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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://gamestorm.com/company/press/1996_09_13.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990203200500/http://gamestorm.com/company/press/1996_09_13.html|title=News Corp.'S Kesmai Spins Off Publishing Division -- Launches New Ggames Service, Aries Online Games|website=gamestorm.com|archivedate=February 3, 1999|date=September 16, 1996|accessdate=May 1, 2022}}</ref> by [[Kelton Flinn]] and [[John R. Taylor III|John Taylor]]. The company was best known for the combat [[flight sim]] ''[[Air Warrior (video game)|Air Warrior]]'' on the [[GEnie]] online service, one of the first graphical [[MMOG]]s, launched in 1987. They also developed an ASCII-based [[Multi-user dungeon|MUD]], ''[[Island of Kesmai]]'', which ran on [[CompuServe]].
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>
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