Populous is a computer game developed by Bullfrog in 1989 and is regarded by many as the first PC God game .< ref >< BR /> In 1991, Populous won the Origins Award for Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1990 as well as 1990 Computer Game of the Year in American video game magazine Video Games & Computer Entertainment.

Although there are many influences on the god game genre, the first god game is widely considered to be Populous from 1989.

** Populous, a 1989 computer game, the seminal god game ; see also Populous ( series )

The company achieved recognition in 1989 for their third release, Populous.

* Populous ( 1989 )

1989 INDIN Best Programmer ( 2nd place, the winner was " Bullfrog " for " Populous ")

* Bullfrog Productions releases Populous on June 5, 1989, which was one of the first commercially successful god games.

Populous: The Promised Lands was reviewed in 1990 in Dragon # 156 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in " The Role of Computers " column.

The 2001 game Black & White, also led by Molyneux ( but this time at his company Lionhead Studios ), has been called the " spiritual descendant of Populous.

Populous DS, a new version of the game ( published by Xseed Games in America and Rising Star Games in Europe ), was developed by Genki for the Nintendo DS and released November 11, 2008.

The ballpark was designed by HOK Sport, now known as Populous, a division of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum.

The stadium design was completed by the architectural firm HOK Sport ( now Populous ), which had pioneered retro ballparks on the minor league level four years earlier with Pilot Field in Buffalo, New York.

Molyneux's Black & White was heavily influenced by the Populous series.

The new stadium was designed by Populous, Scott Tallon Walker and Buro Happold, with ME Engineers providing the building services design.

Great American Ball Park was built by the architectural firms Populous ( formerly HOK Sport ) and GBBN at a cost of approximately $ 290 million.

Temporary courts and seating designed by Populous were installed, much as seating is installed annually for Trooping the Colour.

</ br > The Estadio de Fútbol Monterrey, designed by Populous, started its development on October 2011, and includes plans for reforestation and environmental healing for the decaying area that surrounds the construction site.

In 1983, several HNTB architects were hired by St. Louis-based architectural firm Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, forming what would later become Populous and opening their primary office in Kansas City.

Both stadiums are being renovated by Populous.

The Meadowlands Racetrack, including the main building, horse barns and site, was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm of EwingCole ( now known as Ewing Cole Cherry Brott ), who also designed a number of other track facilities around the world as well as Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia ( with Populous ).

The stadium was designed by the Sport Division of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum ( HOK ), which is now known as Populous.

Designed by Populous ( formerly HOK Sport ) in conjunction with the Nashville based architecture / engineering firm Hart Freeland Roberts, INC., it was designed at an angle on the corner of Broadway and 5th Avenue in Nashville in physical homage to the historic Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry.

He adds that “ The work done by the Populous architect firm, which was notably involved in the construction of Camden Yards ( the home of the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball ) and its work on Wembley Stadium, is definitely something that need recognition .”

Three months later, American Royal and the Kemper family announced plans to raze the arena and replace it with the 5, 000-seat purpose-built Agricultural Events Center to be designed by Populous ( company ) to feature dirt events and space for animal stalls and an open-sided show ring.

It was designed by HOK Sport ( now known as Populous ), a division of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum.

Ascot racecourse closed for a period of twenty months on 26 September 2004, for a £ 185 million redevelopment funded by Allied Irish Bank and designed by Populous and Buro Happold.

Bullfrog offered Powermonger, a combat-oriented game with similar mechanics to Populous.

It is the third entry in the Populous video game series, developed by Bullfrog Productions in 1998.

Populous: The Beginning was the first entry in the series to use true 3D computer graphics ; Bullfrog waited four years after Populous II so that the graphics technology could catch up to their vision for a new and different game in the series.

" Bullfrog representative Brian Allen asserted that these departures distinguished Populous: The Beginning from other real-time strategy games on the market at the time.

The game was the first in the series to be made without Populous creator Peter Molyneux, who had left Bullfrog to create Lionhead Studios.

Intended to supplement the multiplayer aspect of Populous: The Beginning, Bullfrog released an expansion, Populous: The Beginning — Undiscovered Worlds, in 1999.

An expansion pack called Populous: The Promised Lands was made available, which added five new types of landscape.

Populous, which designed both Camden Yards and Marlins Park, was willing to listen ; the lead designer for Marlins Park would later say the company was " waiting for a client willing to break the mold.

However, the architectural firm that designed Camden Yards, HOK Sport ( now known as Populous ), originally implemented its design with Coca-Cola Field, which opened four years prior.

Kansas City-based Populous, which is considered to be the " leading stadium design firm in the States ," designed the ballpark.

Populous: The Beginning places the player in control of a female shaman and the tribe which follows her.

Populous formerly operated as HOK Sport Venue Event, which was part of the HOK Group.

The South African main contractor GLTA, part of the Aveng Group in a joint venture with the Dutch company BAM who had a 25 % stake, constructed the upgrade, which was designed by the architects HOK Sport ( renamed Populous in January 2009 ) and Boogertman + Partners.

Citi Field was designed by Populous ( formerly HOK Sport ), and is named after Citigroup, a New York financial services company which purchased the naming rights.

New Busch Stadium was designed by Populous ( then known as HOK Sport ) and built by Hunt Construction with an estimated cost of $ 344. 8 million, which proved too low by $ 20. 2 mil.