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Revision as of 08:18, 13 October 2015
Company type | Public |
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Industry | Computer and video games |
Founded | 1992 |
Defunct | 2003 |
Fate | Bankrupt until November 2015 as FX Digital Network England(owned by FX Networks and 21st Century Fox) |
Headquarters | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
Rage Software or Rage Games was a British video game developer. Formed in Liverpool in 1992, its games were marked by an emphasis on graphical effects with arcade gameplay.
Rage's first title Striker sold more than one million copies throughout its two-year life cycle and established Rage as a major creative force in the interactive entertainment industry. The company went through rapid expansion in the 1990s and partnered with multiple third party software publishers for distribution of its titles.
Rage Games Limited was floated on the stock exchange in 1996 as Rage Software plc. Rage continued to form commercial partnerships with major publishing houses, including Microsoft, Intel, Dell, Compaq, Nintendo, Sony and Sega, and re-registered as a private company as Rage Software Limited in 1999.
In 2000, Rage began to expand into publishing. However, the costs of publishing and a run of games that did not sell as expected (most notably the David Beckham franchise) eventually led to the company closing in January 2003 due to bankruptcy. At that time, it was one of the oldest game developers in the UK and at its peak had offices in Liverpool, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Bristol and Warrington.
Some of the former development staff have formed other game development companies such as Swordfish Studios in Birmingham, Juice Games in Warrington and Venom Games in Newcastle.
List of games developed by Rage Software
1992
1993
- Ultimate Soccer (Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear)
- World Soccer '94: Road to Glory (SNES)
1994
- Elite Soccer (Game Boy)
- Power Drive (PC, Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES, Game Gear, Atari Jaguar)
- Striker Pro (CD-i)
- World Cup Striker (SNES)
1995
- Revolution X (PC, Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES, Sega Saturn, PlayStation)
- Striker 95 (PC)
- Striker - World Cup Special (3DO)
1996
- FIFA Soccer 97 (SNES)
- Striker 96 (PC, PlayStation)
1997
- AYSO Soccer '97 (PC))
- Darklight Conflict (PC, Sega Saturn, PlayStation)
- Doom port to Sega Saturn
- Jonah Lomu Rugby (Sega Saturn, PlayStation)
- Trash It (PC, Sega Saturn, PlayStation)
1998
- Dead Ball Zone (PlayStation)
- Incoming (PC, Dreamcast)
- Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (PC)
1999
- Expendable (PC)
- Microsoft International Football 2000 (PC)
- Millennium Soldier: Expendable (PC, PlayStation, Dreamcast)
- UEFA Striker (PlayStation, Dreamcast)
2000
- Space Debris (PlayStation)
- Wild Wild Racing (PlayStation 2)
- Rage Rally (PC)
2001
- David Beckham Soccer (PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color)
- Denki Blocks (Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance)
- E-racer (PC)
- Eurofighter Typhoon (PC)
- Global Touring Challenge: Africa 2002 (PlayStation 2)
- Hostile Waters (PC)
- Off-Road Redneck Racing (PC)
- Pocket Music (Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance)
2002
- Go! Go! Beckham! Adventure on Soccer Island (Game Boy Advance)
- Gun Metal, (PC, Xbox)
- Incoming Forces (PC)
- Midnight GT (PC)
- Mobile Forces (PC)
- Rocky (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance)
- Totaled! (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Twin Caliber (PlayStation 2)
2003
See also
References
- Football in the New Media Age, Raymond Boyle, Richard Haynes, 2004. ISBN 0-415-31790-8
External links
- www.rage.co.uk, Archive.org from August 15, 2000.
- Defunct companies based in Liverpool
- Technology companies established in 1992
- Technology companies disestablished in 2003
- Technology companies re-established in 2015
- Defunct video game companies
- Revived video game companies
- Juice Games
- Video game companies of the United Kingdom
- Video game development companies
- Defunct technology companies of the United Kingdom