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Rebellion Developments Ltd. (commonly referred to as Rebellion) is a British video game developer based in Oxford, England, known for its ''Sniper Elite'' series and multiple games in the ''Alien vs. Predator'' series. It has published comic books since 2000 and launched its own book imprint, Abaddon Books, in 2006. == History == Rebellion was established by brothers Jason and Chris Kingsley in 1992. The rest of the team consisted of artists Stuart Wilson, Toby Banfield, and Justin Rae and programmers Mike Beaton, Rob Dibley, and Andrew Whittaker. Their first known title was ''Alien vs Predator'' (1994) for the Atari Jaguar. In June 2000, they bought the comic ''2000 AD'' from Fleetway, 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. 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''. 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. 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'',〔(2000AD Goes Digital: Taking Brit Comics Online ), Newsarama, 17 December 2007.〕 with archives〔(Rebellion, Clickwheel Post 2007 2000AD Archive Online ), Newsarama, February 15, 2008.〕 and an online iPhone comic reading application〔(SDCC '08 - Clickwheel Unveils Comics Reader ), Newsarama, July 30, 2008.〕 launched later. Rebellion was awarded the Develop Industry Excellence Award 2006 for Most Improved Studio. In August 2008, Blackfish Publishing, publisher of ''Death Ray magazine'', announced it had been bought by Rebellion.〔(All change at Blackfish ), August 18, 2008.〕 In September 2008, Rebellion acquired Mongoose Publishing,〔(Mongoose Joins Rebellion ), ICv2, September 2, 2008〕 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. As of June 2011, it is the fastest-selling game of 2010 in the UK, a record previously held by ''BioShock 2''; it was also the best-selling game on Steam, as well as on the retail PC charts. 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〔("Cubicle 7 Joins Rebellion Group" ), June 2, 2009〕 that Rebellion had acquired the role-playing and board games publisher Cubicle 7. In September 2009, Rebellion acquired Solaris Books from Games Workshop.〔("Rebellion acquires Solaris imprint" ), The Book Seller, September 3, 2009〕 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. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/sniper-elite-series-sells-10-million/1100-6431015/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rebellion Developments」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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