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Blitz Games Studios

Blitz Games Studios Limited was a British video game developer based in Leamington Spa. Founded in 1990 by the Oliver Twins, who ran the company until its closure in 2013, it is best known for producing licensed games for properties such as The Fairly OddParents, Bratz, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Biggest Loser, as well as entries in the Karaoke Revolution series.2 It ceased to exist in 2012.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Blitz Games Studios Limited was a British video game developer based in Leamington Spa. Founded in 1990 by the Oliver Twins, who ran the company until its closure in 2013, it is best known for producing licensed games for properties such as The Fairly OddParents, Bratz, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Biggest Loser, as well as entries in the Karaoke Revolution series. The company was initially named Dizzy Enterprises, then Interactive Studios, until it was finally changed to Blitz Games in 2000, as the company believed the Interactive Studios name was too generic.2

Corporate structure

Blitz Games Studios sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Blitz Games Studios Leamington Spa
    • TruSim Subsidiary · Warwickshire

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

Divisions

Blitz Games

Blitz Games (originally Interactive Studios until 2000) created the games that the company first became well known for: family titles, often licensed on popular characters and existing intellectual property.

Blitz Arcade

Blitz Arcade was founded in 2006 with a team of 35 people. It was focused on developing downloadable titles of a small scope. Its first release was an advergame series created for the US Burger King chain. After that, Blitz Arcade turned its focus to downloadable titles and had success with its first game of this type: SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam. They also developed shooter PowerUp Forever, puzzler Droplitz and the 3DTV-compatible beat 'em up Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao.

Volatile Games

Volatile Games was responsible for the company's mature games. The division dates from 2005. The company and the division ended in 2013.

Video games created by this division include Reservoir Dogs, runner-up in the 2006 BAFTA awards for Best Soundtrack. Despite allowing the player to complete the game without firing a single shot, the game was considered so realistic in its depictions of violence that it was banned in Australia. They released Dead to Rights: Retribution on 27 April 2010. A proposed game, Possession, was put on hold in 2007.

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TruSim

TruSim was the serious games division. The idea was to bring commitment to training through video games. It is best known for its work on medical-related training programs including the award-winning Interactive Trauma Trainer.

BlitzTech

BlitzTech created and licensed the game development engine and toolchain.

Virtual Experience Company

Past projects include the Tintern Abbey virtual tour. The company was acquired by Blitz Games at the end of 2006 but was sold back to former owner Mike Gogan in May 2009.

Blitz 1UP

In 2008 Blitz Games Studios launched the Blitz1UP programme to help independent developers bring their games to market.

The programme provided free help and advice on all aspects of game production as well as crowd sourced QA.

The programme was closed in 2011 and was replaced by IndieCity, an online indie game marketplace.

Games

Games created or published by Interactive Studios/Blitz Games Studios include:

From Wikipedia’s article on Blitz Games Studios, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Divisions

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Timeline

  1. Sep 12, 2012Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1990Founded Founded1

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