The Chinese Room

British independent video game development studio
Organization video_game_developer Q1725456
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The Chinese Room

Summary

The Chinese Room is a video game developer[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of video_game_developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,408 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Chinese Room is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • The Chinese Room's instance of is recorded as video game developer[4].
  • Chinese room is named after The Chinese Room[5].
  • The Chinese Room's headquarters location is recorded as Brighton[6].
  • The Chinese Room's industry is recorded as video game industry[7].
  • January 1, 2007 marks the founding of The Chinese Room[8].
  • The Chinese Room's official website is recorded as http://thechineseroom.co.uk/[9].
  • The Chinese Room's product or material produced is recorded as Dear Esther[10].
  • The Chinese Room's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+55'}[11].
  • The Chinese Room's legal form is recorded as subsidiary company[12].
  • The Chinese Room's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+18228'}[13].
  • The Chinese Room's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+17554'}[14].
  • The Chinese Room's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+18955'}[15].
  • The Chinese Room's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+20088'}[16].
  • The Chinese Room's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5440'}[17].
  • The Chinese Room's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+6040'}[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Original Production[19]

  • Began / founded: 2007[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1b9debb2-6a83-4634-b280-d9ac67a3586c[21]

Body

Founding

January 1, 2007 marks the founding of The Chinese Room[8].

Operations

The Chinese Room's headquarters location is recorded as Brighton[6].

Industry

The Chinese Room's industry is recorded as video game industry[7].

Ownership

The Chinese Room's product or material produced is recorded as Dear Esther[10].

Why It Matters

The Chinese Room ranks in the top 7% of video_game_developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,408 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . LastDodo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . gamedeveloper.com. gamedeveloper.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . gamedeveloper.com. gamedeveloper.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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