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'''Kesmai''' was a pioneering [[video game developer|game developer]] and online [[Video game publisher|game publisher]], founded in 1981<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.mobygames.com/company/kesmai-corporation | title=Kesmai Corporation}}</ref> by [[Kelton Flinn]] and [[John R. Taylor III|John Taylor]]. The company was best known for the combat [[flight sim]] ''[[Air Warrior]]'' on the [[GEnie]] online service, one of the first graphical [[MMOG]]s, launched in 1987. They also developed an ASCII-based [[MUD]], ''[[Island of Kesmai]]'', which ran on [[CompuServe]].▼
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▲'''Kesmai''' was a pioneering [[video game developer|game developer]] and online [[Video game publisher|game publisher]], founded in 1981<ref>{{
The company was acquired by [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corp.]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite news | title = NEWS CORP. BUYS KESMAI | work = [[USA Today]] | date = April 27, 1994 | author = Pattie Joy }}</ref><ref name="theage">{{cite news | title = News buys top US online games maker | work = [[The Age]] | date = April 27, 1994 | author = Ben Potter }}</ref> The company continued to develop massively multiplayer games such as ''Air Warrior 2'' and ''[[Legends of Kesmai]]''. They distributed their games through [[AOL]] and eventually a new gaming service formed with three other publishers, [[GameStorm]].<ref>{{cite news | title = GAMERS GANGING UP: Four online companies team in GameStorm | date = November 24, 1997 | author = John Voland | work = [[Daily Variety]] }}</ref>
AOL purchased [[CompuServe]] in 1997 and retooled its AOL Games Channel in a way that placed Kesmai unfavorably compared to its own games division,
In 1999, the company was [[List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts|sold]] to [[Electronic Arts]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Electronic+Arts+Announces+Agreement+to+Acquire+News+Corp.+Online+Game...-a057743298|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402145345/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Electronic+Arts+Announces+Agreement+to+Acquire+News+Corp.+Online+Game...-a057743298|title=Electronic Arts Announces Agreement to Acquire News Corp. Online Game Unit, Kesmai|website=[[Business Wire]]|archivedate=April 2, 2015|date=November 22, 1999|accessdate=September 3, 2021|via=[[The Free Dictionary]]}}</ref> and the company's studios were subsequently closed in 2001. Upon closure a number of the Kesmai staff went to work for [[Lodestone Games]], also located in [[Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]]; while others remained in the former Kesmai offices but became part of [[EA.com]] and later Maxis East.
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