Starship Group
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| Company type | Software developer |
|---|---|
| Industry | Interactive Entertainment |
| Founded | May 2013 |
| Founder | Martin Kenwright |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Martin Kenwright CEO, Clemens Wangerin MD |
Number of employees | 25 |
| Website | Official Site |
Starship Group is a British digital media, entertainment and technology company based in Liverpool, UK. The development studio, based in the city's Baltic Triangle area,[1] specialises in creating next-generation original content across the games, entertainment, lifestyle, virtual reality and e-health sectors. The studio is an umbrella company housing several smaller studios each currently developing original content.[2]
Founded by Evolution Studios and Digital Image Design founder Martin Kenwright, the studio was established in 2013.[3][4]
Gathering together talent from renowned studios such as the now defunct Studio Liverpool and Bizarre Creations, including former director of Studio Liverpool Clemens Wangerin, alongside founding members from Evolution Studios, the founding team have collectively devised or delivered more than 69 games including PlayStation launch titles and AAA franchises such as MotorStorm, WipEout, Project Gotham Racing, Blur, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, Formula 1 and World Rally Championship.[5]
The studio launched to the wider world on 26 March 2014.[6][7]
Starship announced first details of their first products CyberCook, Playworld and Forget-Me-Not in May, 2014.[8]
Children's mobile adventure Playworld Superheroes launched on iOS on 29 January 2015.[9]
The studio released Samsung Gear VR exclusive CyberCook Taster, a demo of the world's first VR hyper-real cooking simulation, on 26 February 2015.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Liverpool's games 'coup' with Starship enterprise". Prolific North. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ Farokhmanesh, Megan (26 March 2014). "Former Evolution founder announces digital entertainment studio Starship". Polygon.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ Gleeson, Bill (27 March 2014). "Martin Kenwright looks to shake up the video games sector in Merseyside". Liverpoolecho.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Business News North West - Insider Media Ltd". Insidermedia.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ Karmali, Luke (26 March 2014). "Motorstorm Creator and Evolution Founder Opens New Studio". Ign.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Martin Kenwright reveals Starship studio". GamesIndustry.biz. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Motorstorm creator and Evolution founder unveils new digital entertainment studio Starship". Liverpoolvision.co.uk. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (27 May 2014). "MotorStorm creator's next game is… CyberCook". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ Robertson, Andy. "'Playworld Superheroes' Launches 29th January". Forbes.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Samsung Gear VR launches CyberCook Taster". The Drum. Retrieved 8 January 2019.