Midway Studios – Newcastle

Midway Studios - Newcastle
Industry Computer and video games
Founded 1996
Defunct 2009
Headquarters Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom
Products Test Drive series (1997-2002)
Parent Midway Games

Midway Studios – Newcastle (formerly Pitbull Syndicate) was a video game developer based in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear in the United Kingdom.

History

Pitbull Syndicate was formed in December 1996 by an ensemble of programmers and artists with extensive experience in the video games industry.[1] The company started with a small office in Sunderland, England, and initially employed only 8 people, working on PC and PlayStation games. Slowly expanding, the company moved to larger offices in Chester-Le-Street and later to even larger offices in Gateshead. By 2005, its staff had swelled to over 60 people working on PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. In October 2005, the company sold to Midway Games[2] and were renamed Midway Studios – Newcastle. Immediately prior to that, Pitbull had created the titles L.A. Rush and Rush for Midway. It was Midway's only studio located outside the U.S. and was closed in July 2009 after the sale of most of Midway's assests to Warner Bros.. A game called Necessary Force was being developed at the time of the closure. The rights to the game have diverted back to Midway Games as they are shopping the IP.[3] Some members of the team were able to band together and form a new company, Atomhawk Design.[4] In July 2010, Robert Troughton, founder of Pitbull Syndicate, announced the formation of Pitbull Studio, one year after Midway folded the renamed company. Troughton also said that an unannounced project was in development.[5]

Games developed

as Pitbull Syndicate

Year Game Platform(s)
1997 Test Drive 4 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
1998 Blast Radius PlayStation
Test Drive 5 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
Test Drive Off-Road 2 PlayStation
1999 Big Air
Demolition Racer Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
Test Drive 6 Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
2002 TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox

as Midway Studios - Newcastle

Year Game Platform(s)
2005 L.A. Rush Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox
2009 Wheelman Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

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