Eurocom

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This article is about the defunct UK video game development company. For other companies of this name, see Eurocom (disambiguation).

Eurocom
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FoundedOctober 1988
Founders
  • Mat Sneap
  • Chris Shrigley
  • Hugh Binns
  • Tim Rogers
  • Neil Baldwin
Defunct6 December 2012[1]
FateBankruptcy
HeadquartersDerby, England, United Kingdom
Number of employees
Approx. 250

Eurocom (formerly Eurocom Entertainment Software) was a British video game developer founded in October 1988 by Mat Sneap, Chris Shrigley, Hugh Binns, Tim Rogers and Neil Baldwin, to specifically develop games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Eurocom expanded to several other platforms, including handheld game systems and most major video game consoles. The company was known for its arcade to console ports and games based on licensed properties. They also developed a few original properties, such as Magician, Machine Hunter, 40 Winks, and Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy.

On 23 November 2012, Eurocom laid off around 75% of their 200 employees.[1] On 6 December 2012, the company laid off its remaining staff and ceased operations.[2]

Games developed by Eurocom[]

1990s[]

2000s[]

2010s[]

  • Vancouver 2010 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC) (2010)
  • GoldenEye 007 (Wii) (2010)
  • Rio (Wii) (2011)
  • Disney Universe (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC) (2011)
  • GoldenEye 007: Reloaded (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) (2011)
  • Harry Potter for Kinect (Xbox 360) (2012)
  • 007 Legends (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC) (2012)

Unreleased[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Karmali, Luke (23 November 2012). "007 Legends Dev Hit by Redundancies". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (7 December 2012). "James Bond developer Eurocom makes remaining staff redundant, ceases trading". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. ^ Caoili, Eric (15 July 2009). "Eurocom's Mystery Terry Jones NES Game: Erik the Viking". GameSetWatch. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  4. ^ Caoili, Eric (30 November 2019). "UNRELEASED Spider-Man 4 Game Found! (Cancelled SM4 Movie Tie-In)". Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2019 – via YouTube.

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