Smith & Tinker was an American electronic entertainment company founded in February 2007 by Jordan Weisman, , , and . Weisman later brought in and . On October 15, 2007, they announced that they had licensed from Microsoft the rights for Weisman's previous creations of MechWarrior, Shadowrun, Crimson Skies and other FASA titles and would be announcing their plans for these intellectual properties at a later date. The first game from Smith & Tinker was called Nanovor. Nanovor was an online battle game targeted to 7 - 12 year olds. Nanovor was released to public beta in May 2009.