Sledgehammer Games UK Ltd.
Moby ID: 18515
- Blast Furnace, The (from 2012-08-09 to 2021-10-01)
- Activision Europe (Leeds) Limited (from 2011-11-15 to 2012-08-09)
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Sledgehammer Games UK is a division of the US company Sledgehammer Games, Inc. It is based in Guildford, England. The formation was announced in October 2021. It is led by Liz Wyle.
The company was previously already active for a long time. Activision Blizzard originally established it on 15th November 2011. It was based in Leeds, England and was originally called Activision Europe (Leeds) Limited. The studio was first publicly unveiled in May 2012. It was established with the help of Martyn Brown (former co-founder of Team17 Software Limited). Also on board were Mark Washbrook (former studio head of Rockstar London) and Mark Lloyd (former studio head of Rockstar Lincoln). In May 2012 the studio was said to eventually grow to a staff of 40 people. The company was renamed The Blast Furnace when it released its first game on 9th August 2012. It debuted with the iOS title Pitfall! as a reboot of the series to celebrate the 30th birthday of the original 1982 Pitfall! game. In the same month it became known Gordon Hall, former president of Rockstar Leeds, had joined the company. In 2013 the company released Call of Duty: Strike Team.
On 31st March 2014 Activision announced to close The Blast Furnace following a consultation period in January that year. On 18th June 2014 three developers from the studio, Jerr O'Carroll, Lizi Attwood and Matryn Bramall, announced the formation of the independent studio Mars On A Stick.
The company was then kept dormant until 1st October 2021 when it was relaunched as Sledgehammer Games UK.
Credited on 3 Games from 2012 to 2013
| Call of Duty: Strike Team (2013 on iPhone, Android, iPad) |
| Wipeout (2012 on Android, iPad, iPhone) |
| Pitfall! (2012 on iPhone, Android, iPad) |
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Companies- 3 games with Google LLC
- 3 games with Activision Publishing, Inc.
- 2 games with Unity Technologies ApS
- 2 games with PitStop Productions Ltd
- 2 games with Red Kite Games Limited
- 1 game with Marmalade Game Studio Ltd
- 1 game with Formosa Interactive, LLC
- 1 game with Snowbolt Interactive Ltd.
- 1 game with Blizzard Albany
- 1 game with Ubisoft Leamington
- 2 games with Paul Dunstan
- 2 games with Michael Collins
- 2 games with Paul Kilburn
- 2 games with John Kirk
- 2 games with Neil Dodwell
- 2 games with Jeremiah Maza
- 2 games with James Johnson
- 2 games with Jason Wong
- 2 games with Peter Cesario
- 2 games with Jerr O'Carroll
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