Firebrand Games
Firebrand Games is a critically acclaimed Game Development Company with studios in Glasgow, UK; Merritt Island, Florida; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Over the last five years we have produced a diverse range of racing and driving games for some of the world’s leading Publishers including Activision, Electronic Arts, Disney Interactive Studios, SEGA and THQ.
Our proprietary in-house technology, ‘Octane’, has been designed to create highly optimised games rich in both graphical detail and driving simulation across multiple platforms, while our vastly experienced teams are committed to delivering the most fun and value they can squeeze into every product.
Octane
Octane is the name given to our in-house technology.
The latest version, Octane 5, supports cross platform development on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii-U, Wii and 3DS, PlayStation Vita, iOS and Android Phones and Tablets and Windows PCs. Octane 5 is a feature rich technology that encompasses a full development pipeline and tool chain as well as a highly developed game and physics engine.
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Crawfish Games
Crawfish Games is the name of Firebrand's Casual and Social games studio in Baton Rouge Louisiana. The Studio has released two family focussed titles for iOS devices and plans releases on Android and other devices in the coming months. Head over to their site below and follow them @crawfishgames.Crawfish
History
Firebrand Games was founded and is run by Mark Greenshields who has been in the games industry his entire career (since 1981). Mark started off as an author of computer books teaching others how to write games and program in assembly language, before progressing to games programming, running development studios and working in the UK, France and Canada.
One of the earliest million selling titles that Mark was responsible for was “Kick off”. Kick off was the first hugely successful football game (soccer to those in the US) in Europe.
As a lifelong racing fan, forming Firebrand was both a good business decision and a dream for Mark. Firebrand was born out of both a desire to create a world class racing studio as well as a having a team of exceptional individuals in the right place.
Having started as a small core team of highly experienced developers in Glasgow, Scotland, the company has now expanded with studios in Florida and Louisiana, USA.
Latest News
Battle of the NASCAR Kids!To celebrate the launch of NASCAR Unleashed on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and 3DS, NASCAR and Activision have got together to create a special charity tournament- Battle of the NASCAR Kids, featuring the children of 8 renowned Drivers playing the game. The event takes place on November 19th during the weekend of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Crawfish Games ReleasesFirebrand's Louisiana Studio, Crawfish Games are delighted to announce the release of their first two games for Apple iOS devices. Both 'Cutesy: Quest of the Unicorn' and 'Creepsy: Monsters Never Have Enough!' are now available for free download from the App Store.
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Cars 2 DS Chart SuccessCars 2 DS developed by Firebrand Games in Florida, has been number 1 in the UK Nintendo DS Chart for the last four weeks now!
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Need for Speed The Run 3DS and Wii
Firebrand Games are delighted to announce they are in the final stages of completing Need for Speed The Run for Nintendo 3DS and Wii- due to ship in November, published by Electronic Arts.
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Five Years of FirebrandFirebrand's fifth Birthday came and went in the Spring with most of us so busy we barely had time to notice!
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