Private company
DarXabre
Dutch video game developer
DarXabre was a Dutch video game development company led by the Dutch/Canadian Jason Garber. The company was founded in 2001 and had a sales office in Amsterdam and a development studio in Berlin. The company gained worldwide fame in 2001 with the controversial game Hooligans: Storm Over Europe, a strategy game with the objective to become the most popular group of football hooligans in Europe.2 It is headquartered in Netherlands.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryvideo game industry1
- HeadquartersNetherlands1
- Websitewww.darxabregames.com
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DarXabre was a Dutch video game development company led by the Dutch/Canadian Jason Garber. The company was founded in 2001 and had a sales office in Amsterdam and a development studio in Berlin. The company gained worldwide fame in 2001 with the controversial game Hooligans: Storm Over Europe, a strategy game with the objective to become the most popular group of football hooligans in Europe. Despite the controversy, much media attention and a bestseller status in the Netherlands and Belgium, the game failed to find similar success in other markets. The developer also failed to find a publisher in many regions.2
Products and brands
- Hooligans: Storm Over Europe
Listed on Wikidata.1
Hooligans: Storm Over Europe (Windows, 2001)
Banana Banzai (iOS, 2011)
Das Haus Anubis - Die Rache der Spinx (iOS, 2011)
From Wikipedia’s article on DarXabre, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Controversies and legal
Controversy Hooligans: Storm Over Europe
The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) called Hooligans: Storm Over Europe 'unacceptable' and wanted to stop the release of the game in The Netherlands. Despite the efforts of the KNVB to ban the game, distributor Artware still distributed the game in The Netherlands, however the game got an 18+ rating.
The English Football Association also wanted a ban on the game, but also that didn't happen. In England the game also got an 18+ rating by the British Board of Film Classification. Fans of the Scottish team were angry because the Tartan Army (the nickname of the Scottish fans) was portrayed as aggressive hooligans in the game. A French tabloid called Jason Garber a 'fascist' for making and promoting the game.
MicroMouse, a Japanese software developer, released the game under the shorter title Hooligans in 2002 in Japan. Because the release was planned just before the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea, the game again gained some controversy in Japan. In the United States publisher Hip Interactive also published the game under the shorter title Hooligans, but that was not very successful.
From Wikipedia’s article on DarXabre, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Timeline
- 2001Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.darxabregames.com1
- WikipediaDarXabre
- WikidataQ2166491
Sources
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- 1WikidataDarXabre on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaDarXabre on Wikipedia
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