Millennium Interactive
The current and last logo for Millennium, used until it's acquisition in 1997.
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| Industry | Video games |
| Fate | Acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment on July 4, 1997 and subsequently rebranded to Guerrilla Cambridge. |
| Successor | Guerrilla Cambridge |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Defunct | 4 July 1997 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom |
Millennium Interactive was a British video game developer and studio company founded in 1988 by Michael Hayward, Tony Beckwith and Ian Saunterresponsible for titles such as Rome: Pathway to Power, The Adventures of Robin Hood, James Pond, Defcon 5, Deadline and most notably, Creatures.
The company was founded by Michael Hayward, Tony Beckwith, Ian Saunter in 1988. In 1993, Steve Grand began developing a project based on artificial life. In November 1994, Cyberlife was established to further the development of Steve Grand's concept for artificial life game. By November 1996, there were 10 people in this department.
On 4 July 1997, Millennium Interactive, along with several of their upcoming projects, was sold to Sony Interactive Entertainment for an undisclosed amount and was subsequetnly renamed to SCE Cambridge Studio, which was later reorganized as Guerrilla Cambridge as a subsidiary to the Dutch first-party video game developer Guerrilla Games, which is also owned by Sony.
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