Video game developer · United Kingdom · Closed in 2012
Eurocom Entertainment Software
Founded in October 1988
- 49
- games developed
- 0
- games published
- 0
- in development
- 250
- employees
History of Eurocom Entertainment Software
Eurocom Entertainment Software was founded in October 1988 in Derby, England. Its five founders, Mat Sneap, Chris Shrigley, Hugh Binns, Tim Rogers and Neil Baldwin, set it up to make games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Its early titles included Magician and James Bond Jr. (1991), and it soon branched out to the Mega Drive, handhelds and the major home consoles.
In the 1990s it made its name porting arcade games to consoles, such as Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1996), Mortal Kombat 4 (1998) and Hydro Thunder (1999), and with licensed games such as Duke Nukem 64 (1997) and Tarzan (1999). It also created original games like Machine Hunter (1997) and 40 Winks (1999). In 2000 Universal Interactive commissioned Crash Bash from the studio, the last Crash Bandicoot game released on PlayStation.
In the 2000s it worked mostly on film and James Bond licences: James Bond 007: Nightfire (2002), Batman Begins (2005) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). It also released Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy (2003), another original creation, and Spyro: A Hero's Tail (2004). It was renamed Eurocom Ltd. in 2006, and in 2010 it released GoldenEye 007 for Wii with Activision.
Its last games were Harry Potter for Kinect and 007 Legends, published by Activision, both in 2012. On 23 November that year it laid off most of its staff and said the rest would focus on mobile games, but on 6 December 2012 it closed for good. The company blamed the closure on a steep fall in sales of console and PC games.
Milestones
1988
Five partners found Eurocom in Derby to make NES games.
1991
Magician, one of its first original games.
1997
Machine Hunter and Duke Nukem 64.
1999
40 Winks, another original creation.
2000
Crash Bash, the last Crash Bandicoot on PlayStation.
2003
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy.
2010
GoldenEye 007 for Wii.
2012
007 Legends, its final game, and the studio closes.
Its best-known games
Mortal Kombat 4
1997 · Arcade · N64 · PC
Crash Bash
2000 · PS3 · PS1 · PSP
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
1995 · Arcade · SNES · Genesis/MegaDrive
Disney's Hercules Action Game
1997 · PS3 · PC · PS1
Disney's Tarzan
1999 · PS3 · N64 · PC
James Bond 007: Nightfire
2002 · XBOX · NGC · PS2
Disney's The Jungle Book
1994 · Genesis/MegaDrive · PC
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 · PS3 · Wii · PC
GoldenEye 007
2010 · Wii
Batman Begins
2005 · XBOX · NGC · PS2
Dead Space: Extraction
2009 · PS3 · Wii
007 Legends
2012 · PS3 · PC · WiiU
Every game it has developed (49)
2026
- Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire PS4, PS5
2017
- Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy PS4, Linux, PC, Mac
2012
- 007 Legends PS3, PC, WiiU, X360
2011
- GoldenEye 007: Reloaded PS3, X360
- Disney Universe PS3, Wii, PC, Mac
- Rio PS3, Wii, X360
2010
- GoldenEye 007 Wii
2009
- Dead Space: Extraction PS3, Wii
- G-Force Wii, PS2
- G-Force PS3, PC, X360
- Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs NDS
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs PS3, Wii, PC, X360
2008
- 007: Quantum of Solace PS2
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Wii, NDS, PS2
- Beijing 2008 PS3, PC, X360
2007
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End NDS
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End PS3, Wii, PC, PSP
2006
- Ice Age 2: The Meltdown XBOX, NGC, Wii, PC
2005
- Batman Begins XBOX, NGC, PS2
- Predator: Concrete Jungle XBOX, PS2
- Robots XBOX, NGC, PC, PS2
2004
- Spyro: A Hero's Tail XBOX, NGC, PS2
- Athens 2004 PC, PS2
2003
- Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy XBOX, NGC, Linux, PC
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds XBOX, NGC, PS2
2002
- James Bond 007: Nightfire XBOX, NGC, PS2
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets GBA
- Rugrats: I Gotta Go Party GBA
2001
- Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire PS3, PS1, PSP
- NBA Hoopz GBC, PS1, DC, PS2
2000
- Crash Bash PS3, PS1, PSP
- James Bond 007: The World Is Not Enough N64
- NBA Show Time: NBA on NBC GBC
1999
- 40 Winks browser, PS3, N64, PC
- Mortal Kombat Gold DC
- Duke Nukem: Zero Hour N64
- Disney's Tarzan PS3, N64, PC, PS1
1998
- Cruis'n World N64
1997
- Duke Nukem 64 N64
- Mortal Kombat 4 Arcade, N64, PC, PS1
- Disney's Hercules Action Game PS3, PC, PS1, PSP
1996
- Earthworm Jim SMS
1995
- Archer Maclean's Super Dropzone SNES, PS1, GBA
- War Gods Arcade, N64, PC, PS1
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Arcade, SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive, PC
1994
- Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle Game Gear, Game Boy
- Brutal: Paws of Fury Amiga CD32, SNES, Sega32, Genesis/MegaDrive
- Disney's The Jungle Book Genesis/MegaDrive, PC
1993
- Family Feud SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive