{"id":877,"date":"2019-11-25T11:37:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T11:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/?p=877"},"modified":"2019-12-14T15:50:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T15:50:10","slug":"rebellion-acquires-the-bitmap-brothers-brand-and-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/rebellion-acquires-the-bitmap-brothers-brand-and-portfolio","title":{"rendered":"Rebellion acquires The Bitmap Brothers brand and portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sniper Elite and Strange Brigade developer aims to develop new games based on classic IPs from The Bitmap Brothers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"944\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Bitmap-Brothers-group-shot-with-Kingsleys-and-Mike-Montgomery-1568x1701-944x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Bitmap-Brothers-group-shot-with-Kingsleys-and-Mike-Montgomery-1568x1701-944x1024.jpg 944w, https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Bitmap-Brothers-group-shot-with-Kingsleys-and-Mike-Montgomery-1568x1701-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Bitmap-Brothers-group-shot-with-Kingsleys-and-Mike-Montgomery-1568x1701-768x833.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Bitmap-Brothers-group-shot-with-Kingsleys-and-Mike-Montgomery-1568x1701-1416x1536.jpg 1416w, https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Bitmap-Brothers-group-shot-with-Kingsleys-and-Mike-Montgomery-1568x1701.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><figcaption><em> Group-shot with Rebellion cofounder Jason and Chris Kingsley OBE and The Bitmap Brothers co-founder Mike Montgomery<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rebellion acquires the The Bitmap Brothers&#8217; &#8216;iconic&#8217; brand and portfolio.  Founded in 1987 by Mike Montgomery, The Bitmap Brothers is often being bescribed as \u201cGaming\u2019s first rockstars,\u201d best-known for titles of the late 80s and early 90s as Xenon, Z: Steel Soldiers, Speedball and Chaos Engine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rebellion plans to bring classic The Bitmap Brothers games to new platforms, and going forward to create new titles based on The Bitmap Brothers&#8217; lisenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news comes as the UK\u2019s National Videogame Museum unveiled its new UK Collection which launches with a focus on Rebellion, recognizing the studio\u2019s achievements across multimedia, spanning more than 25 years. Rebellion will be featured in the first Great Britain studios exhibition, launching at a future date in the museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> \u201cWe\u2019re delighted with the addition of The Bitmap Brothers to the ever-growing Rebellion portfolio. The Bitmap Brothers are renowned for making great games and for bringing gaming into the mainstream with inimitable style. We\u2019ve known Mike Montgomery for many years and we\u2019re honoured by the faith and trust that he has shown in us by passing on the torch. We\u2019ll strive to be vigilant custodians of one of gaming\u2019s great names.\u201d <\/p><cite> Rebellion CEO and co-founder Jason Kingsley OBE<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, there are only two titles by  The Bitmap Brothers  are available for purchase on  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/242530\/The_Chaos_Engine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam<\/a> and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gog.com\/game\/speedball_2_hd\" target=\"_blank\">GOG.com<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamewatcher.com\/games\/the-chaos-engine\">The Chaos Engine<\/a>&nbsp;and an HD remaster of Speedball 2. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sniper Elite and Strange Brigade developer aims to develop new games based on classic IPs from The Bitmap Brothers Rebellion acquires the The Bitmap Brothers&#8217; &#8216;iconic&#8217; brand and portfolio. Founded in 1987 by Mike Montgomery, The Bitmap Brothers is often being bescribed as \u201cGaming\u2019s first rockstars,\u201d best-known for titles of the late 80s and early [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[147,148],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}