Rage plc

This holding company was originally incorporated and registered in England and Wales on 30th April 1976 as Bristol Coin Equipment (Holdings) Limited as an arcade and snooker company. The name was changed to B.C.E. (Holdings) Limited on 7th July 1983. On 18th August 1986 the company re-registered as a public company and changed its name to B.C.E. Holdings plc on 15th September 1986.

B.C.E. Holdings plc became relevant to the games industry when it acquired development studios Rage Games Ltd. and Software Creations Ltd. in December 1994 to form BCE Multimedia, a strong force for the Nintendo 64 platform.

The company changed its name to Rage Software plc on 19 November 1996 and eventually to Rage plc on 7 December 2001.

In November 2001, the holding company was comprised of the following studios:

• BCE Arcades Limited (dormant)
• Bristol Coin Equipment Limited (dormant)
• Caffeine Studios Limited
• The Composition Billiard Ball Company Limited (dormant)
• Digital Image Design Limited
• The Internet Football Club Limited
• Rage.Com Limited (dormant)
• Rage Games Limited
• Rage Games (Scotland) Limited
• Rage Multimedia Limited
• Rage On-Line Limited (dormant)
• RGB Tree Limited
• Splinter Limited (dormant)
• Vitalite Limited (dormant)
• Wayward Design Limited

The company also owned 20% in Denki Ltd.. Rage Multimedia Limited itself was an intermediate holding company that owned the following studios:

• Caffeine Studios Limited
• Digital Image Design Limited
• The Internet Football Club Limited
• Rage.Com Limited (dormant)
• Rage Games Limited
• Rage Games (Scotland) Limited
• Rage On-Line Limited (dormant)
• RGB Tree Limited
• Wayward Design Limited

Following the withdrawal of its manufacturing credit facility by its bankers, the entire company went into liquidation in January 2003. At that time, Rage plc employed approximately 160 people in locations around the United Kingdom (Liverpool, Newcastle, Bristol, and Warrington), the majority of whom were involved in games development.