DC Studios


DC Studios Inc. was a British-Canadian video game developer based in Montreal, Quebec. Originally founded in Glasgow, Scotland, in December 1999, the company later expanded to Montreal, Edinburgh, Scotland and Dublin, Ireland. In May 2005, the company acquired State of Emergency 2 from the defunct VIS Entertainment. The game released to severe financial underperformance, as a result of which all DC Studios operations in the United Kingdom were halted, leaving only the Montreal studio with 55 employees, which in turn shut down in September the following year.

History

DC Studios was founded on 3 December 1999. It was set up in Glasgow, Scotland, by Mark Greenshields, who had previously left Steel Monkeys, another Scotland-based development studio. In November 2000, the company expanded with a second outfit located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In August 2003, Andrew McLennan left his position as commercial director from Steel Monkeys, at the time run by his brother Derek as managing director, to join DC Studio as business development director. In April 2005, DC Studios opened a government-funded development studio in Dublin, Ireland, seeking to employ 50 further staff.
In May 2005, the company acquired the rights to State of Emergency 2 from previously defunct VIS Entertainment. Following its release, however, the game severely underperformed in sales, due to which DC Studios announced on 4 June 2006 that it had ceased all operations in the United Kingdom, laying off all staff, including 29 from its Edinburgh offices. Only their Montreal office remained open, holding 55 staff. That Montreal office was finally shut down in favour of opening a Merritt Island, Florida, office for Greenshields' newer venture, Firebrand Games, on 25 September 2007.

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