Razorworks was a

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based in

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. Razorworks was founded in August 1996 and was owned by the

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Empire Interactive Empire Interactive was a British video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher based in London. Founded in 1987 by Ian Higgins and Simon Jeffrey, it was acquired by Silverstar Holdings in 2006 and went out of business in 2009. His ...

. The Razorworks studio was closed in July 2008 due to Empire Interactive's poor financial situation (Empire Interactive subsequently went into administration in May 2009). During its 12-year lifetime the team grew from 4 to 34 people and produced a total of 14 titles for PC and games consoles. Razorworks initially developed the '' Enemy Engaged'' series of combat flight simulators which were nominated for several Simulation Game of the Year awards. Razorworks subsequently developed a number of titles for Empire Interactive's ''Ford Racing'' series, including '' Ford Racing Full Blown'', a coin-op video game developed for Sega Amusements of Europe. Razorworks also developed arcade machine emulation technology used to produce the Taito Legends titles and Double Dragon for Xbox Live Arcade. Razorworks' final project was a

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of Empire Interactive's classic puzzle game Pipe Mania. Razorworks developed games for PC,

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and Sega arcade cabinets.

Games

*'' Enemy Engaged: Apache vs Havoc'' (1998) *'' Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche vs. KA-52 Hokum'' (2000) *'' Total Immersion Racing'' (2002) *''

Ford Racing 2 ''Ford Racing 2'' is a 2003 racing video game developed by Razorworks and published by Empire Interactive and Gotham Games. The game was released for Windows, Macintosh, PlayStation 2 (PS2), and Xbox. It is the sequel to ''Ford Racing'' (2000 ...

'' (2003) *''

Ford Racing 3 ''Ford Racing 3'' is a racing video game published by Empire Interactive, 2K Games, and ZOO Digital. It is the third game in the ''Ford Racing'' series, and was released in Europe in October 2004, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. ...

'' (2004) *''

Taito Legends ''Taito Legends'' is a compilation of 29 arcade games released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows. The games were originally developed by Taito. The European release was published by Empire Interactive, who had licensed the games f ...

'' (2005) *'' Ford Racing Full Blown'' (2006) *''

Taito Legends 2 ''Taito Legends 2'' is the sequel to ''Taito Legends'' and is a follow-up collection of 39 (or 43, see below) Taito arcade games for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. As the former collection, it has been derived from the Japan exclu ...

'' (2006) *'' Ford Street Racing'' (2006) *''

Double Dragon is a beat 'em up video game series initially developed by Technōs Japan and released as an arcade game in 1987. The series features twin martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee, as they fight against various adversaries and rivals. The original ...

'' (2007) *'' Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe'' (2007) *'' Ford Racing Off Road'' (2008) *''

Pipe Mania ''Pipe Mania'' is a puzzle video game developed by The Assembly Line for the Amiga and published in 1989. It was ported to several other platforms by Lucasfilm Games as ''Pipe Dream''; the company distributed the game in the US. The player must ...

'' (2008)

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