Empire Interactive


"Xplosiv" redirects here. For La Mafia album, see Xplosiv (La Mafia album).























Empire Interactive
Former type
Defunct
IndustryInteractive entertainment
FateAdministration
Founded1987
FounderIan Higgins and Simon Jeffrey[1]
Defunct2009 (2009)
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom

ParentSilverstar Holdings (2006-2009)
Subsidiaries
Xplosiv
Grabit
Website
www.empireinteractive.com Edit this on Wikidata

Empire Interactive is a defunct video game developer and publisher founded in 1987. It went out of business in 2009.




Contents





  • 1 Company history


  • 2 Xplosiv


  • 3 Games


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Company history


Empire Interactive was a publisher of interactive entertainment software for 22 years. Headquartered in the UK, they also had offices in the U.S., Germany, France, Spain and Italy. The company developed and published a varied range of titles for all contemporary platforms in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Games such as Starsky & Hutch, Big Mutha Truckers, the Ford Racing series and FlatOut were some of their major successes.[2] They also operated the "Xplosiv" and "eJay" imprints, focusing on budget titles and music creation tools respectively.


After struggling financially for several years, they were purchased by Silverstar Holdings in 2006 and became a wholly owned subsidiary. On 4 May 2009 it was announced that the company had gone into administration and would be shutting down permanently. Their intellectual properties were sold to New World IP of the United States and all 49 staff were laid off.[3] New World IP then leased the rights to publish Empire's entire catalogue to Zoo Games.[4]



Xplosiv


Xplosiv, established in January 2000, was Empire Interactive's publishing label for budget or rerelease games by Empire themselves or contracted third parties. Empire positioned the published titles with price points of £9.99 and £4.99 in 2001, and in late 2002 added PlayStation 2 titles into the range, at £9.99 and £19.99.[5]


Xplosiv planned to enter the U.S. market in 2005.[6]



Games


Games published and/or developed by Empire include:



  • 101st Airborne in Normandy

  • 911: First Responders

  • Animal Paradise

  • Animal Paradise 2

  • Antz Extreme Racing

  • Big Mutha Truckers

  • Big Mutha Truckers 2: Truck Me Harder

  • Campaign

  • Campaign II

  • The Civil War

  • Coala

  • Combat Chess


  • Crazy Taxi (PC)


  • Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (PC)


  • Dino Crisis 2 (PC)


  • Double Dragon (XBLA version)

  • Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

  • DreamWeb

  • Enemy Engaged: Apache Havoc

  • Enemy Engaged: Comanche Hokum


  • Enemy Zero (PC)


  • FlatOut series

  • Flying Corps Gold

  • Ford Racing

  • Ford Racing 2

  • Ford Racing 3


  • Ford Racing Full Blown (developed for SEGA Amusements Europe)

  • Ford Racing Off Road

  • Ford Street Racing

  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy

  • Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned

  • Ghost Master

  • Go Go Copter

  • Hanna Barbera's Turbo Toons

  • Harvest Moon Online


  • Heavy Gear II (PC)


  • Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams (DS)


  • Hot Wheels: Beat That! (unpublished)


  • The House of The Dead (PC)


  • The House of The Dead 2 (PC)

  • International Cricket Captain


  • Jackass: The Game (PS2, PSP and DS versions)

  • Jacked

  • The Longest Journey


  • Mashed (aka Drive To Survive)


  • Midtown Madness 2 (PC)


  • Panzer Dragoon (PC)

  • Paraworld


  • Pepsi Max Extreme Sports (PC)

  • Pipe Mania


  • Pro Pinball series


  • SEGA Bass Fishing (PC)


  • SEGA Marine Fishing (PC)


  • SEGA Rally 2 (PC)


  • SEGA Rally Championship (PC)


  • SEGA Touring Car Championship (PC)

  • Sheep

  • Sleeping Gods Lie


  • Solid Ice (PC)


  • Space Ace (SNES)


  • Spin Jam (PS1)

  • Starship Troopers

  • Stars!

  • Starsky & Hutch

  • Speedball

  • Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe

  • Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory

  • Taito Legends 2

  • Taito Legends


  • Team Yankee and its sequels Pacific Islands and War in the Gulf

  • Total Immersion Racing


  • Unsolved Crimes (DS)


  • Virtua Cop 2 (PC)


  • Virtua Tennis (PC)

  • Volfied

  • War Along the Mohawk

  • Warrior Kings: Battles

  • Yogi Bear's Cartoon Capers



References




  1. ^ "Empire Interactive Europe Ltd". MobyGames. Retrieved 2013-10-29..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ Empire Interactive information Archived 19 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine from IGN


  3. ^ Empire IP Rights Sold As 49 Staff Made Redundant from GamesIndustry.biz


  4. ^ Graft, Kris (7 May 2009). "Zoo Publishing Picks Up Empire Slate". Gamasutra. Retrieved 12 May 2009.


  5. ^ XPLOSIV INVADES RETAIL WITH IT’S (sic) 250TH TITLE!


  6. ^ Xplosive - About Us




External links


  • Archived company page

  • Archived Xplosiv page


  • Empire Interactive company profile at MobyGames


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