Firebrand Games Limited is a British video game developer based in Glasgow, Scotland. The company was founded by chief executive officer Mark Greenshields in 2006 and has operated a second office in Merritt Island, Florida, since September 2007.
History Firebrand Games was founded by Mark Greenshields in 2006, after his previous venture, DC Studios, closed its operations in the United Kingdom earlier that year. He became the new company's chief executive officer. In September 2007, the company announced the opening a second office in Merritt Island, Florida. This office replaced DC Studios' only remaining studio, which was based in Montreal. In September 2009, Firebrand Games' headquarters were moved into new, larger office spaces within Glasgow. By August 2010, primarily due to the cost of doing business in Scotland, the Meritt Island office had grown larger in headcount than the Glasgow headquarters.
Firebrand Games has primarily worked on Nintendo DS versions of third-party intellectual properties in the racing genre, including TrackMania and Need for Speed. Several of these use the in-house game engine titled 3D Octane. In May 2011, the company stated its desire to develop a game in the F-Zero franchise. Firebrand Games announced its first original intellectual property, the puzzle game Solar Flux, in July 2013.
Games developed Year Title Platform(s) Publisher(s) 2006 Cartoon Network Racing Nintendo DS The Game Factory 2007 Race Driver: Create & Race Codemasters 2008 Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli System 3 Race Driver: Grid Codemasters TrackMania DS Focus Home Interactive, Atlus USA Need for Speed: Undercover Electronic Arts 2009 Colin McRae: Dirt 2 Codemasters Need for Speed: Nitro Electronic Arts Planet 51: The Game Sega 2010 SpongeBob's Boating Bash THQ TrackMania Turbo Focus Home Interactive TrackMania: Build to Race Wii Hot Wheels: Track Attack Nintendo DS, Wii THQ Need for Speed: Nitro-X Nintendo DSi Electronic Arts 2011 NASCAR Unleashed Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 Activision Cars 2 Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS Disney Interactive Studios Need for Speed: The Run Nintendo 3DS, Wii Electronic Arts 2013 Fast & Furious: Showdown Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 Activision Mr & Mrs iOS Sony Computer Entertainment Solar Flux Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows Firebrand Games Solar Flux Pocket Android, iOS Hot Wheels: World's Best Driver Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 2015 WRC FIA World Rally Championship Nintendo 3DS, Android, iOS Bigben Interactive 2017 NASCAR Heat Mobile Android, iOS 704Games 2020 Conjurer Andy's Repeatable Dungeon iOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch Firebrand Games
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