Rebellion Developments

Rebellion Developments

Type	Private
Genre	Video games, comics and books
Founded	1992
Founder(s)	Jason and Chris Kingsley
Headquarters	Oxford, South East England
Employees	250
Parent	Independent
Website	Official website

Rebellion is a British computer games company, based in Oxford, who are famous for their games in the Aliens vs. Predator franchise. It has published comic books since 2000 and launched its own book imprint, Abaddon Books, in 2006.

History

Rebellion was established by brothers Jason and Chris Kingsley in 1992. Their first known title was Alien Vs. Predator for the Atari Jaguar, which was considered one of the best games for that console. In June 2000, they bought the comic 2000 AD from Fleetway, and have since developed several characters from the comic for the games market. The first commercial release, Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death was mildly successful. A second game was released in 2006 based on Rogue Trooper. Its 2005 game Sniper Elite was awarded "Best PC/Console Game" in the TIGA Awards of 2005. As of 2010 the game holds an average GameRankings scores of 73.44% for the PC version, 76.65% for the PlayStation 2, and 76.97% for the Xbox.

In 2009, Rebellion's Rogue Warrior game received poor reviews but notable titles have included Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron for the PlayStation Portable. In 2010, they developed the latest Aliens vs. Predator game, published by Sega, which received generally favourable a mixed critical reception, but debuted at number one on the UK all formats chart. As of June 2011, it is the fastest-selling game of 2010 in the UK, a record previously held by BioShock 2; it was also the best-selling game on Steam, as well as on the retail PC charts. Along with developing the title's characters for video games, Rebellion continues to publish 2000 AD as well as its sister title the Judge Dredd Megazine. In 2004, Rebellion entered a deal with DC Comics to reprint several 2000 AD stories in trade paperback form, including Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Nikolai Dante, and Sinister Dexter. When DC left the venture, citing poor sales, Rebellion created its own line of American graphic novels, distributed through Simon & Schuster. Rebellion also created the Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files series, which has begun reprinting almost every appearance of Judge Dredd in chronological order. In 2006, following the demise of Elixir Studios, Rebellion purchased all IP related to the studio, including Evil Genius and Republic: The Revolution. Later, in 2009, Jason Kingsley confirmed rights ownership of former Vivendi franchises sold before merging with Activision in 2008, as well as the intention of making new sequels of those and Elixir Studios games.

In 2006, Rebellion purchased Tomb Raider developers Core Design from Eidos Interactive, as well as Strangelite from Empire Interactive, making the company the largest independent European development studio.^{[citation needed]} Rebellion launched their novel imprint Abaddon Books and made a number of publishing purchases. These included buying Clickwheel, which was used to digitally published 2000 AD, with archives and an online iPhone comic reading application launched later. In August 2008, Blackfish Publishing, publisher of Death Ray magazine, announced it had been bought by Rebellion and in September 2008, Rebellion acquired Mongoose Publishing, who had previously published games like The Judge Dredd Role-Playing Game. In June 2009, it was announced that Rebellion had acquired the role-playing and board games publisher Cubicle 7. In September 2009, Rebellion acquired Solaris Books from Games Workshop. Two games from Rebellion are being released in 2012: NeverDead, published by Konami and directed by Shinta Nojiri (who was involved in the development of the Metal Gear Solid series of games), and Sniper Elite V2, which is being co-published with 505 Games.

Studios

Active

• Rebellion Oxford
• Rebellion Liverpool

Defunct

• Rebellion Derby

Rebellion group of companies

• Rebellion Developments (video game developer)
• Fearnort Production (film production company)
• 2000 AD (comic and trade paperback publishing company)
• Abaddon Books (horror, science fiction and fantasy book publishing company)
• Clickwheel (digital publishing company)
• Mongoose Publishing (role-playing, card games and miniature wargaming publishing company)
• Cubicle 7 (role-playing, card and board games publishing company)
• Solaris Books (science fiction and fantasy book publishing company)

List of video games developed

1992–2002

Year	Title	Platform(s)
		Amiga	DOS	GB	GBC	GBA	Jag	Mac	PS	Win
1993	Eye of the Storm	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
1994	Checkered Flag	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
1994	Alien vs Predator	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
1998	Klustar	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
1999	Aliens versus Predator	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
1999	Mission Impossible	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
1999	The Mummy	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
1999	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
2000	Asterix: Search for Dogmatix	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
2000	Gunlok	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2000	Largo Winch	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
2000	Skyhammer	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
2001	Snood	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2001	Midnight Club: Street Racing	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2001	Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
2002	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
2002	Delta Force: Urban Warfare	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
2002	Medal of Honor: Underground	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2002	Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No

2002–2010

Year	Title	Platform(s)
		DS	NGC	PS2	PS3	PSP	Wii	Win	Xbox	X360
2003	Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
2003	Gunfighter II: Revenge of Jesse James	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
2004	World War Zero: Iron Storm	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
2005	Sniper Elite	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2005	Delta Force: Black Hawk Down	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
2006	007: From Russia with Love	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2006	Dead to Rights: Reckoning	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2006	Gun: Showdown	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2006	Rogue Trooper	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2006	Miami Vice: The Game	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2006	Delta Force: Black Hawk Down – Team Sabre	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
2007	Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2007	Free Running	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2007	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2008	Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
2009	Shellshock 2: Blood Trails	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
2009	PDC World Championship Darts 2009	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
2009	Rogue Warrior	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
2009	Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2010	Aliens vs Predator	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
2010	PDC World Championship Darts: ProTour	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes

2011–present

Year	Title	Platform(s)
		Android	iOS	Windows Phone	PS3	Vita	Wii U	Windows	X360	PS4
2011	Judge Dredd vs Zombies	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
2012	NeverDead	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
2012	Sniper Elite V2	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2012	Zombie HQ	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
2012	Sinbad	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
2012	Guns 4 Hire	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
2013	Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
(2014)	Sniper Elite 3	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

List of games republished by Rebellion

These games were originally developed and published by other companies, but were subsequently acquired and republished by Rebellion:

• Evil Genius (2009, PC). Originally developed by Elixir Studios and published in 2004.
• Republic: The Revolution (2009, PC). Originally developed by Elixir Studios and published in 2003.
• Empire Earth: Gold Edition (2009, PC). Originally developed by Stainless Steel Studios and published in 2001. The expansion pack was released in 2002.
• Ground Control + Expansion (2009, PC). Originally developed by Massive Entertainment and published in 2000.
• Ground Control II: Operation Exodus SE (2009, PC). Originally developed by Massive Entertainment and published in 2004.
• Lords of the Realm: Royal Edition (2009, PC). Originally developed by Impressions Games and published in 1994. This includes Lords of the Realm II published in 1996.
• Lords of the Realm III (2009, PC). Originally developed by Impressions Games and published in 2004.
• Lords of Magic: Special Edition (2009, PC). Originally developed by Impressions Games and published in 1998.

Awards

• 2006: Develop Industry Excellence Award 2006 for Most Improved Studio

External links

• Official website