Blimey! Games was an entertainment software development company in central London. The CEO was Ian Bell, formerly managing director and founder of SimBin development team. Blimey! Games comprised a specialist development team of 60 based in locations around the world.

History

The company was founded in May 2005 by the development team who produced the PC driving game ''

GTR – FIA GT Racing Game ''GTR – FIA GT Racing Game'' is a sports car racing simulator developed by SimBin Studios AB (later Sector3 Studios and KW Studios) and published by 10tacle Publishing for the x86 PC in 2005. Simbin has also released an "add-on pack" called ...

'' in 2004. Blimey! Games also formed the core development team of ''

GTR 2 – FIA GT Racing Game ''GTR 2 – FIA GT Racing Game'' is a sports car racing simulator developed by Blimey! Games and SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios and KW Studios) and published by 10tacle Publishing in 2006 for the x86 PC. The game is a sequel to '' GTR ...

'', and sports car racing game, ''

GT Legends ''GT Legends'' is a sports car racing simulator for the Windows developed by SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios an KW Studios) and published by 10tacle Publishing. It is based on the 2005 FIA Historic Racing Championships for GTC and TC ca ...

''. In 2006, Blimey! Games, along with their publishers 10tacle Studios AG, signed a licence agreement for the development of video games with automotive manufacturer

Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the company built Auto Avio Costruzioni 815, its first car in 1940, adopted its current name in 1945, and be ...

. Following the insolvency of 10tacle in 2008, on 8 January 2009, Blimey!

went into administration As a legal concept, administration is a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions, similar to bankruptcy in the United States. It functions as a rescue mechanism for insolvent entities and allows them to carry on ...

with the staff being hired by and the business and assets being sold to

Slightly Mad Studios Slightly Mad Studios Ltd. was a British video game developer based in London. Founded in 2009, it was best known for the '' Project CARS'' series of racing games that it developed from 2015 until the series' discontinuation in 2022. Codemaster ...

Limited, a company that had also been established by Bell.

Games

References

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