Strategy First

Strategy First is a software company based in Montreal, Canada. Founded in 1990, the company has published numerous well-known games, such as the Disciples series, Jagged Alliance series, Space Empires series, and Galactic Civilizations. They are a distribution partner with Valve, using Valve's Steam utility as one of its means to distribute titles. 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 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...