Snapshot Games

Snapshot Games is an independent video game developer headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria.[1][2] Snapshot Games was founded in 2013 by Julian Gollop and David Kaye.[1][3] Gollop is recognized for creating the X-COM video game franchise in the 1990s with UFO: Enemy Unknown and X-COM: Apocalypse.[4][1][5][6][7][8] Gollop also is the CEO of Snapshot Games.[8] In addition to Gollop, the company includes about eight developers who are industry veterans with years of previous experience working for Ubisoft Sofia, Crytek Black Sea, and other Bulgaria studios.[1]

Snapshot Games
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo game developer
Founded2013
FoundersJulian Gollop
David Kaye
Headquarters
Sofia
,
Bulgaria
OwnerEmbracer Group
Number of employees
55
ParentSaber Interactive
Websitesnapshotgames.com

History

On November 12, 2013, Snapshot Games was founded as a privately held corporation in the state of California of the United States.[3] However, it is based in Bulgaria where its CEO, Julian Gollop, lives and where video game development costs are about one-third of what they would be for a similar studio in the United States.[1][2][8]

In April 2014, Snapshot Games launched a Kickstarter to crowdfund the development of its first video game, Chaos Reborn.[9] The effort was successful, generating over $210,000.[9] The game was made available through the Early Access program of Steam on December 9, 2014 before it was released officially on October 26, 2015.[10] The game received a score of 86/100 on review aggregation website Metacritic.[11] PC Gamer awarded it a score of 87%, saying "A true wizard’s wheeze, and a fine return for one of gaming’s oldest tactical classics."[12] The game also was nominated for a Golden Joystick Award in the 2015 Best Indie Game category but lost to Kerbal Space Program.[13][14]

Julian Gollop teased the development of a new video game, Phoenix Point, on Twitter on March 18, 2016.[15][16] For the next year, Snapshot Games worked on designing and producing the game.[17] After investing $450,000 into this first year of development, the company launched a Fig crowdfunding campaign in April 2017 to obtain the $500,000 they budgeted to complete the game.[2][18] The future of Snapshot relied on the success of the campaign.[17] "There is no Plan B," Gollop said to the press at the time.[17] The campaign was successful, raising more than $765,000 from over 10,300 different contributors.[18] Snapshot Games has committed to release Phoenix Point in 2019.[19][20]

In November 2020, Embracer Group announced that they acquired the company through Saber Interactive, which will be the parent company.[21]

Video games
Year Title Genre(s) Platforms
2015 Chaos Reborn Tactical role-playing game OS X
Linux
Microsoft Windows
2019 Phoenix Point Turn-based tactics, Strategy OS X
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Stadia

References
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  2. "Phoenix Point's Fig campaign promises new take on classic X-COM formula". Polygon. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  3. "Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs | California Secretary of State". businesssearch.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  4. Hall, Charlie (2017-05-02). "X-COM spiritual successor Phoenix Point hits $500K crowdfunding goal". Polygon. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  5. "Gamereactor UK". www.gamereactor.eu. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  6. "Phoenix Point, the Spiritual Successor to X-Com, Can Be Backed on Fig". geekreply.com. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  7. Williams, Mike. "X-COM Designer Returns To the Genre With Phoenix Point". USgamer. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  8. Osborn, Alex (2017-06-05). "Phoenix Point Boss Battle Gameplay Revealed". IGN. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  9. "Chaos Reborn - From the Creator of the Original X-COM". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  10. Meer, Alec (2015-10-09). "X-COM Creator's Chaos Reborn Is Born This Month". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  11. "Chaos Reborn". Metacritic. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  12. "Chaos Reborn review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  13. "The Golden Joystick Awards 2015 - Voting Now Open - Geek Syndicate". Geek Syndicate. 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  14. "Golden Joysticks 2015: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt wins five gaming awards - BBC Newsbeat". BBC Newsbeat. 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  15. "X-COM creator Julian Gollop teases new game Phoenix Point". VG 247. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  16. "Julian Gollop announces new game, Phoenix Point". PC Gamer. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  17. "There is no Plan B". Gameindustry.biz. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  18. "Phoenix Point Crowdfunding Campaign". Fig. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  19. "X-COM spiritual successor Phoenix Point hits $500K crowdfunding goal". Polygon. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  20. "Phoenix Point by X-COM Creator Seeks Funding on Fig". wcctech.com. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  21. Takahashi, Dean (November 17, 2020). "Embracer Group acquires 10 game studios and a PR firm". Venture Beat. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
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