| Genre | Video games, comics and books |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| Founder(s) | Jason and Chris Kingsley |
| Website | Official website |
Rebellion is a British computer games company, based in Oxford, who are most famous for the first Aliens vs. Predator computer game. Since 2000, it also publishes comic books and it launched its own book imprint, Abaddon Books, in 2006.
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History
Rebellion was established by brothers Jason and Chris Kingsley in 1991. Their first known title was Alien Vs. Predator for the Atari Jaguar, which was considered one of the few good games for that console.
In June 2000 they bought the comic 2000 AD from Fleetway [1], 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 and has been very well received.
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 elected to continue the line on its own. Rebellion also added the Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files series, which has begun reprinting almost every Dredd appearance in chronological order.
In 2005, they had announced taking development of the sequel to Evil Genius[citation needed] since the original developer, Elixir Studios had closed its doors.
In 2006 Rebellion purchased Tomb Raider developers Core Design from Eidos, as well as Strangelite from Empire Interactive, making the company the largest independent[citation needed] 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,[2] with archives[3] and an online iPhone comic reading application[4] launched later. In August 2008, Blackfish Publishing, publisher of Death Ray magazine, announced it had been bought by Rebellion and[5] in September 2008, Rebellion acquired Mongoose Publishing,[6] who had previously published games like The Judge Dredd Role-Playing Game. In June 2009, it was announced[7] that Rebellion had acquired the role-playing and board games publisher Cubicle 7. In September 2009, Rebellion acquired Solaris Books from Games Workshop[8].
Rebellion group of companies
- Rebellion Developments (video game developer)
- Fearnort Production (film production company)
- 2000 AD (comic and graphic novel publishing company)
- Abaddon Books (horror, science fiction and fantasy book publishing company)
- Audiomotion (motion capture company)
- Clickwheel (digital publishing company)
- Blackfish Publishing (magazine 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 games developed by Rebellion
- Eye of the Storm (1993, Amiga and PC-DOS)
- Checkered Flag (1994, Jaguar)
- Alien vs. Predator (1994, Atari Jaguar)
- Klustar (1998, Game Boy)
- Aliens vs. Predator (1999, PC)
- Mission Impossible (1999, Game Boy Color)
- The Mummy (1999/2000, PC and PlayStation)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (1999, PlayStation version)
- Aliens vs. Predator Gold (2000, PC)
- Asterix: Search for Dogmatix (2000, Game Boy Color)
- Gunlok (2000, PC)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf (2000, PlayStation version)
- Largo Winch (2000, Playstation)
- Skyhammer (2000, Jaguar)
- Snood (2001, GBA)
- Klustar (2001, GBA)
- Midnight Club: Street Racing (2001, Game Boy Advance version)
- Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James (2001, PlayStation)
- Delta Force: Urban Warfare (2002, Playstation)
- Medal of Honor: Underground (2002, Game Boy Advance)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf (2002, Game Boy Advance)
- Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death (2003, PC, GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox)
- Gunfighter II: Revenge of Jesse James (2003, PlayStation 2)
- Iron Storm (2004, PS2, PC)
- Sniper Elite (2005, PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox)
- Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (2005, PlayStation 2)
- James Bond: From Russia with Love (2006 PSP)
- Dead to Rights: Reckoning (2006, PSP)
- GUN Showdown (2006, PSP)
- Rogue Trooper (2006, PC, Xbox and PS2, 2009 Wii)
- Miami Vice (2006, PSP)
- Delta Force: Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre (2006, PlayStation 2)
- Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (2007, PSP)
- Free Running (2007, PlayStation 2, PSP)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007, PSP)
- The Simpsons Game (2007, PlayStation 2, PSP, Wii)
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (video game) (2007, PSP)
- Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts(2008, PS2)
- Shellshock 2: Blood Trails (2009, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC)
- PDC World Championship Darts 2009 (2009 Wii)
- Rogue Warrior (2009, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC)
- Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (2009, PSP)
- Aliens vs Predator (2010, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
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
References
- ^ "Rebellion corporate history". http://www.rebellion.co.uk/corporate.html.
- ^ 2000AD Goes Digital: Taking Brit Comics Online, Newsarama, 17 December 2007
- ^ Rebellion, Clickwheel Post 2007 2000AD Archive Online, Newsarama, February 15, 2008
- ^ SDCC '08 - Clickwheel Unveils Comics Reader, Newsarama, July 30, 2008
- ^ All change at Blackfish, August 18, 2008
- ^ Mongoose Joins Rebellion, ICv2, September 2, 2008
- ^ "Cubicle 7 Joins Rebellion Group", June 2, 2009
- ^ "Rebellion acquires Solaris imprint", The Book Seller, September 3, 2009
- ^ "Develop Magazine Studio Profile". http://www.developmag.com/news/25583/Studio-Profile-Rebellion.
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