Cohort Studios was a games development and interactive entertainment studio. It was based in Dundee but closed its office there in May 2011. Formed in 2006, by Lol Scragg, Darran Thomas and Bruce McNeish, Cohort's first project involved being contracted by

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to assist on '' MotorStorm'' for

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. This was followed with work on ''

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'' for PlayStation Network on both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. In addition, the company developed a small downloadable driving title which was used on the website of the Audi TT. Early in 2008, Cohort Studios released '' Buzz! Junior: Dino Den'' for the PlayStation 2 followed later in the year with '' Buzz! Junior: Ace Racers''. Also in 2008, they won the contract for re-developing three of the PS2 Buzz! Junior titles to be distributed via the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3. The titles were to feature 5 of the best mini-games as well as including trophy support and the ability to use a

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wireless controller instead of Buzzers. In October 2010, the company released '' The Shoot'' on the

platform, published by SCEE. The title was one of the first titles to use Sony's new

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controller based around the concept of being a movie action hero on a movie set. On April 21, 2011, Cohort announced that the studio was closing due to "a declining console marketplace". Prior to closing Cohort managed to release the two PlayStation minis titles it had been working on namely, Cohort Chess and Me Monstar: Hear me Roar!

Games

*'' MotorStorm'' (PS3, 2006) - Outsourcing for

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*''

'' (PS3 & PSP, 2007) - Working with

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* ''Journeys Through Sound'' (PC, 2007) - Free downloadable game celebrating the Audi TT relaunch *'' Burnout Paradise'' (PS3 & Xbox 360, 2007) - Outsourcing for

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*'' Buzz! Junior: Dino Den'' (PS2, 2008) *'' Buzz! Junior: Ace Racers'' (PS2, 2008) *'' Buzz! Junior: Robo Jam'' (PS3, 2009) *'' Buzz! Junior: Robo Jam'' (PS2, 2007) *'' Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party'' (PS3, 2009) *'' Buzz! Junior: Monster Rumble'' (PS3, 2009) *'' Buzz! Junior: Dino Den'' (PS3, 2009) *'' The Shoot'' (PS3, 2010) *''

Cohort Chess Cohort or cohortes may refer to: * Cohort (educational group), a group of students working together through the same academic curriculum * Cohort (floating point), a set of different encodings of the same numerical value * Cohort (military unit), ...

'' (PlayStation Mini, 2011) *'' Me Monstar: Hear me Roar!'' (PlayStation Mini, 2011)

References

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