Digital Anvil, Inc. (formerly Digital Anvil Holdings, Inc.[2]) was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas owned by Microsoft Game Studios (MGS).[3] It was founded in 1996 by brothers Chris and Erin Roberts along with Tony Zurovec, Marten Davies, Craig Cox, John Miles, Eric Peterson and Robert Rodriguez, creators of the Wing Commander franchise from Origin Systems.
Davies held the position of president of the studio from its founding until February 2000, when his departure was announced.[4] In June 2000, Microsoft started talks to buy Digital Anvil. Roberts admitted that his team required large sums of money, which only a huge company could provide. The acquisition of Digital Anvil by MGS was completed in December of that same year.[5]