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Pitbull Studio Limited was a British
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based in
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, England, with additional offices in
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and
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History

Pitbull Studio was formed in 2010, a year after the collapse of
Midway Studios – Newcastle Midway Studios Newcastle Limited (originally Pitbull Syndicate) was a British video game developer based in Gateshead, England. History Pitbull Syndicate was formed in December 1996 by an ensemble of programmers and artists with extensive exp ...
. Initially working on motion tracking games for the health sector, the studio later won a contract to develop Unreal Engine 4 with
Epic Games Epic Games, Inc. is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded by Tim Sweeney as Potomac Computer Systems in 1991, originally located in his parents' house in Potomac, M ...
. On 5 August 2014, Epic Games announced that Pitbull Studios would effectively be merged into a new development entity, Epic Games UK.


Games developed


References

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