Circle Studio was a
video game developer
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located in
Derby,
United Kingdom.
The company was formed and staffed in October 2003 by a group of former employees at
Core Design, a studio owned by
Eidos Interactive
Square Enix Limited (formerly Domark Limited and Eidos Interactive Limited) is a British subsidiary of the Japanese video game company Square Enix, acting as their European publishing arm. The company formerly owned ''Tomb Raider'', which was in ...
. The founders of the new company, brothers Jeremy Heath-Smith and Adrian Smith, had a managerial role in the ''
Tomb Raider'' series, which was Core Design's best known creation.
In 2005, Circle Studio finished working on a title called ''
Without Warning'', a
third-person shooter for the
PlayStation 2
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and
Xbox. It was published by
Capcom
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. The game was generally poorly received, and after releasing it, Circle Studio transitioned to developing and publishing licensed DVD games, with distribution handled by Pinnacle Vision.
Despite having secured a 7 figure investment from the Royal Bank of Scotland in May 2006 the company was liquidated in February 2007.
Games
Video Games
* ''
Without Warning'' (2005)
DVD Games
* ''2006 FIFA World Cup Trivia Challenge''
* ''Blockbusters''
* ''British Hit Singles and Albums''
* ''Discovery Kids: Killers of the Wild''
* ''Discovery Kids: Myths and Monsters''
* ''Eurosport Total Sports Quiz''
* ''NBA Challenge''
* ''Madagascar: Animal Trivia DVD Game''
* ''Now That's What I Call A Music Quiz''
* ''The Price is Right''
* ''Shrek: Totally Tangled Tales''
References
External links
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Video game development companies
Video game companies established in 2003
Video game companies disestablished in 2007
Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom
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