DEVELOPERS

Developers in the East and West Midlands:

East Midlands:

Rare:

• Located in Twycross, Leicestershire.

• Brought by Microsoft in 2002

• Developed famous games for the Nintendo 64 such as Goldeneye 007, Banjo Kazooie and Conker’s Bad Fur Day

• Recent game release is Sea of Thieves in 2018 which still receives content updates in 2020

• Next game is Everwild

https://www.rare.co.uk/

Core Design:

• Former studio and creator of the Tomb Raider franchise and Lara Croft

• Eventually became a subsidiary of Eidos Interactive

• Closed in 2010 after becoming Rebellion Derby

Free Radical Design:

• Former Studio and creator of the Timesplitters franchise and developer of Haze.

• Eventually became Crytek UK

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https://www.crytek.com/

Rockstar Lincoln:

• Rockstar’s only Midlands studio

• Sole purpose is translation and QA testing

https://www.rockstargames.com/

Playtonic Games:

• Founded from former Rare employees

• Develop of Yooka-Laylee and it’s sequel

• Fully independent developer and publisher

https://www.playtonicgames.com/

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Bulkhead Interactive:

• Founded by University of Derby graduates

• Developer of The Turing Test and Battalion 1944

• Co-owned by Square Enix

https://www.bulkheadinteractive.com/

AWE Interactive:

• Founded in 2019

• Developing B.P.M

https://www.aweinteractive.com/

West Midlands:

Codemasters:

• started in the 1980’s

• Developer of Dirt, Project Cars, Grid and F1 games

• F1 games have been used as replacement E-sport during pandemic

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https://www.codemasters.com/

Playground Games:

• founded in 2010 and brought by Microsoft in 2018

• Developer of the Forza Horizon Franchise

• Now developing a reboot in the Fable franchise

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https://www.playground-games.com/

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Ubisoft Leamington:

• Formerly Freestyle Games

• Ubisoft subsidiary studio

• Helps develop some of the big franchises Ubisoft owns such as The Division and Watch Dogs

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-US/studio/leamington.aspx

Flix Interactive:

• An independent studio that works with others in assisting development

• Recent games worked on include crackdown 3 and Sea of Thieves

https://www.flixinteractive.com/

Facepunch Studios:

• independent studio based in Walsall

• Developers of Garry’s Mod and Rust

• Both games in steam top 10 games played

https://facepunch.com/

Rebellion Warwick:

• Subsidiary of Rebellion

• Assist other studios with developing titles

• Last game worked on was Strange Brigade

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https://rebellion.com/