Pitbull Studio

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Pitbull Studio Limited
Company type Private
Industry Video games
Founded 2010 ; 14 years ago  ( 2010 )
Founder Robert Troughton
Defunct 5 August 2014  ( 2014-08-05 )
Fate Merged into Epic Games UK
Headquarters ,

Pitbull Studio Limited was a British video game developer based in Houghton-le-Spring , England, with additional offices in Guildford and Leamington Spa . [1]

History [ edit ]

Pitbull Studio was formed in 2010, a year after the collapse of Midway Studios ? Newcastle . [2] [3] Initially working on motion tracking games for the health sector, [4] the studio later won a contract to develop Unreal Engine 4 with Epic Games . [5] [6]

On 5 August 2014, Epic Games announced that Pitbull Studios would effectively be merged into a new development entity, Epic Games UK . [7]

Games developed [ edit ]

Year Game Platform(s)
2010 Circus Challenge Microsoft Windows
2011 BigTopTHD Android
2012 Silent Hill: Downpour Xbox 360
2013 Gears of War: Judgment Xbox 360

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "New Guildford office for Pitbull Studio" . GamesIndustry.biz. 6 June 2013 . Retrieved 5 August 2014 .
  2. ^ "Troughton resurrects Pitbull name" . GamesIndustry.biz. 14 July 2010 . Retrieved 5 August 2014 .
  3. ^ "Pitbull Bytes: From humble beginnings" . Develop . 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015 . Retrieved 22 January 2018 .
  4. ^ "Pitbull's Big Top wins NHS innovation award" . GamesIndustry.biz. 23 June 2011 . Retrieved 5 August 2014 .
  5. ^ Gilbert, Ben (17 May 2012). "Pitbull Studio assisting with Unreal Engine 4, also developing UE4-based games" . Joystiq . Retrieved 5 August 2014 .
  6. ^ "Epic Games acquires Pitbull Studio and turns it into Epic Games UK" . Polygon . 5 August 2014.
  7. ^ Phillips, Tom (5 August 2014). "Epic founds new UK studio, Epic Games UK" . Eurogamer.net . Retrieved 5 August 2014 .