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408:Chris Taylor's Kings and Castles
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745:Keefer, John (March 31, 2006).
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331:. As a stand-alone expansion,
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16:American video game developer
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208:and several other ex-
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198:video game developer
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166:Number of employees
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426:Kickstarter
372:Square Enix
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200:located in
183:(2013–2018)
136:(1998–2016)
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1111:. Joystiq.
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129:Key people
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1072:Gamasutra
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