BossAlien is a
game
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developer based in
Brighton
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, UK.
BossAlien was founded by ex-employees of
Disney's
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Black Rock Studio
Black Rock Studio Limited was a British video game developer based in Brighton, England. It was a division of Disney Interactive Studios. The studio was founded by Tony Beckwith in 1998 as Pixel Planet. It was acquired by the Climax Studios, Cl ...
in June, 2011.
In July 2012, BossAlien Ltd was acquired by
NaturalMotion
NaturalMotion Limited is a British video game development company with development offices in London, Brighton and Birmingham. Founded in November 2001 as a spin-out company from Oxford University, NaturalMotion specialises in creating animatio ...
Games Ltd.
In January 2014,
Zynga
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acquired NaturalMotion.
The most notable release to date is the
free-to-play
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drag-racing game
CSR Racing
''Custom Street Racing'' is a free-to-play drag-racing game by Boss Alien and NaturalMotion Games. In the game, the player takes the role of a new racer looking to gain fame in a deserted city ruled by five racing "crews". A sequel was releas ...
, which was released in June 2012, on
iOS
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and later on Android. ''CSR Racing'', reached number one in Top Grossing and Top Free
App Store
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charts across the world.
The follow-up title to CSR Racing was
CSR Classics, released in October 2013 on iOS. CSR Classics features game mechanics similar to its sister title but features classic race cars from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Games developed
References
External links
BossAlien website
Video game companies established in 2011
Video game companies of the United Kingdom
2011 establishments in the United Kingdom
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