Editing United Kingdom (section)

==Defunct UK-based Publishers, Developers & Studios==
* [[21st Century Entertainment]] (publisher, defunct as of 1998)
* [[Argonaut Games]] (''[[Star Fox]]'', ''[[I-Ninja]]'', became defunct on October 1, 2004, finally dissolving in 2007.)
* [[Bizarre Creations]] ([[Project Gotham Racing (series)|''Project: Gotham Racing'' series]], became defunct on February 18, 2011 when closed by [[Activision]].)
* [[Black Rock Studio]] (defunct as of 2011, shuttered by [[Disney Interactive Studios]].)
* [[BMG Interactive]] (became [[Rockstar Games]] when [[Take-Two Interactive]] acquired its assets in May 1998.)
* [[Bullfrog Productions]] ''([[Syndicate]], [[Populous (series)|''Populous'' series]] & [[Theme (franchise)|''Theme'' franchise]], merged into [[EA UK (developer)|EA UK]] in 2001.)
* [[Climax Group]] (''[[MotoGP 3: Ultimate Racing Technology]]'', operated under the name Climax before the merger of four studios in 1999; [[Climax Studios]], [[Syrox Developments]], [[Pixel Planet]] and [[Climax Nottingham]], and would use the name [[Climax Fareham]]. [[Climax LA]] would be opened later on. Group became defunct in 2006.)
** [[Climax Action]] (virtual rebranding of the [[Climax London]], [[Climax Solent]] and [[Climax Handheld Games]] studios, became [[Climax Studios]] in 2009.)
** [[Climax Brighton]] (renamed to [[Climax Racing]].)
** [[Climax Fareham]] (business relocated to Portsmouth, became [[Climax Solent]].)
** [[Climax Handheld Games]] (became [[Climax Action]].)
** [[Climax Nottingham]] (key staff went on to found [[Monumental Games]], including using assets from Climax Nottingham.)
** [[Climax London]] (defunct, merged with [[Climax Studios]], became [[Climax Action]].)
** [[Climax Racing]] (acquired by [[Disney Interactive Studios]] in 1996 and rebranded [[Black Rock Studio]].)
** [[Climax Solent]] (became [[Climax Action]] in January 2008.)
* [[Core Design]] ([[Tomb Raider (series)|''Tomb Raider'' series]]. In May 2006, the assets were acquired by [[Rebellion Developments]] to form [[Rebellion Derby]].)
* [[Crytek UK]] (defunct as of July 30, 2014, when all assets and personnel were sold to [[Koch Media]] (owner of [[Deep Silver]], with a rebranding of the studio to [[Dambuster Studios]].)
* [[DMA Design]] (''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' & ''[[Grand Theft Auto 2]]'', bought by [[Gremlin Interactive]] in 1997. When [[Gremlin Interactive]] was bought by [[Infogrames]] in 1999, the [[DMA Design]] assets were sold to [[Take-Two Interactive]], which rebranded the studio as [[Rockstar North]].)
* [[EA Bright Light]] (became defunct in 2011.)
* [[EA UK (developer)|EA UK]] (Development studio, became [[EA Bright Light]] in 2008.)
* [[Eidos Interactive]] ([[Hitman (series)|''Hitman'']], [[Thief (series)|''Thief'']] & [[Tomb Raider (series)|''Tomb Raider'' series]], merged into [[Square Enix Europe]] on November 9, 2009.)
* [[Free Radical Design]] ([[TimeSplitters (series)|''TimeSplitters'' series]]; became [[Crytek UK]] on February 4, 2009 after acquisition by [[Crytek]].)
* [[Gremlin Interactive]] (bought by [[Infogrames]] in 1999, rebranded [[Infogrames Studios]] in 2000.)
* [[Gremlin Graphics Software]] (became [[Gremlin Interactive]] in 1994.)
* [[Imagine Software]] (became defunct on July 9, 1984, rights to video games sold to [[Beau Jolly]], Imagine Software title bought by [[Ocean Software]].)
* [[Infogrames Studios]] (became defunct in 2003.)
* [[Lionhead Studios]] ([[Black & White (series)|''Black & White'']] & [[Fable (series)|''Fable'' series]], acquired by [[Microsoft Studios]] in April 2006, defunct as of April 26, 2016.)
* [[Möbius Entertainment]] (became [[Rockstar Leeds]] when acquired by [[Take-Two Interactive]] on April 8, 2004.)
* [[Monumental Games]] (became defunct in 2012.)
* [[Pivotal Games]] ([[Conflict (series)|''Conflict'' series]], defunct as of August 13, 2008.)
* [[Pixel Planet]] (was renamed to [[Climax Brighton]].)
* [[Psygnosis]] ([[Wipeout (series)|''Wipeout'' series]], became [[Studio Liverpool]] in 2000.)
* [[Raising Hell Software]] (became [[Bizzare Creations]] in 1994.)
* [[Rebellion Derby]] (shut down on March 17, 2010.)
* [[Reflections Interactive]] ([[Driver (series)|''Driver'' series]], became [[Ubisoft Reflections]] in 2006.)
* [[Sensible Software]] ([[Cannon Fodder (series)|''Cannon Fodder'']] & [[Sensible Soccer (series)|''Sensible Soccer'' series]], defunct as of 1999 when it was sold to [[Codemasters]].)
* [[Spidersoft Limited]] (Acquired from [[21st Century Entertainment]] in 1998 by [[Take-Two Interactive]], renamed to [[Tarantula Studios]].)
* [[Studio Liverpool]] (became defunct on August 22, 2012.)
* [[Tarantula Studios]] (became [[Rockstar Lincoln]] when acquired by [[Take-Two Interactive]] in 2002.)
* [[Team Soho]] ([[The Getaway]], defunct as of 2002 when it was merged with [[SIE London Studios]].)