BigWorld is an Australian company formed in 2002 that develops and licenses a middleware development tool suite for the creation of massively multiplayer online games (MMO) and virtual worlds. In 2007, BigWorld was recognized as the industry leader in UK's Develop magazineOn 7 August 2012 Wargaming.net acquired BigWorld middleware firm for $45M.By a statement of the Development in January 2015 BigWorld stopped the development and support of the Indie Edition.