Empire Interactive
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Empire Interactive was a UK based video game developer
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...

 and publisher
Video game publisher
A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....

 founded in 1987. It was closed under administration on 4 May 2009.

About Empire Interactive

Empire Interactive was a publisher of interactive entertainment software for 22 years. Headquartered in the UK, they also had offices in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, 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
Big Mutha Truckers
Big Mutha Truckers is a racing video game developed by British studio Eutechnyx. Set in fictional Hick County, the game revolves around completing trips between cities, delivering goods, and competing in races while at the helm of an eighteen wheeler...

, Ford Racing
Ford Racing
Ford Racing is the Ford Motor Company's racing division and the multinational name used for its motorsport activity.-History:* 1896 - Henry Ford reached a top speed of 20 mph in his first car, Quadricycle....

and FlatOut
FlatOut
FlatOut is a racing video game developed by Finnish Bugbear Entertainment and published by Empire Interactive and Vivendi Universal Games in 2004 and 2005. Gameplay in Flatout places emphasis on demolition derby-style races, and features a sophisticated physics engine...

were some of their major successes. 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 (bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....

) and would be shutting down permanently. Their intellectual properties
Intellectual property
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 were sold to New World IP of the United States and all 49 staff were laid off. New World IP then leased the rights to publish Empires entire catalogue to Zoo Games.

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.

Xplosiv also planned to enter USA market in 2005.

Games

Games published and/or developed by Empire include:
  • Animal Paradise
    Animal Paradise
    Animal Paradise is a 2007 video game by Empire Interactive for the Nintendo DS. Its sequel, Animal Paradise Wild, was released in 2009.-Animal Paradise Wild:...

  • Animal Paradise 2
  • Big Mutha Truckers
    Big Mutha Truckers
    Big Mutha Truckers is a racing video game developed by British studio Eutechnyx. Set in fictional Hick County, the game revolves around completing trips between cities, delivering goods, and competing in races while at the helm of an eighteen wheeler...

  • Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller
  • Double Dragon
    Double Dragon
    is a classic beat 'em up video game series initially developed by Technos Japan Corporation, who also developed the Kunio-kun series ....

    (XBLA version)
  • Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
  • Dreamweb
    Dreamweb
    Dreamweb is a DOS and Amiga parser-free cyberpunk top-down adventure game first released in 1992, then later released on CD in 1994, and developed by Creative Reality and published by Empire Interactive Entertainment....

  • FlatOut series
  • Flying Corps Gold
  • Ford Racing
  • Ford Racing 2
  • Ford Racing 3
  • Ford Street Racing
    Ford Street Racing
    Ford Street Racing is a game commissioned by Ford for the Xbox, PC, PlayStation 2. It was also to PSP under the name Ford Bold Moves Street Racing, a name later adopted for all other consoles. It was released September 19, 2006 in the United States...

  • Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
    Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
    Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned is the third and final game in the Gabriel Knight series of adventure games by Sierra Online. The game was designed by Jane Jensen, Gabriel Knight's creator. In a departure from the previous two entries, the score is composed by David...

  • Ghost Master
    Ghost Master
    Ghost Master is a puzzle/strategy game for the PC. It is among a small selection of games, for more see below, that put the player in the role of the enemy. In this case, the player assumes the role of a Ghost Master, a bureaucratic spirit tasked to perform certain duties...

  • Go Go Copter
  • Hanna Barbera's Turbo Toons
    Hanna Barbera's Turbo Toons
    Hanna Barbera's Turbo Toons is a Europe-exclusive video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that was released in 1994. The entire game is in the English language.-Summary:...

  • International Cricket Captain
  • Jackass: The Game
    Jackass: The Game
    Jackass: The Game is a video game based on the television series Jackass. It was developed under license by Sidhe Interactive in Wellington, New Zealand for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable...

    (PS2, PSP and DS versions)
  • Harvest Moon Online
  • Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams
    Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams
    Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams is a Hello Kitty game for the Nintendo DS.Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams offers two unique, yet complementary styles of play: exploration and mini-game. Exploration mode offers the chance to take control of Hello Kitty and explore a 3D city, complete with streets,...

    (DS)
  • Hot Wheels: Beat That!
    Hot Wheels: Beat That!
    Hot Wheels: Beat That! is a video game released in September 2007 developed by Eutechnyx. The PSP version titled Hot Wheels Ultimate Racing was released in July 2007.-Gameplay:...

    (Unpublished)
  • Mashed
    Mashed
    Mashed is a video game published by Empire Interactive for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 as well as PC. It was developed by Supersonic Software on the RenderWare engine. It is a top-down racing/vehicular combat game, similar in style to Micro Machines, Circuit Breakers and Super Sprint.Each race...

    (aka. Drive To Survive)
  • Pro Pinball
    Pro Pinball
    Pro Pinball is a series of four pinball computer games developed by Cunning Developments and produced by Empire Interactive, released between 1996 and 2000. The four games of the series are: The Web, Timeshock!, Big Race USA, and Fantastic Journey...

    Series
  • Starsky and Hutch
    Starsky and Hutch
    Starsky and Hutch is a 1970s American cop thriller television series that consisted of a 90-minute pilot movie and 92 episodes of 60 minutes each; created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast between April 30, 1975 and May 15, 1979 on the ABC...

    series
  • Starship Troopers
    Starship Troopers (First Person Shooter)
    Starship Troopers is a first-person shooter game developed by Strangelite Studios and published by Empire Interactive. The game is based upon the canon of the film Starship Troopers by Paul Verhoeven....

  • Stars!
    Stars!
    Stars! is a complex turn-based computer game based around the management of planets and fleets of spaceships following the 4X game model...

  • Speedball
    Speedball
    Speedball is one of the two distinct game variants in the sport of paintball, the other being woodsball. It is a general term for a game in which the playing field is composed of bunkers, of the same location and number on each side of the field, that provide an equal playing field for each team...

  • Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
    Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (XBLA)
    Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe is a remake of the original Bitmap Brothers Amiga game, developed by Empire Interactive for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. The game was released on October 17, 2007 for 800 Microsoft Points ....

  • Taito Legends Special Edited
    Taito Legends
    Taito Legends is a compilation of 29 arcade games released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC in October 2005. The games were originally developed by Taito Corporation. The European release was published by Empire Interactive, who had licensed the games from Taito and developed the compilation...

    (WII)
  • Taito Legends 2 Special Edited
    Taito Legends 2
    Taito Legends 2 is the sequel to Taito Legends and is a follow-up collection of 39 Taito arcade games for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC....

    (WII)
  • Team Yankee
    Team Yankee (video game)
    Team Yankee is a video game adapaptation of the 1987 Harold Coyle's World War III novel Team Yankee that was developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises for the Amiga, Atari ST and DOS systems....

    and its sequels Pacific Islands
    Pacific Islands (video game)
    Pacific Islands is a computer game developed by Empire Interactive in 1992 for the PC/MS-DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.-Plot:Pacific Islands is a tank simulation game which simulates platoon-style tank combat. A member of the Soviet Communist Party has seized control of the fictitious Yama Yama Isles in...

    and War in the Gulf
    War in the Gulf
    War in the Gulf is a third game in the tank combat series, following from Team Yankee and Pacific Islands. The game imagines a situation in which Iraq invades Kuwait for a second time....

  • The Civil War
  • The Longest Journey
    The Longest Journey
    The Longest Journey is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Norwegian studio Funcom for the PC. First published by IQ Media Nordic in Norway in 1999, it was later localized for and released in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, Spain, Denmark,...

  • Total Immersion Racing
  • Unsolved Crimes
    Unsolved Crimes
    Unsolved Crimes is an adventure video game for Nintendo DS, published by Empire Interactive.-Plot:The game is set in New York City. The player is a rookie detective from the homicide division. There are eight cases in the game, and one larger case divided into sections. In this case, a model...

    (DS)
  • Volfied
    Volfied
    is an arcade game released by Taito in 1989.A port for MS-DOS has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991....

  • Warrior Kings: Battles
    Warrior Kings: Battles
    Warrior Kings: Battles is a real-time strategy computer game developed by Black Cactus and published by Empire Interactive in Europe and co published with Strategy First in North America...


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