance 2 where

2805-555: Was founded as a European equivalent to the Nasdaq Stock Market. It was purchased by NASDAQ in 2001 and became NASDAQ Europe. In 2003, operations were shut down as a result of the burst of the dot-com bubble . In 2007, NASDAQ Europe was revived first as Equiduct and was acquired by Börse Berlin later that year. On June 18, 2012, Nasdaq OMX became a founding member of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative on

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2860-485: Was not a "full game". In 2004, initial screenshots of the new engine were released, showing a somewhat primitive 3D engine with familiar Jagged Alliance characters, such as Shadow. In May 2005, the MiST Land South developers announced they would be discarding the turn-based combat system in favor of real-time combat. The turn-based combat had been a hallmark of Jagged Alliance from the very beginning, and it

2915-483: Was out of business and the game was released by Interplay . Subsequently TalonSoft went bankrupt. At the moment Strategy First owns the IP and has published Jagged Alliance: Wildfire . Strategy First made several attempts to extend the series with Jagged Alliance 3D and Jagged Alliance 3 , both of which never saw the light of day. Strategy First was acquired by Silverstar Holdings, which then ran into financial problems and

2970-439: Was programmed by i-Deal Games and published by Strategy First in 2004 as an official expansion pack . The game's sourcecode was also published in the package, albeit under license . The project had started as a hobby add-on by Serge "WildFire" Popoff, who decided to make it commercial since version 4. Compared to the original Jagged Alliance 2 , Wildfire 5 has not altered the game engine or controls and can be considered

3025-662: Was valued at $ 9.45 billion." Late in the month, Nasdaq was reported to be considering asking either ICE or the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to join in what would probably have to be, if it proceeded, an $ 11–12 billion counterbid. In December 2005, NASDAQ acquired Instinet for $ 1.9 billion, retaining the Inet ECN and subsequently selling the agency brokerage business to Silver Lake Partners and Instinet management. The European Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (EASDAQ)

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