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Dark Energy Digital

British video game developer

Dark Energy Digital was a privately owned video game developer and publisher based in the United Kingdom. It was formed from members of Blade Interactive, which continues to operate as a separate company. On 28 September 2007, following the public announcement of Hydrophobia, it was announced that a deal had been made between Blade Interactive and Total Asset Limited and was to become a publisher in its own right and publish its own titles.2 It ceased to exist in 2012.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersManchester1

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Dark Energy Digital was a privately owned video game developer and publisher based in the United Kingdom. It was formed from members of Blade Interactive, which continues to operate as a separate company. On 28 September 2007, following the public announcement of Hydrophobia, it was announced that a deal had been made between Blade Interactive and Total Asset Limited and was to become a publisher in its own right and publish its own titles. On 19 March 2012, it was announced the company had closed due to low sales of Hydrophobia.2

The story

Blade Interactive was founded in 1998 and are largely known as a developer of pool and snooker games. Three years were spent developing HydroEngine, their dynamic fluid game engine used in Hydrophobia. As part of a major expansion, Blade Interactive has a new mobile game development division based at Blade Interactive's new office complex in Manchester, known as 'BIG' (Blade Interactive Games).

One of the founding Directors of Blade Interactive, Peter Jones, was formally Managing Director of Mirage Technologies Multimedia Ltd, the studio behind Rise of the Robots and Rise 2: Resurrection and the PlayStation/PC title Bedlam.

On March 19, 2012, the company suffered due to not having enough money, went broke and was ultimately put into administrative control. It is in the process of selling IP and assets, most notably the Hydrophobia series and the Hydroengine.3

From Wikipedia’s article on Dark Energy Digital, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

  • World Snooker Championship

Listed on Wikidata.1

Developed by Blade Interactive

Pro Pool (2000) - Game Boy Color

World Championship Snooker (2001) - Microsoft Windows, PlayStation

World Championship Snooker 2002 (2001) - Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2

G-Surfers (2002) - PlayStation 2

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World Championship Snooker 2003 (2003) - Xbox, PlayStation 2

World Championship Pool 2004 (2003) - Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows

World Championship Snooker 2004 (2004) - Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox

Pool Shark 2 (2004) - PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows

Room Zoom: Race for Impact (2004) - Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Playstation 2

Pocket Racers (2005) - PSP

The Hustle: Detroit Streets (2005) - PSP, PlayStation 2, Xbox

World Snooker Championship 2005 (2005) - Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox

World Snooker Championship 2007 (2007) - PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360

WSC Real 08/09: World Snooker Championship (2008) - Wii, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360

Inferno Pool (2008) - iPhone, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Developed by Dark Energy Digital

Hydrophobia (2010) - Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3

WSC Real 11: World Snooker Championship (2011) - Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

From Wikipedia’s article on Dark Energy Digital, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2012Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1998Founded Founded1

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