Eurocom Explained

Eurocom Entertainment Software was a British video game developer founded in October 1988 by Mat Sneap, Chris Shrigley, Hugh Binns, Tim Rogers and Neil Baldwin, to develop games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Eurocom expanded to handheld game systems and major video game consoles. The company licensed arcade games to port to consoles, and developed a few original properties, such as Magician (1991), Machine Hunter (1997),^[1] 40 Winks (1999), and Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy (2003).^[2]

History

Eurocom was founded in October 1988 by Mat Sneap, Chris Shrigley, Hugh Binns, Tim Rogers, and Neil Baldwin.

Eurocom was assigned to develop a party game for the Crash Bandicoot series by Universal Interactive. Crash Bash was released on November 7, 2000. It was the last Crash Bandicoot game to be released on the PlayStation.

The studio released Harry Potter for Kinect in 2012.^[3]

On 23 November 2012, Eurocom laid off around 75% of its 200 employees. The remaining 50 employees would focus on titles for mobile platforms according to studio director Hugh Binns.^[4] Despite the studio's previous statement, on 6 December 2012 the company laid off its remaining staff and closed.^{[5] [6]} Eurocom stated its closure was due to a "steep decline" in sales of console and PC games.^[7]

The final title released by Eurocom was 007 Legends, published by Activision.^[8]

Games developed

1990s

2000s

2010s

Unreleased

Notes and References

1. Protos: Suicide Run. Electronic Gaming Monthly. 94. Ziff Davis. May 1997. 48.
2. Web site: Inside Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy. Mirabella III, Fran. IGN. 2003-10-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20231114194326/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/23/inside-sphinx-and-the-cursed-mummy. 2023-11-14. live.
3. Web site: 'Harry Potter for Kinect' demo available now for Xbox Live Gold members . Polygon . 13 January 2026.
4. Web site: 007 Legends Dev Hit by Redundancies. Luke. Karmali. 23 November 2012. 2 January 2017.
5. Web site: James Bond developer Eurocom makes remaining staff redundant, ceases trading. Wesley. Yin-Poole. . 7 December 2012. 2 January 2017.
6. Web site: 007 Legends developer Eurocom cuts staff to below 50 employees, shifts focus to mobile . Polygon . 13 January 2026.
7. Web site: Eurocom shutting down . Gamespot . 13 January 2026.
8. Web site: The Disastrous James Bond Video Game That Remade Classic Missions With Daniel Craig . Slash Film . 13 January 2026.
9. Web site: Caoili . Eric . 15 July 2009 . Eurocom's Mystery Terry Jones NES Game: Erik the Viking . 24 December 2018 . GameSetWatch.
10. Web site: Maui Mallard Story: A Giant Interview with the Creators (part 2). December 28, 2020. June 12, 2021. Maxim. Nasikan. VK.
11. Web site: Caoili . Eric . 30 November 2019 . UNRELEASED Spider-Man 4 Game Found! (Cancelled SM4 Movie Tie-In) . live . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/rEVe_s-mX-0 . 2021-12-22 . 2 December 2019 . YouTube.