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Razorworks

Moby ID: 1788

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Razorworks, founded in 1996, was an internal development studio of Empire Interactive Europe Limited. Empire acquired the company in November 2000. When Empire let know in June 2008 that it wanted to sell the studio, it was acquired one month later by Rebellion. The staff of 30 people moved across to Rebellion's own Oxford set-up.

Razorworks was especially known for the Ford Racing series.

Credited on 15 Games from 1998 to 2008

Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams (2008 on Nintendo DS)
Pipe Mania (2008 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS...)
Ford Racing Off Road (2008 on Windows, PlayStation 2, PSP...)
Ford Street Racing: XR Edition (2007 on PSP, PlayStation 2)
Ford Bold Moves Street Racing (2006 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox...)
Ford Racing: Full Blown (2006 on Arcade)
Ford Racing 3 (2005 on Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS)
Taito Legends (2005 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
Ford Racing 3 (2004 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
Ford Racing 2 (2003 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox...)
Total Immersion Racing (2002 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox...)
Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche versus Ka-52 Hokum (2000 on Windows, Macintosh)
Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc (1998 on Windows)
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (1990 on DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance...)
Double Dragon (1987 on DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance...)

History +

July 2008

The company is acquired by Rebellion. The staff of 30 people moves across to Rebellion's own Oxford set-up.

June 11, 2008

It is announced Empire Interactive wants to close or sell the studio. Razorworks had a new Wii game in pre-production at the time.

November 2000

Company acquired by Empire Interactive.

1996

Company founded.

Trivia +

The company website was formerly located at www.razorworks.com

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