Mucky Foot Productions

Mucky Foot Productions
Mucky Foot Productions Ltd.
Former type Private
Industry Video game industry
Fate Closed
Founded January 1997
Defunct November 2003
Headquarters Guildford, UK
Key people Mike Diskett
Fin McGechie
Guy Simmons
Products Urban Chaos
Startopia

Mucky Foot Productions was a UK computer game developer.

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History

The Company was founded in 1997 in Guildford, United Kingdom[1] by three ex-Bullfrog developers: Mike Diskett, Fin McGechie and Guy Simmons.

A worldwide publishing deal with the UK publisher Eidos was announced in October 1997. That announcement was also used to announce Muckyfoot's first game "Urban Chaos". At this point the game was referred to by its earlier work in progress name of "Dark City".[2]

Over their lifetime Mucky Foot went on to release three titles: Urban Chaos, StarTopia, and Blade II.

Despite high initial expectations, the company closed its doors in late 2003.[3] This company closure saw three further games cease development while still only part produced: Bulletproof Monk, The Punisher, and Urban Chaos 2.[4]

After the company closed, their official website remained active. However, its content at closure was replaced with the developer's internal quote sheet.[5]

Games

Release Date Titles Genre Platform(s)
1999 Urban Chaos Action adventure Windows, PlayStation, Dreamcast
2001 StarTopia God game Windows
2002 Blade II Action PS2, Xbox
Canceled Bulletproof Monk Action PS2, Xbox, Windows
The Punisher Action adventure PS2, Xbox, Windows
Urban Chaos 2 Action adventure PS2, Xbox, Windows

References

  1. ^ "Mucky Foot". IGN. http://games.ign.com/objects/026/026878.html. Retrieved 2008-02-26. 
  2. ^ "Eidos Interactive Signs Mucky Foot". http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Eidos+Interactive+Signs+Worldwide+Publishing+Deal+with+Former...-a019905766. 
  3. ^ "Mucky Foot shutters doors". GameSpot (Thorsen, Tor.). 2003-11-03. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6078048.html. Retrieved 2008-02-25. 
  4. ^ "Footprints: The rise and fall of Mucky Foot". http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_146/4839-Footprints. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
  5. ^ "MuckyFoot.com defunct site". http://www.muckyfoot.com. Retrieved 2008-02-26. 

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