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A press release from Rebellion

Source: https://rebellion.com/rebellion-acquires-the-bitmap-brothers-brand-and-portfolio/


"We’re proud to announce Rebellion’s acquisition of the iconic The Bitmap Brothers brand and portfolio.

Described as “Gaming’s first rockstars,” The Bitmap Brothers were responsible for what many regard as some of the stand-out games of the late 80s and early 90s, including titles such as Xenon, Z: Steel Soldiers, Speedball and Chaos Engine. Rebellion plans to bring classic The Bitmap Brothers games to new platforms, and going forward to create new titles based on its beloved licenses.

The news comes as the UK’s National Videogame Museum unveiled its new UK Collection which launches with a focus on Rebellion, recognizing the studio’s achievements across multimedia, spanning more than a quarter of a century. This will lead to Rebellion being featured in the first Great British Studios exhibition, launching at a future date in the museum.

“We’re delighted with the addition of The Bitmap Brothers to the ever-growing Rebellion portfolio,” said Rebellion CEO and co-founder Jason Kingsley OBE. “The Bitmap Brothers are renowned for making great games and for bringing gaming into the mainstream with inimitable style. We’ve known Mike Montgomery for many years and we’re honoured by the faith and trust that he has shown in us by passing on the torch. We’ll strive to be vigilant custodians of one of gaming’s great names.”"
Post edited November 28, 2019 by KISSMAD
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KISSMAD: We’re proud to announce Rebellion’s acquisition of the iconic The Bitmap Brothers brand and portfolio.
We? Are you a part of Rebellion company?
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KISSMAD: We’re proud to announce Rebellion’s acquisition of the iconic The Bitmap Brothers brand and portfolio.
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LootHunter: We? Are you a part of Rebellion company?
Possibly someone who copy/pastes press releases unaltered.

It is a word for word copy of the content in the included link.
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KISSMAD: We’re proud to announce Rebellion’s acquisition of the iconic The Bitmap Brothers brand and portfolio.
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LootHunter: We? Are you a part of Rebellion company?
No, I'm just a Bitmap Brothers fan.
I wish they release Cadaver games
I guess this means subscriptions to 2000AD are up, as the diddn't get the money from their games.
Would love a release of Xenon and Xenon 2 although 2nd one might be an issue due to music rights as the theme music was don by NomB The Bass.
I wish they release GODS.
GODS Remastered is sold at Steam.
Hopefully they'll do The Chaos Engine some justice. Would love to get this coop madness of a game on a proper release, hd'ed to the top, crossplay, local / online coop, remote play whatever. They're in good hands since Rebellion folks are fine gents.
Oh man, Bitmap Brothers! They were much better than e.g. Gouraud-Shaded Polygon Sisters.

Good music in their games too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8kpclC56Hs

Some of their games had much worse music though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_7pUUD1ScM
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aluinie: Would love a release of Xenon and Xenon 2 although 2nd one might be an issue due to music rights as the theme music was don by NomB The Bass.
You can always get the Amiga versions.
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timppu: Oh man, Bitmap Brothers! They were much better than e.g. Gouraud-Shaded Polygon Sisters.

Good music in their games too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8kpclC56Hs

Some of their games had much worse music though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_7pUUD1ScM
The Amiga music wins hands down, it has some real oomph to it.
Richard Joseph is one of my favourite composers from the 16 bit era along with Chris Huelsbeck (legend), Barry Leitch, Allister Brimble and Tim Follin.

Interested to see what Rebellion actually do with these games.
Post edited November 28, 2019 by Doc0075