Bottlerocket Entertainment
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BottleRocket Entertainment was a third-party video game developer founded by Jay Beard (previously head of Sony San Diego), composed primarily of former Sony San Diego employees and animators. Many of them worked on The Mark of Kri
before the studio was formed.
BottleRocket Entertainment was developing Splatterhouse, a beat'em up title in the Splatterhouse
franchise by Namco Bandai
, but was removed from the project after an unspecified "performance issue" caused a split. Several former BottleRocket employees accepted new positions within Namco Bandai continuing their work on the title.
BottleRocket Entertainment was reported to be developing a licensed title for Brash Entertainment
, which was cancelled when Brash went out of business. A source in Kotaku
revealed the game to be DC Comics character The Flash. Footage of the cancelled title was posted on YouTube
by a former employee of BottleRocket Entertainment.
Jay Beard recently announced in an email to Kotaku that, "after fighting to keep the doors open for the past six months we have decided to close and move on." The company was officially closed on September 3, 2009, and Beard is reported to be "building a new development studio from the ground up."
The Mark of Kri
The Mark of Kri is an action-adventure game developed by SCE San Diego Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 on July 19, 2002 in North America, March 14, 2003 in Europe and October 23, 2003 in Japan....
before the studio was formed.
BottleRocket Entertainment was developing Splatterhouse, a beat'em up title in the Splatterhouse
Splatterhouse
is a beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Namco. It is also subsequently the title of the entire series of games released in home console and personal computer formats....
franchise by Namco Bandai
Namco Bandai
, also known as the Bandai Namco Group, is a Japanese holding company formed from the merger of Namco and Bandai. It has interests in toys, video games and arcades, anime, and amusement parks. The new entity was founded on September 29, 2005...
, but was removed from the project after an unspecified "performance issue" caused a split. Several former BottleRocket employees accepted new positions within Namco Bandai continuing their work on the title.
BottleRocket Entertainment was reported to be developing a licensed title for Brash Entertainment
Brash Entertainment
Brash Entertainment was an American video game publisher focused on licensed games.The company was co-founded in 2007 by Thomas Tull, Bert Ellis, President and COO Nicholas Longano, and CEO and Chairman Mitch Davis....
, which was cancelled when Brash went out of business. A source in Kotaku
Kotaku
Kotaku is a video games-focused blog. It is part of Gawker Media's "Gawker" network of sites, which also includes Gizmodo, Deadspin, Lifehacker, io9 and Jezebel. Named to CNET News' Blog 100, Kotaku is consistently listed in the top 40 of Technorati's Top 100...
revealed the game to be DC Comics character The Flash. Footage of the cancelled title was posted on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
by a former employee of BottleRocket Entertainment.
Jay Beard recently announced in an email to Kotaku that, "after fighting to keep the doors open for the past six months we have decided to close and move on." The company was officially closed on September 3, 2009, and Beard is reported to be "building a new development studio from the ground up."
List of BottleRocket Entertainment games
- Rise of the KasaiRise of the KasaiRise of the Kasai is an action game developed by BottleRocket Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America for the PlayStation 2 video game console. Released in 2005, the game serves as a followup to the 2002 game The Mark of Kri...
- 2005 (PS2PlayStation 2The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
) - Xiaolin ShowdownXiaolin Showdown (video game)Xiaolin Showdown is a Beat 'em up and adventure game based on the Kids WB/CW4Kids cartoon of the same name. It was released on November 14, 2006. Players are able to play as the Xiaolin Apprentices, and one of the game objectives is to get the Shen Gong Wu. It is possible that new Shen Gong Wu were...
- Annoying Orange: Kitchen CarnageAnnoying Orange: Kitchen CarnageAnnoying Orange: Kitchen Carnage is a video game based on the popular comedy web series The Annoying Orange. It was released for the iPod Touch and iPhone on April 7, 2011 and in HD for the iPad on May 6, 2011 on iTunes...
External links
- Company profile at GameSpy.comGameSpyGameSpy Industries, Inc., known simply as GameSpy, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software. GameSpy dates back to the 1996 release of an internet Quake server search program named QSpy. The current...
- Company profile at jobs.gamasutra.comGamasutraGamasutra is a website founded in 1997 for video game developers. It is owned and operated by UBM TechWeb , a division of United Business Media, and acts as the online sister publication to the print magazine Game Developer...