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Pitbull Studio Limited

Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Founder	Robert Troughton
Defunct	5 August 2014 (2014-08-05)
Fate	Merged into Epic Games UK
Headquarters	Houghton-le-Spring, England

Pitbull Studio Limited was a British video game developer based in Houghton-le-Spring, England, with additional offices in Guildford and Leamington Spa.

History

Pitbull Studio was formed in 2010, a year after the collapse of Midway Studios – Newcastle. Initially working on motion tracking games for the health sector, the studio later won a contract to develop Unreal Engine 4 with Epic Games.

On 5 August 2014, Epic Games announced that Pitbull Studios would effectively be merged into a new development entity, Epic Games UK.

Games developed

References

1. "New Guildford office for Pitbull Studio". GamesIndustry.biz. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
2. "Troughton resurrects Pitbull name". GamesIndustry.biz. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
3. "Pitbull Bytes: From humble beginnings". Develop. 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
4. "Pitbull's Big Top wins NHS innovation award". GamesIndustry.biz. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
5. Gilbert, Ben (17 May 2012). "Pitbull Studio assisting with Unreal Engine 4, also developing UE4-based games". Joystiq. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
6. "Epic Games acquires Pitbull Studio and turns it into Epic Games UK". Polygon. 5 August 2014.
7. Phillips, Tom (5 August 2014). "Epic founds new UK studio, Epic Games UK". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

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List of games
Games developed	Jazz Jackrabbit Jazz Jackrabbit Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Unreal Unreal Facing Worlds Tournament (1999) Tournament 2003 Championship Tournament 2004 Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict Tournament 3 Tournament (cancelled) Gears of War Gears of War Gears of War 2 Gears of War 3 Gears of War: Judgment Infinity Blade Infinity Blade Infinity Blade II Infinity Blade III Fortnite Save the World Battle Royale "Tilted Towers" "Peely" Creative "Fortnite Holocaust Museum" Lego Fortnite Rocket Racing Fortnite Festival Other ZZT Jill of the Jungle Kiloblaster Silverball Xargon Extreme Pinball 7th Legion Age of Wonders Shadow Complex Bulletstorm Robo Recall Paragon The Matrix Awakens
Third-party publishing	Epic MegaGames Castle of the Winds Brix Electro Man Ken's Labyrinth Ancients 1: Death Watch Solar Winds Zone 66 The Adventures of Robbo Epic Pinball Heartlight Highway Hunter One Must Fall: 2097 Traffic Department 2192 Radix: Beyond the Void Tyrian Seek and Destroy Epic Games Publishing Kid A Mnesia Exhibition PC Building Simulator 2 Rumbleverse Alan Wake II
Technology	Unreal Engine 1 2 3 4 5 UEFN Verse Epic Citadel Epic Games Store Houseparty Sketchfab Bink Video
Subsidiaries	Current Chair Entertainment Cloudgine Harmonix Psyonix Mediatonic Former Impossible Studios Titan Studios Pitbull Studio People Can Fly Bandcamp
People	Current Tim Sweeney Mark Rein Steve Polge Sjoerd De Jong Former Rod Fergusson Cliff Bleszinski Mike Capps
Related	Make Something Unreal Fortnite World Cup Epic Games v. Apple Epic Games v. Google Coalition for App Fairness
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