Razorworks
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Razorworks was a video game developer based in Kidlington, United Kingdom. Razorworks, established in 1996, became an internal development studio for Empire Interactive Europe Limited after its acquisition in November 2000. In June 2008, Empire Interactive announced plans to sell or close the studio, which at the time had a new Wii game in pre-production. The studio was closed in July 2008 due to Empire Interactive's poor financial situation (Empire Interactive subsequently went into administration in May 2009). The following month, Rebellion Developments acquired Razorworks, integrating its 30-member team into Rebellion's Oxford facility.[1]
During its 12-year lifetime the team grew from 4 to 34 people and produced a total of 14 titles for PC and games consoles.
Razorworks initially developed the Enemy Engaged series of combat flight simulators which were nominated for several Simulation Game of the Year awards.[2] Razorworks subsequently developed a number of titles for Empire Interactive's Ford Racing series, including Ford Racing Full Blown, a coin-op video game developed for Sega Amusements of Europe.[3] Razorworks also developed arcade machine emulation technology used to produce the Taito Legends titles and Double Dragon for Xbox Live Arcade. Razorworks' final project was a remake of Empire Interactive's classic puzzle game Pipe Mania.
Razorworks developed games for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Wii and Sega arcade cabinets.[4]
Games
[edit]Razorworks is credited on 15 Games from 1998 to 2008:
- Enemy Engaged: Apache vs Havoc (1998 on Windows)
- Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche vs. KA-52 Hokum (2000 on Windows, Macintosh)
- Total Immersion Racing (2002 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox...)
- Ford Racing 2 (2003 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox...)
- Ford Racing 3 (2004 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Taito Legends (2005 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Ford Racing Full Blown (2006 on Arcade)
- Taito Legends 2 (2005 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Ford Street Racing (2006 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox...)
- Ford Street Racing: XR Edition (2007 on PSP, PlayStation 2)
- Double Dragon (2007 on DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance...)
- Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (1990 on DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance...)
- Ford Racing Off Road (2008 on Windows, PlayStation 2, PSP...)
- Pipe Mania (2008 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS...)
- Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams (2008 on Nintendo DS)
References
[edit]- ^ "Razorworks". MobyGames. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "Enemy Engaged Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
- ^ "Ford Racing Full Blown". Sega Retro. 2024-07-25. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
- ^ "Razorworks (Company)". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
External links
[edit]- Official website (archived)
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