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Oxford, UK – 3 January
2019 – Independent UK
developer and publisher Rebellion today announced the acquisition
of Yorkshire-based studio TickTock Games for an undisclosed sum.
TickTock Games,
founded by industry veterans Arden Aspinall, Jonathan Wright and Paul
Kelly, have worked with many major partners across their 12-year history,
including Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Nvidia and BBC Worldwide.
TickTock have recently lent their creative and industry expertise to
Rebellion projects, working on Rogue Trooper Redux and the Nintendo Switch
version of Battlezone Gold Edition.
TickTock Games will
become Rebellion North, the fourth games studio falling under
Rebellion’s umbrella, joining Rebellion Liverpool and Rebellion Warwick as
sister studios to the company’s headquarters in Oxford. Rebellion North
has already begun work on upcoming Rebellion games, as the
company readies itself for another big year, with multiple
unannounced titles set to launch in 2019.
“Bringing more
great people to the company is a great way to start 2019,” said
Rebellion CEO and Co-Founder Jason Kingsley OBE. “The company continues
to grow and it’s of utmost important we bring in the right people. We’ve
worked with the team at TickTock Games for a while now, and we know they’ll
continue to prosper as Rebellion North.”
The news comes after
another landmark year for Rebellion, which not only saw the release of new IP
Strange Brigade, but saw the company acquire a $100m film
studio facility and become the custodian of the world’s largest
catalogue of English language comic book IP, thanks to the acquisition of the
comics and fiction assets formerly belonging to IPC.
The year closed out
with more good news, as Rebellion Co-Founder and CTO Chris Kingsley was
awarded an OBE for services to the Economy in the New Years Honours List
in recognition of his services to independent UK games development and the UK
games industry as a whole, having led Rebellion with his brother for more
than 25 years. |
