Black Cactus (Games) Ltd.
Moby ID: 2750
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Black Cactus (aka Black Cactus (Games) Ltd.) was a game development company located in Surrey (South London), United Kingdom. Founded and incorporated in January 1999, the company was 100% owned by Black Cactus Holdings Limited comprised of staff, directors and investors. The core team of 8 people came from the internal development department of Eidos and joined Black Cactus in May 1999.
The company's only titles were the two Warrior Kings games.
Having delivered those two titles, Black Cactus lost a critical customer and then sold the trade and assets in August 2004, and the business folded.
Credited on 2 Games from 2002 to 2003
| Warrior Kings: Battles (2003 on Windows) |
| Warrior Kings (2002 on Windows, Macintosh) |
History +
- August 2004
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After losing a critical customer, Black Cactus liquidates all assets and goes out of business
- January 1999
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company started
Trivia +
Company information (Aug. 2000):
Black Cactus
3rd Floor, Athena House
88 London Road
Morden, Surrey UK
SM4 5AZ
Telephone: +44 (0) 208 254 4460
Fax: +44 (0) 208 254 4478
Former company website: www.blackcactus.com
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 2 games with GameSpy Industries Inc.
- 2 games with Earcom Ltd.
- 2 games with GOG Limited
- 2 games with Jordan Freeman Group, LLC
- 2 games with Strategy First, Inc.
- 2 games with Valve Corporation
- 1 game with Sun Corporation
- 1 game with Application Systems Heidelberg Software GmbH
- 1 game with Microïds
- 1 game with US Action
- 2 games with Charlie Bewsher
- 2 games with Matt Curran
- 2 games with Alkis Alkiviades
- 2 games with Rob Brown
- 2 games with Steve Bristow
- 2 games with Jamie Thomson
- 2 games with Alex Dowdeswell
- 2 games with Nicholas Ricks
- 2 games with Mike West
- 2 games with Mark Tatham
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