video game industry genre video games comics and books founded 1992 founder jason kingsley chris kingsley headquarters oxford england united kingdom area served worldwide key people jason kingsley ceo chris kingsley cto kevin floyer lea pd tim jones cd chris payton ad products sniper elite series number of employees 180 2016 divisions rebellion liverpool 1 subsidiaries rebellion publishing abaddon books 2000 ad solaris books website rebellion.co.uk rebellion developments ltd. commonly referred to as rebellion is an english video game developer based in oxford england known for its sniper elite series and multiple games in the alien vs. predator series . rebellion has published comic books since the year 2000 in which it purchased 2000 ad publisher of characters such as judge dredd and rogue trooper . the company launched its own book imprint abaddon books in 2006 . contents 1 history 2 video game studios 2.1 active 2.2 defunct 3 rebellion group of companies 4 list of video games developed 5 list of games published by rebellion 6 references 7 external links history edit rebellion was established by brothers jason and chris kingsley in 1991 . the team was later expanded to include artists stuart wilson toby banfield and justin rae and programmers mike beaton rob dibley and andrew whittaker . this expanded team was hired initially in order to work on two atari jaguar titles one of which was the high profile release alien vs predator 1994 . 2 in june 2000 they bought the comic 2000 ad from fleetway 3 and have since developed several characters from the comic for the games market . the first commercial release judge dredd dredd vs. death was mildly successful . a second game was released in 2006 based on rogue trooper . its 2005 game sniper elite was awarded best pc console game in the tiga awards of 2005 . 4 in 2004 rebellion entered a deal with dc comics to reprint several 2000 ad stories in trade paperback form including judge dredd strontium dog nikolai dante and sinister dexter . when dc left the venture citing poor sales rebellion created its own line of american graphic novels distributed through simon & schuster . in 2005 rebellion also created the judge dredd the complete case files series which has begun reprinting almost every appearance of judge dredd in chronological order . in 2006 following the demise of elixir studios rebellion purchased all ip related to the studio including evil genius and republic the revolution . 5 later in 2009 jason kingsley confirmed rights ownership of former vivendi franchises sold before merging with activision in 2008 as well as the intention of making new sequels of those and elixir studios games . 6 in 2006 rebellion purchased tomb raider developers core design from eidos interactive as well as strangelite from empire interactive making the company the largest independent european development studio . rebellion launched their novel imprint abaddon books and made a number of publishing purchases . these included buying clickwheel which was used to digitally published 2000 ad 7 with archives 8 and an online iphone comic reading application 9 launched later . rebellion was awarded the develop industry excellence award 2006 for most improved studio . 10 in august 2008 blackfish publishing publisher of death ray magazine announced it had been bought by rebellion . 11 in september 2008 rebellion acquired mongoose publishing 12 who had previously published games like the judge dredd roleplaying game . in 2009 rebellion s rogue warrior game received poor reviews but notable titles have included star wars battlefront renegade squadron for the playstation portable . in 2010 they developed the latest aliens vs. predator game published by sega which received a mixed critical reception but debuted at number one on the uk all formats chart . 13 as of june 2011 it is the fastest selling game of 2010 in the uk a record previously held by bioshock 2 ; 14 it was also the best selling game on steam as well as on the retail pc charts . 15 along with developing the title s characters for video games rebellion continues to publish 2000 ad as well as its sister title the judge dredd megazine . in june 2009 it was announced 16 that rebellion had acquired the role playing and board games publisher cubicle 7 . in september 2009 rebellion acquired solaris books from games workshop . 17 two games from rebellion are being released in 2012 neverdead published by konami and directed by shinta nojiri who was involved in the development of the metal gear solid series of games and sniper elite v2 which is being co published with 505 games . in july 2013 rebellion bought the battlezone and the moonbase commander franchises from the atari bankruptcy proceedings . 18 in 2014 a sequel to sniper elite v2 sniper elite iii was released . in september 2015 rebellion announced that the sniper elite series has now passed 10 million copies sold worldwide and is also celebrates its 10th anniversary this year . 19 video game studios edit active edit rebellion liverpool defunct edit rebellion derby rebellion group of companies edit rebellion developments video game developer fearnort production film production company 2000 ad comic and trade paperback publishing company abaddon books horror science fiction and fantasy book publishing company solaris books science fiction and fantasy book publishing company list of video games developed edit year title platform s 1993 eye of the storm amiga dos 1994 checkered flag atari jaguar 1994 alien vs predator atari jaguar 1998 klustar game boy game boy advance 1999 aliens versus predator mac os windows 1999 mission impossible game boy color 1999 the mummy playstation windows 1999 tom clancy s rainbow six playstation 2000 asterix search for dogmatix game boy color 2000 gunlok windows 2000 largo winch playstation 2000 skyhammer atari jaguar 2001 snood game boy advance 2001 midnight club street racing game boy advance 2001 gunfighter the legend of jesse james playstation 2002 tom clancy s rainbow six lone wolf playstation 2002 delta force urban warfare playstation 2002 medal of honor underground game boy advance 2002 tiger woods pga tour golf game boy advance 2003 judge dredd dredd vs. death gamecube playstation 2 windows xbox 2003 gunfighter ii revenge of jesse james playstation 2 2004 world war zero iron storm playstation 2 windows 2005 sniper elite playstation 2 wii windows xbox 2005 delta force black hawk down playstation 2 windows 2006 007 from russia with love playstation portable 2006 dead to rights reckoning playstation portable 2006 gun showdown playstation portable 2006 rogue trooper playstation 2 wii windows xbox 2006 miami vice the game playstation portable 2006 delta force black hawk down team sabre playstation 2 windows 2007 star wars battlefront renegade squadron playstation portable 2007 free running nintendo ds playstation 2 playstation portable wii windows 2007 harry potter and the order of the phoenix playstation portable 2007 aliens vs. predator requiem playstation portable 2007 the simpsons game playstation 2 playstation portable wii 2008 call of duty world at war final fronts playstation 2 2009 shellshock 2 blood trails playstation 3 windows xbox 360 2009 pdc world championship darts 2009 wii 2009 rogue warrior playstation 3 windows xbox 360 2009 star wars battlefront elite squadron playstation portable 2010 aliens vs predator playstation 3 windows xbox 360 2010 pdc world championship darts protour playstation 3 wii xbox 360 2011 judge dredd vs. zombies android ios windows phone 2012 neverdead playstation 3 xbox 360 2012 sniper elite v2 playstation 3 wii u windows xbox 360 2012 zombie hq android ios 2012 sinbad ios 2012 guns 4 hire android ios windows phone 2013 sniper elite nazi zombie army windows 2013 sniper elite nazi zombie army 2 windows 2014 sniper elite iii playstation 3 playstation 4 windows xbox 360 xbox one 2015 zombie army trilogy playstation 4 windows xbox one 2017 sniper elite 4 playstation 4 windows xbox one tba battlezone 20 playstation 4 windows list of games published by rebellion edit these games were originally developed and published by other companies but were subsequently acquired and re published by rebellion evil genius 2009 pc . originally developed by elixir studios and published in 2004 . republic the revolution 2009 pc . originally developed by elixir studios and published in 2003 . empire earth gold edition 2009 pc . originally developed by stainless steel studios and published in 2001 . the expansion pack was released in 2002 . ground control expansion 2009 pc . originally developed by massive entertainment and published in 2000 . ground control ii operation exodus se 2009 pc . originally developed by massive entertainment and published in 2004 . lords of the realm royal edition 2009 pc . originally developed by impressions games and published in 1994 . this includes lords of the realm ii published in 1996 . lords of the realm iii 2009 pc . originally developed by impressions games and published in 2004 . lords of magic special edition 2009 pc . originally developed by impressions games and published in 1998 . woolfe the red hood diaries 2015 pc . originally developed by grin gamestudio and published in 2015 . battlezone 98 redux 2016 pc . developed by big boat interactive . references edit http www.rebellion.co.uk jobs making the jaguar roar . gamepro 59 . idg . june 1994 . pp. 20 21 . rebellion corporate history . rebellion picks up tiga s game of the year award . gamesindustry.biz . 16 december 2005 . retrieved 15 may 2014 . alex 2 march 2006 . rebellion bought eg rights . evil genius chat . jonathan mayer and mark sowash . retrieved 10 june 2010 . john callaham 14 july 2009 . exclusive rebellion ceo reveals plans for new entries in former vivendi games series . big download . aol games . retrieved 10 june 2010 . 2000ad goes digital taking brit comics online newsarama 17 december 2007 . rebellion clickwheel post 2007 2000ad archive online newsarama 15 february 2008 . sdcc 08 clickwheel unveils comics reader newsarama 30 july 2008 . develop magazine studio profile . all change at blackfish 18 august 2008 . mongoose joins rebellion icv2 2 september 2008 news aliens vs. predator tops bioshock 2 in uk . gamasutra . 22 february 2010 . retrieved 20 july 2011 . batchelor james . uk charts aliens vs predator takes no. 1 games industry mcv . mcvuk.com . retrieved 20 july 2011 . best selling pc download games of the week aliens vs predator tops charts . the independent . london . 23 february 2010 . retrieved 23 april 2010 . cubicle 7 joins rebellion group 2 june 2009 rebellion acquires solaris imprint the book seller 3 september 2009 lee aaron 22 july 2013 . wargaming and rebellion claim atari ips latest news from the game development industry develop . develop online.net . retrieved 15 may 2014 . sniper elite series sells 10 million . gamespot . retrieved 7 october 2015 . yin poole wesley 16 june 2015 . rebellion revives battlezone for virtual reality headsets . eurogamer . retrieved 16 june 2015 . external links edit official website v t e rebellion publishing 2000 ad titles 2000 ad judge dredd megazine staff tharg the mighty matt smith keith richardson luke preece simon pye parr kathryn symes authors artists nick abadzis dan abnett massimo belardinelli simon bisley brian bolland chris cunningham alan davis d israeli garth ennis carlos ezquerra michael fleisher gerry finley day henry flint tom frame neil gaiman dave gibbons ian gibson alan grant trevor hairsine jamie hewlett john higgins david hine frazer irving jock cam kennedy brendan mccarthy mike mcmahon mark millar peter milligan pat mills alan moore grant morrison kevin o neill arthur ranson gordon rennie john smith richard starkings bryan talbot john wagner kev walker chris weston solaris books staff jonathan oliver david moore jenni hill authors adam roberts andy remic brian lumley chris roberson conrad a. williams david louis edelman ed greenwood ellen datlow emily gee